Tolman Skiff, Nelson Jumbo: Day 138 - Windows


By pnelson - Posted on 09 August 2005

I spent the day cutting and installing windows. I will have to take them out again and remount with silicone but at least they are cut and the mounting holes drilled. These are 3/16", just what Renn specifies. They are very light and I can see why he says that this is the way to go. They are very clear (at least for now), unbreakable and the Lexan is easy to work with.

I made a costly mistake on the center window up front. I had purchased 5 pieces of Lexan from ebay for about $25 +$20 in shipping. This was enough to do all three front windows and two of the side windows. When I cut out the window openings, I saved the blanks to use as templates. This worked well for the side windows as I could easily trace around the template and add an inch or so and get a perfect shape. The problem came with the center window template. When I first cut it out, for some reason I made it an inch smaller than it should have been. Having corrected this by making the opening larger, the template was still one inch too small. Did I remember this one year later when it came to cut the Lexan for that window? No. Did I measure twice and cut once? No. Did I ruin a perfectly good piece of Lexan and have to go buy one locally for $40? Yes. Duh... I hate making mistakes like that. $40 down the tube, just like that. Arrrrrr...

The side window slides in a track, opening as much as two feet. I took a detail shot of the track to show how it slides over the other stationary window. The lip next to the track is 1/4" thick and the track itself is 1/4" thick. The 3/16" Lexan for the fixed window nestles right above the lip. I had to counter sink the screws holding it in. They are secured through the window opening by lock nuts on the other side. I think it works pretty well.



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