Im in process of fitting the door hinges. I find that after I have counterbored
the outer face of the door hinge tangs to hide the nuts, the ends of the screws
at the thinner edges of the tangs are just proud of the surface. The nuts on
those screws are only just in safety (2 threads visible). If I were to shorten
the screws, Id need to make the counterbore deeper to keep the nut in safety.
But already, the thickness of tang remaining at the bottom of the counterbore
seems (to me) surprisingly thin.
I wondered if I had countersunk the hinges too much, thus allowing the screws to
protrude more, but I dont think so. The MS24693-S272 screws are as flush as
I can make them with the inner surface of the hinge leaf, and a trial fit of the
MS525-10R10 screw in the opposing hole shows that, if anything, the CSK screw
could be even more sunk in order to allow the hinge to close with the leaves
parallel. However, I dont feel happy about enlarging the hole in the hinge any
more, nor about making the screw protrusion greater.
So, has anyone else had this issue and what did they do about the cosmetic
aspect
of the protruding screw?
If I grind off a little to bring it flush with the surface, it will no longer
have
2 full threads visible beyond the nut to make it in safety. (But of course
that will get potted in Redux/flox later and so be invisible to the inspector
:-) )
If I leave it as is, there will be an ugly bump of filler.
Is there something clever I havent thought of?
in friendship
Rowland
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