I’ve slacked off just a little in the last week or so. I’ve been doing some work inside the trailer. Removing tannic acid stains, sanding and staining and applying polyurethane, etc. I finally got my locks back from the locksmith. The lock from the front door was fine, and the locksmith was able to make me keys. But the back door cylinder was non-functional. Vintage Trailer Supply sells a replacement (sort of) cylinder. I bought one.
The locksmith was able to get it in, and it is able to lock and unlock the rear door. But if the cylinder is connected to the interior mechanism, you can only lock and unlock it from the outside with the key. So I disconnected the cylinder. The front door locks from inside and outside, and the rear door locks and unlocks from inside only now. So sometimes I’ll have to walk another twelve feet or so. I think I can live with that. I sandblasted the interior pieces and painted them a tan or beige which I think goes better with the new Birch plywood. So before I started working on the doors they looked like this:
And now they look like this:
I can’t find one of the strike plates. This is what they look like:
But I had some HDPE about the right thickness and made this:
Which should work about as well. I still have a bunch of work to do around the door, but it’s usable now. And I think it’s a significant visual improvement.