22 July 2021
My neighbor talked me into entering my 109 into a local car show this coming Saturday, Not really my thing , but it will get me out if the house. I was thinking of what I wanted to take along the lines of camping gear as most likely I'll be the only non American Iron car.
So I was looking at my hurricane lamp and thinking how to display it. I've thought in the past of making a hanger I could hook on the rain gutter. What I really wanted was something that was lower and wouldn't burn my awning.
It hit me that maybe, just maybe, I could make a folding hanger off the back door.
I needed to know how hot the lamp got.
We (me and the lamp) went out to 109 and I fired it up and after a bit checked the temp with my IR gun. The glass was OK and putting my hand above it was not bad, the real surprise was the temp of the metal top,
Taking some measurements led me to believe that I could hang the lantern off a folding bar connected to the top frame of the door. I took a piece of 3/4" x 1/8" flat stock and cut a 6" and a 12" section. After a trip to the hardware store to buy a hinge.
It is a 1" hinge, the smallest I could get, I'll see if it holds up. I cut the ears off and welded one side to the bar.
Next I had to cut the ear off the 2 part side, I did this with a dremel tool cutoff wheel leaving a little sliver to keep the holes aligned. And welded that to the other piece of flat stock.
As above I did have to notch the single side so it would fold flatter when closed.
Arbitrarily I chose to put my mounting holes 1" from each end, I marked and drilled them, notched the hanging end and rounded it to make it less likely to damage me when I ram my head into it.
Clamping it to the door allowed me to drill pilot holes the same size as the ones in the mount, and try a test hanging.
Once the pilot holes were in place on the door I went ahead and drilled the mount holes out and chamfered them for a tapered head machine screw. My riv-nuts for this are 10-24. With the holes all done on the mount ai painted them to match the Rover, believing that if the mount was yellow I might see it open before I slammed the door shut........
Ahhh, time for lunch!
After a sandwich, I came out and drilled out 1 of the mounting holes and installed a riv-nut. In the middle picture you can see that using a round file I made an irregular hole. This stops the riv-nut from turning once installed.
I let the mount hang so I could be sure the pilot hole still lined up and then I put in the last riv-nut.
I set the screws in and tightened them up.
Unfolding it I hung the lamp.
I am thinking I will use a magnet to keep it stored when not in use.
Once I get the right size shape magnet, there is a Covid shortage, it will sit here when open.
Final thoughts; 1/2" was too small 3/4" is too big, I couldn't get 5/8". I should have made the arm the full length of the door top with a couple of notches for lamp hanging. I may be able to use this inside with the arm at 90° to the closed door, and maybe it will help with heat.
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