I haven’t seen this done yet, so I thought I would post it here. Machine was delivered assembled a couple days ago. Currently in the process of final assembly. I was not happy with the way the doors opened, and it appeared the left door would interfere with controller access. I flipped the left door and moved the hinge knuckle to the inside of the door, and then mounted it to the right door.
Now the doors are completely out of the way when opened.
Really clever!
Absolutely great idea. Going to do it to mine in the morning. Having not to walk around that starboard ( boat jargon) side door will be wonderful. Thanks for posting it.
Mind blown LOL
Your idea is so brilliant I copied it for my MR1. Well, except mine opens to the left since the computer is on the right.
The mod for the Monitor is that posted somewhere?
Brilliant!!!
Mind Blown!
Been meaning to make it a bifold door for some time. The post finally lit a fire under my rear. I put a couple of small springs on the inside hinges so it will stay open without holding it.
Jesus! I had this idea the other day and held off because I wasnt sure how it would operate. Totally doing this when I get off my shift!
This is a good mod. I’ve been toying with some ideas but stepping around the door is a pain.
Chad, I did mine this weekend. I agree walking around that door was a pain. I should have put the door handles together. Somehow, it ended up with one handle on the left side of both doors. I said the hell with it. It is awesome
I need to do this. Seems like a good update.
I had done the same modification some time ago. It really is a nice improvement. Having said that I got frustrated with the mess that came with the outward opening door. Starting thinking of options that let me open the door inwards and stay withing the boundary of the enclosure. I settled on an airplane hanger door configuration. It is not perfect in that you need to move the spindle back to the middle of the Y travel in order to open it but is really does keep all the mess inside the enclosure. I used some left over 3030 & 3060 extruded aluminum for the frames.
Looks like clean work (and expensive!). A garage door style setup might fix your issue with requiring the spindle to be moved.
This door was a bit expensive because I was in a hurry. Had I taken more time I could have tracked down other sources and It would end up being a fairly reasonable expense. I had the extrusions on hand and purchased the other items via McMaster-Carr. After using this for a while I really appreciate the reduced mess.
