Step 11.64 — Fit the handle and align the door¶
Step 65 of 67 with a helper · Chapter 11 — Skirts, panels, Clicky-Clack door, filtration
Parts:
- the handle assembly · already on the bench
- M3×20 SHCS ×4 · Clicky-Clack door kit
- M3 roll-in T-nut ×4 · Clicky-Clack door kit
- a paper shim · consumable
Do:
- Attach both handle hinges loosely to the door's right-hand edge.
- Shim the magnets apart with paper, then float the handle over the latch until they align.
- Lock the latch, tighten the handle screws, pull the shim.
Check
The door closes with a click, the latch drawing it in against the 3 mm foam, the handle swinging freely, all four sides sealed.
Helper Holds the paper shim between the magnets while you slide the handle into line.
What you're looking at
Alignment happens by moving the latch and the handle hinges. The paper shim keeps the handle and handle-hinge magnets from snapping together while you position them. A correctly aligned door is drawn onto its foam by the magnets, not merely resting against it.
Tip
if the latch will not catch cleanly, the problem is usually hinge alignment, not latch position. Re-align at 11.62 rather than moving the latch. src
Good stopping point · ~25 min since the last one
door hinges hung, latch fitted, handle on, and the door swings and closes on its magnets. Do not stop with the door hanging on one hinge; it will twist the frame and the acrylic.
Source: KB3D Clicky-Clack install guide § Frame Assembly · Clicky-Clack STLs/: each handle hinge has two Ø3.6 bores about 14 mm long, so M3×20 · Video: Part 9 @4:36:44 (differs: stock hinged doors; this kit gets the Clicky-Clack door (batch B10))