International AS Modification, table, pantry, latch,etc

[Pahaska]

As it was delivered, the medicine cabinet in my AS was held closed only by a dime-sized dot of Velcro, obviously insufficient to do the job. I replaced that with a 3" strip of Velcro and the cabinet door still came adrift on the road because the Velcro did not mate firmly enough to attach well because of the design of the door.

I have installed a positive latch as shown in the photo. The latch came from Home Depot. The mounting block is a 5/8" x 5/8" x 1 1/2" block of resin-impregnated pen blank (I turn pens and pencils as a hobby). I chamfered the edges of the mounting block on my disk sander.

I left the fuzzy Velcro on the frame as a cushion and put a small dot of transparent plastic where the latch would otherwise contact the glass.

Operation is perfect. The latch snaps closed automatically. Opening is a one-hand operation; depress the latch with one finger and pull the door open with the others.