Subject: Re: M45 Tourer Screen Frame Advice

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Well, I have made progress.

Firstly the 'brass dowel' I mention above is actually the way in which the end of the channel is closed off and plays no part in holding the corners of the frame together. So it should not be drilled out!

The bottom corners are secured by steel angle brackets. Drilling the two steel 2BA screws out on each side should enable the bottom curved rail to come away from the top section. However, the steel angle brackets rust in place making it difficult to separate the bottom rail from the uprights. Using a soft drift and tapping gently it eventually comes apart.

You are then left with the steel angle bracket remaining in each side of the bottom rail. The problem is the steel bracket having rusted and expanded through 86 years is stuck fast in a small box section! So lots of WD40 has been applied and we will see what happens.

If anyone has a means of removing these rusted brackets from within the box section of the bottom rail I would be most grateful for the advice

Regards
Mark