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Now
you're going to cut a new door. Bolt cutters or other cutters that will
cut the wires flush are best but if you cut it with little nubs sticking
out it'll be ok. You're going to cover them with plastic edging later.
Do try to cut as flush as possible though.
Ok...
here's the tricky part to describe. Easy to show you but tough
to describe in words! I'll try describing the hole size in terms of the
rectangles formed by the wires of the cage instead of inches. The hole
is going to be 2 rectangles high, and 18 rectangles across. Vertically
it's going to span the hinge where the two front panels meet. So in other
words, the top half of the door hole will be cut "one rectangle high"
into the bottom of the top panel, and the bottom half of the hole will
be cut "one rectangle down" into the top of the bottom panel. Does that
make sense? It's really simple. I'm just not sure how to explain it in
words! As to where to position the door horizontally on the cage, I put
mine approximately center but you could cut it a little more to the left
or right side. I realized later that if I'd cut it a little more off to one side or another,
I would have had more room to hook a shelf to the left or the right of
the door when I was done. Remember to visualize (or maybe even tape off)
which rungs make up the actual rectangular border of your door so you
don't cut too many rungs! (i.e., "18 rectangles across" means you're cutting
17 wires in between.)
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