Re: New TTT - The Boxcar - New Sliding Bed

[bdosborn]

I've got a frame with a lip that the pop top sits on when its down. I'll weatherseal the bottom of the pop top, hopefully, water won't be able to get over the lip. I'm going to epoxy the frame so hopefully water won't get through any of the joints. I've definitely got to be careful to seal all the joints as there are several vertical joints that could potentially leak like a sieve.





Bruce

[asianflava]

Hey Bruce... I take it by the pics that you aren't taking this one to IRG?

[bdosborn]

Rocky,

I can't go. I have a good buddy who's getting married so I have to go to that instead. That's why my build has been going slowly lately, I lost some of my motivation after my deadline went away.
Bruce

[asianflava]

Even though I'm a lot closer now, I can't go either. We are supposed to be closing on our house the following Monday. I don't think it'd be a good idea to be out of town the week before closing.

[bdosborn]

Wait a minute, you're in Longmont now? Dude, lets go camping! I'll send you the email for the Last Gasp!
Bruce

[bdosborn]

I started on the curved portion of the frame last weekend. My walls are going to be 1-1/2" thick so I had to make the curved portion of the walls out of two layers of 1X4" boards. I thought it would be really hard to make the curves but it wasn't hard at all.







I took some pictures showing how I made the curves if anyone is interested.

Bruce

[bdosborn]

I made good progress framing the curb side wall:







I stuck the various hatches in place in the openings that I've framed. I decided against the hatch in the rear that accesses the closet, I'll move it around to the back. This is the fun part, it's not too hard and the trailer finally is starting to take shape. Now I get to see if the stuff I built 6 months ago will fit.



Bruce

[COMP]

looking good

[bdosborn]

Still making good progress on the framing. I've got the street side wall done, the back and I'm moving on to the front bulkhead.

Here's the street side wall with the window and access hatch framed in. There's framing for an exterior shower (but the shower's not installed yet).



Here's the back, you can see the shower pan with a box sitting in it. You can also see the where the back door is going to be. The diagonal bracing makes the walls solid as Sears.



Here's the bed/dinette as seen through the front door. Boy, this is where everything comes together and all that time making sure the trailer is level and plumb pays off. I struggled for two hours to make the bed level with all the framing. Turns out the bulkhead framing was a 1/4" low. It doesn't take things being out of alignment by much to throw the bed out of wack.



Now I'm working on the front bulhead. I need to frame in for the AC and the access hatch. There's still a long way to go....



Bruce

[COMP]

lovin' this build

[Catoosa Grani]

Bruce, that is looking so nice. I am really getting anxious to see it finished.

Grani

[bdosborn]

More pictures of the framing, I've about finished glueing everything together:

Here's the A/C from the outside. There will be an access door over this when its skinned. There will also be a small fan in here to try and circulate air from the ceiling down to the bed area.



Here's the A/C from the inside. The panel above the A/C will hold the radio, switches, voltmeter, inverter switch, DC outlet and weatherstation.



I added another window for his and hers compatibility.



Here's the framing for the benches, I forgot to take a picture before I took it all apart.



I found this cool bench seat hinge on the internet, it makes adding a hinge to the seats real easy, especially if you fit everything before the walls are skinned.



Next I'll be taking everything apart down to the floor again so I can start skinning the walls and applying finish with everything flat. Oh and I have to paint the floor too.

Bruce

[Miriam C.]

Wow! You really are getting a lot done. I forget how long you TTT is but our air flows up like the one you have and it tends to follow the curve of the roof. Actually it is colder on the front than the back.

[bdosborn]

Well its been 4 months since I posted last. I got side tracked with a bunch of other projects and haven't worked on the trailer *at all*! One of my New Years Resolutions was to get off my duff and get busy. Besides, Minden is coming up. I started skinning the framing, starting with the rear walls.

Here I'm prepping the exterior skin by tracing the framing on it so I know where to staple it to the frame. I also glued in blocking to screw through into the floor and roof.



Here I'm about ready to attach the interior skin. The insulation has been added, wiring is installed and the glue has been applied.




I attached the interior skin with 27G pins and then vacuum bagged the wall. I got a lot better glue adhesion this way.




The walls on the rear of the trailer. Not attached yet, just a trial fit. I need to finish the side walls before I can attach everything.



Here's what the interior wall looks like. This will be the inside of a closet so it was a good wall to practice vacuum bagging on.



Now on to the side walls...
Bruce

[Juneaudave]

Wow Bruce...your putting us all to shame!!! Glad you are back at it...we were really enjoying the build and learning alot from your techniques!!!!