Building The Atma Travelear Teardrop

[GRY GHST]

words cannot express how much I love the ATMA Travelear

[burlesot]

What is your source for 5' wide aluminum?
It looks amazing!

TB

[Forrest747]

We do love these things dont we. Looking great for sure.

[DMcCam]

words cannot express how much I love the ATMA Travelear

Wow John, thank you very much sir.

What is your source for 5' wide aluminum?
It looks amazing!

TB

Hi TB, I got all my anodized aluminum from Grant at Lil Bear. Thank you sir.

We do love these things dont we. Looking great for sure.

Hi Forrest, Sure am falling hard myself. Thank you too sir.

Cheers,

Dave

[S. Heisley]

She's a beauty!

[aggie79]

words cannot express how much I love the ATMA Travelear

Add me to the list!

[burlesot]

You have one awesome brother!

TB

[TRP]

What sort of router/bit did you use to cut that aluminum?

Thanks
Ted

[DMcCam]

She's a beauty!

Thank you dear lady!

words cannot express how much I love the ATMA Travelear

Add me to the list!

Only if you add me to your list for the Silver Beetle good sir Tom!

You have one awesome brother!

TB

Hi TB, Dan's an awesome man and a hell of a craftsman. He's taught me a lot about cabinetry and woodworking for sure. We kind of trade off; he routes one side then I do the other after watching him, he makes one cabinet then I'd do another...then he fixes my mistakes.

What sort of router/bit did you use to cut that aluminum?

Thanks
Ted

Hi Ted, We're mostly using a Diablo 3/8 in. x 1/2 in. Carbide Flush Trimming Router Bit with a little hand-held router. None of the bits smaller than 3/8" would work, they clogged and melted the aluminum without really cutting it at all.

A Big Thank You to Everyone following my build!

More soon,

Dave

[DMcCam]

This last week has been pretty productive.


The Fantastic fan is installed.


The better-than-hurricane hinge is installed and the roof edge trim on the driver's side.


Here you can see that the door edge molding is also done!


The passenger side roof edge trim is ready for final installation too.


She's getting closer all the time.

Cabela's tomorrow...I'll be there sans Travelear this time.

All the best,

Dave

[High Desert]

Looking great Dave. As much as I was hoping to see the Travelear tomorrow, now is not the time to rush it as you well know. There shall be another day for it to shine!

[DMcCam]

Thank you Shaun, you're right of course. We'll at least get to finally meet good sir!

Cheers,

Dave

[nevadatear]

Dave, bring some pics tomorrow, if you can, for those that might have missed (gasp) your build thread! See you soon. I should be sleeping. Oh, if you have it at home, throw in Fredrick's manual, in case we have anyone seriously interested in building!

[GRY GHST]

Is your tongue box designed to be a separate, removable unit? Or will it have access into the sleeper?
It's looking great

[DMcCam]

Hi GRY GHST, Good to hear from you. The tongue box will be a permanent fixture once it's finished. There's no access to it from the inside. It houses the electrical, tools, wheel chocks and such.

Cheers,

Dave