Three days of beautiful weather, and don't know how long it's going to last, so I figured I'd take a vacation day on Friday and see what I could get accomplished.
Friday morning I finished up the painting on the frame. It turned out great and is just perfect for what we want. I will be replacing the axle and maybe the tongue jack but other than that, she's good to go.
After I got my last coat of paint on, I headed out on a materials expedition. I had to make a trip to Annapolis for the 5x5 sheets of Baltic Birch ply for the floor. I really love lumber, everything about the smells and the feel of it, so I had to spend some time wandering around in the lumber shop. Then to Lowe's for insulation, glue, screws and the rest.
Saturday and today I worked on the floor, amid a million other distractions. If only I had a woodshop (and nothing else to do except work on the teardrop). But I don't, so the tools get dragged out of the garage as I need them and then dragged back in again. I'm hoping to find a solution to that before the bad weather gets here so I can work through the winter.
But the floor is mostly put together. After this picture was taken we dragged it into the garage and I glued it up and put the screws in. I used 1/2" Birch ply with 1x3 Poplar framing. I will insulate with the 3/4" pink stuff. I am closing up the bottom with 1/8" birch ply, covered with a layer of fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin and then the black goo. That should close it all up tight, protect the insulation from the road junk and make it nice and waterproof.
I am excruciatingly slow. Always have been. They say measure twice, cut once. I measure 4 or 5 times and then cut
real slow. I will give Aggie Tom a run for his money I bet you as far as time taken to build.
Oh well, the doing is so much fun and now I can actually say
"I'm building a teardrop!!"
Becky