I installed my front wall first...it was the smallest, yet most firmly-mountable piece of the superstructure, so it was the logical first upright to go on. Then, after the glue had set, I verified its squareness, and I used that piece to square up the rear bulkhead while the glue on it. I used long furring strips to maintain their "set". However, they sat that way for over a week, and the furring strips warped, and twisted the rear bulkhead position out of square. Had to correct by using ratchet straps and staples when the sidewalls were being attached. Lesson learned: make sure your braces are strong enough to do their job!KCStudly wrote:If you can lift them and move them by yourself, you should be able to place temporary cleats, blocks and/or angle brackets/knees that would allow you to place and temporarily hold/clamp until you can get some screws started. In fact, these techniques are highly recommended even if you have help; it is a lot easier to pre-measure and locate smaller blocks, which in turn make it much easier to hold the awkward wall in the correct position when it comes time to mount. It worked for me.
dales133 wrote:great build Micheal, my mother just sent me a book of restored retro caravans from new zealand and your design would fit right in.
my design will be quite different but id love to make a retro standy one day.
keep up the good work.
dales133 wrote:i hear you on the bitten off more than you can chew thing, down here in aussie parts are different or hard to find and trying to do a quality build on a reasonable budgets hart when its $700 a door!
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