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      yayeric replied to the thread Rust-Oleum appears very soft.
      I have a heatlamp but no platform to mount it. I'll have to see if it's something I can let sit overnight, the fire marshal here is...
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      yayeric replied to the thread Rust-Oleum appears very soft.
      I can't put it in the sun - it's too cold outside and there's no where it wouldn't get stolen. I called the company today. Apparently...
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      I've been working on painting the trailer frame and I don't think it's going well. Here was my process; 1. Thoroughly and...
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      yayeric replied to the thread Hobbit themed Teardrop.
      Prepping the chassis for painting. Ran a wire wheel to clean up all the welds. My original plan was to galvanize the steel followed by...
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      yayeric replied to the thread Hobbit themed Teardrop.
      Cut out all the sections of steel for the swing arm, scrubbed surfaces of mill scale Ensure all the angles were correct, threw on tack...
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      yayeric replied to the thread Hobbit themed Teardrop.
      I should know this by now but metal working always takes a bit longer than I anticipate. Began working on the swing out spare tire...
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      yayeric replied to the thread Hobbit themed Teardrop.
      Weighed the trailer with a better method, should be pretty close. My math from my previous post would have been much closer if I...
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      yayeric replied to the thread Hobbit themed Teardrop.
      I mounted the trailer today on the unpainted chassis to get a sense of weight distribution I was thinking a lot throughout the day...
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      yayeric replied to the thread Hobbit themed Teardrop.
      Added six 4" angle iron segments for attaching the trailer. Two in front, two in the middle, and two in the galley My welds are...
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      yayeric replied to the thread Hobbit themed Teardrop.
      All the chassis parts arrived. Did some talking with the other metal workers and engineers in the art studio about painting it. General...
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      yayeric replied to the thread Hobbit themed Teardrop.
      I think I'm pretty much done with the interior components. Pretty small list of tasks to do now • Weld the final components for the...
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      yayeric replied to the thread Hobbit themed Teardrop.
      Finished up all the interior electrical work. All that's left to do now is finish the battery box and hook up the battery. Here I made...
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      yayeric replied to the thread A folding wooden camper.
      Yeah, I see can the TikTok video. Thankfully I didn't have to make an account! Something I did notice they had, is a guard rail to...
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      yayeric replied to the thread A folding wooden camper.
      Glad the roof is okay! Making moving bits work is the hardest thing I've found. Did some thinking about these crashes you've been...
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      yayeric replied to the thread Hobbit themed Teardrop.
      Started tinkering with some electrical work. I've been a bit anxious about this. I prefer understanding how things work before moving...
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