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[KCStudly]

Fabulous. Congratulations!

 

[lthomas987]

Excellent!! I like your folding table option. I was considering soss hinges myself but dubious about their strength without other support, hanging them from the prop is great. Meanwhile I've just got a scruffy shelf in there and am camping without the fold out.

Congratulations on getting done! (For trailer values of done)

 

[ghcoe]

Thanks!

 

[GPW]

So George , now that you’ve shown us how well somebody can construct a quality foamie , AND had a successful maiden voyage , how do you “feel" about Foamies now ? More confident ? Lots of new construction /design ideas ?
There is #2 eh ...

 

[ghcoe]

I always knew that the fomie was a good idea. It was fun to tackle the fomies unknown building process and overcome each challenge as it presented itself. I find it a privilege to be one of the pioneers of the foamie revolution. I had so much fun building #1 that, as you know, # 2 is already nearly done.

I like the idea that they are light and have limited wood to rot. Pulling was a dream. Hardly knew it was there even with it loaded with camp gear. Maybe more foamies to come soon.

 

[JeepinPete]

Love the old Cherokee. Foamie ain't so bad either

 

[ghcoe]

Love the old Cherokee. Foamie ain't so bad either

Thanks! You can see more of the Cherokee on my YouTube Channel if you like.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYuRx2 ... subscriber

 

[S. Heisley]

Think how strong all that overlapped paper is … Paper is made from Wood …

One of the reasons I chose this technique. I tried just paint.... . Granite I did not want to add a lot of weight so I though I would give this a try. Looks great now , but not sure how well it will hold up to expansion/contraction of the foam in weather extremes. This is a test...

The counter will probably eventually pull loose a little at some (not all) of the edges, usually where there has been something heavy sitting, and then curl just a tad. (And I do mean a tad.) If you can use PL2000 on foam (I think you can?), that will match the polyurethane and brown paper and should fix the problem there, at the edge. After 6 years of walking on mine, it finally has one spot that pulled loose and needs to be fixed and I think that's pretty good. But then, mine is on wood.... (I'll fix that spot this winter.) Also, a knife will cut it just like a knife will cut Formica; so, be sure to use a cutting board. It is easy to add extra layers of polyurethane when needed and that will usually fill in small cuts, etc. You'll be able to tell when you have a cut because the water will get in that spot a little and temporarily darken the paper there. Wait for the water to evaporate before you fix it.

Thanks for the pictures of the campground in Hells Canyon. I wondered what it was like.

...Good job on your new trailer!

 

[DaddyJeep]

This is definitely a build I will reference again and again as I get further into my build. Very nice work.

 

[ghcoe]

This is definitely a build I will reference again and again as I get further into my build. Very nice work.

Thank you! Good luck.

 

[ghcoe]

Happy Thanks Giving my Foamie Friends...!

 

[amandacreiglow]

Happy Thanks Giving my Foamie Friends...!

Happy turkey day!


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[pchast]

Its been a fine turkey day.
I wish you all well.

 

[CampBoxBoy]

I love this build and the techniques used. Thank you for such a detailed build journal. Great work.


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[ghcoe]

I love this build and the techniques used. Thank you for such a detailed build journal. Great work.


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Thanks for the kind words. Hope it will help for your build.

 

[ghcoe]

Just realized I never posted up the maiden voyage and fall crawl meet up on this thread. So here it is.

 

[Ned B-TNT]

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[ghcoe]

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Thanks!

 

[ghcoe]

Added notes to first post viewtopic.php?f=55&t=54099 .

 

[zzzizxz]

Got the other roof piece kerfed today.

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The first piece is glued and dry.

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My GS ran out of pressure so I had to switch over to GG to finish gluing the two pieces together. I had just enough pressure to finish the outside perimeter with the GS

Hi @ghcoe, I know this is a really old thread, but I was wondering what you glued to laminate the two roof panels together. I'm going to be at this stage on my own build in a bit, and was wondering.
Did you apply GS (until you ran out) to the whole bottom sheet, or did you just spray it into the kerfs, or did you just go around the edges?
Also, if you did apply it to the whole sheet, how did you do that? Do you just spray some on and use a brush to spread it around Were you concerned with the GS expanding and buckling the two sheets in the middle, or does spreading it keep it from expanding so much?

Thank you!