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by **CAJUN LADY** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:13 pm

01Sport wrote:Here ya go I also got the Base pads that are linked on that page.

Thanks Eddie.

You are an awesome photographer!

by **Eddielbs** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:14 pm

CAJUN LADY wrote:Eddie,

Your TD looks 'blue-t-ful'! You are doing a great job. It's been fun watching your progress.

Glad to hear you guys made it safely through the storm. Mom just got electricity yesterday and my sister is still waiting. I hope Ike doesn't mess with you.

Thank you!

Yeah the power lines down south of us were torn up something bad. Glad to hear your family are all doing well. Being without electric does bite though. We were only without electric for 5 days and i thought My wife Anna was going to call in a hit on the CEO of Energy. Me i can go without electricity for weeks just as long as i have a cool place to sleep.
We are keeping a close eye on Ike to me it seems to be doing just like Rita did. It would have come the same day I'm supposed to get my aluminum skin for the TD.

by **madjack** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:01 pm

Eddie...glad to hear from ya...have been wondering how y'all fared...we lost power for 5 days as well and had a similar looking yard...no house damage though...my Sister lives in SugarLand and we have been trying to get them to get up and out of there but hard head(brother in law) has decided to ride it out....can we say STUPID............
madjack

by **cccamper** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:41 pm

Eddielbs wrote:So my camping trip didn't go as planned...':x' We got to the park to find we were placed in a site that is called a 'slope' with no tent pad. Well for Louisiana I would say "Slope" was an understatement, More like a little mountain but whatever.. So with a lack of flat ground to place a tent anywhere I can see. I went back to the office to try and get my site changed to something a little more doable.. As i stood in front
snipsnipsnipsnip

Well after my wife got off the phone with the baton rouge office from making a complaint about how we had been treated. She informed me we were given a refund of the 51 bucks and an assurance that this would NEVER happen to us again, But we still Missed out on a weekend of camping ':cry:' The only good thing that came from the trip getting canceled was the fact i got more done on my Tear this weekend..

i could smell the campfire and see the stars and almost "hear" this recitation of woe.

it's the ancient tradition of passing on by story-telling.

now...if only for your sake it wasn't true!

Apathy - - - why is this trait so embraced today?

Oh.... who cares?

e . . . . . :relaxing:

(i care, really)

by **Eddielbs** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:43 am

madjack wrote:Eddie...glad to hear from ya...have been wondering how y'all fared...we lost power for 5 days as well and had a similar looking yard...no house damage though...my Sister lives in SugarLand and we have been trying to get them to get up and out of there but hard head(brother in law) has decided to ride it out....can we say STUPID............
madjack

MJ, all in all i guess we fared ok I'm sure it could have been much worse. I hope your brother-n-law doesn't ever have to regret his decision to stay. This Ike storm is going to have a really big storm surge. We will keep ya family in our prayers..

by **Eddielbs** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:49 am

CAJUN LADY wrote:
You are an awesome photographer!

Thanks..

But i have to admit my wife is the real photographer in the family.. She is the one who bought me my camera and its pretty much dummy proof you just point and click.

by **CAJUN LADY** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:33 am

Eddie:

I gotta apologize :oops:

...that was meant for 01Sport, who's link is below. He posted asking you about your leveler jacks. He is a photographer...check his link below. Oh, and I still think you are an awesome photographer! :lol:

http://www.kclarsen.net/

by **01Sport** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:19 pm

Thanks Becca!!

by **Eddielbs** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:52 pm

CAJUN LADY wrote:Eddie:

I gotta apologize ...that was meant for 01Sport, who's link is below. He posted asking you about your leveler jacks. He is a photographer...check his link below. Oh, and I still think you are an awesome photographer!

http://www.kclarsen.net/

Yeah I was a little confused about the quote sorry.. and your right i have looked at his site.. I'm kinda fond on the pictures of the toy Jeep

.. all joking aside you do have some really nice work K.C.

by **Eddielbs** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 6:14 pm

Here it is with the top finished. All i have left is to skin the hatch and put the finders on and we are CAMPING..

I used a .063 mill finish from SAF and a 1 1/4 x .5 Inch 1/8th angle for my roof edge..

by **aggie79** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:59 am

Fantastic TD, Eddie! :applause:

Great design and workmanship. :thumbsup:

I hope you don't mind a couple of questions. Did you anneal the roof edge trim? Also, did SAF deliver to your home or do they deliver only to a commercial address?

Thanks, Tom

by **Eddielbs** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:19 am

aggie79 wrote:Fantastic TD, Eddie!
Great design and workmanship.

I hope you don't mind a couple of questions. Did you anneal the roof edge trim? Also, did SAF deliver to your home or do they deliver only to a commercial address?

Thanks, Tom

Tom, Questions are a lot of the reason i was able to built such a nice TD.. So no i don't mind questions in fact i like them.. It makes me feel as if i am giving something back to the forum.

Now to answer your questions. Yes I annealed the roof edge trim using Mad jacks method. Of lightly sooting the underside and then applying heat. I only burned myself a few times doing the roof edge.

But i still have the hatch to do yet so there is still a good chance i could have a ER visit.

SAF did deliver to my house well sorta.. I have a LLC so i used the name of that company when i was asked for it.. I didn't really tell them it was a house address over the phone.. When the truck came to deliver the stuff he couldn't make it to my house because of the power lines and some tight turns. Luckily he had my phone number and called me. So i met him in town with a 16 foot trailer at a friends mechanic shop to unload the aluminum. My advise would be to make sure someone is going to be home because the freight guy is not going to just drop it off like UPS, you or someone will have to be there to help unload it.

by **Miriam C.** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:22 am

Time to go camping!

You have a wonderful TD there Eddie! Now go enjoy and remember to :pictures:

by **Eddielbs** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:36 am

Thanks Miriam, I plan on the LCG III being its first camping trip.. I can't wait to go it will be the first time i have seen another tear drop in person..

by **CAJUN LADY** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:28 am

"annealed the roof edge trim"

What is annealing and why is it done? Is it burning or scorching the wood? I am clueless on this one.

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