steve wolverton wrote:Wimperdink - Have you seen that somewhere, or is that something you came up with?
A combination of a collection of ideas seen in other projects. I saw one with a drop floor that had a mechanism to raise the floor up and down. I thought to myself that that was really cool but too much work. Then there's been a few with a hard mounted drop floor which I thought was cool but too much work also. I also tow in the mountians of east tn and there are a few driveways I visit that are pretty radical climbs and drop boxes could drag if too low. My laziness combined with ideas from other builds and boat building projects combine to some strange things I guess.
I also thought about just dropping a 2' x 2' spot as I am 6' and my wife is under 5'. She could walk around in Puffin without a drop floor. I only need to stand up to get dressed so no need for a large area of dropped floor. If I did a 2'x2' hole, it would leave room to the side to stand while putting the drop floor in place without getting out of the camper.
Another thought I had was width. Extra width means its that much harder on my small car to tow. I really like having the extra room by putting the bed in sideways. A small counter with drawers or cutouts like yours gives a lot of extra storage inside. I love good gas mileage as it means I can go that much farther on my minimal funds. Slide outs are nice but wow what a bunch of extra work. Once again I am 6' tall so my idea is to build a 5 wide standy and instead of a slide out, build a box that once you get there, open a door on the side and slip a 1.5' deep x 1' tall box in the hole that would esentially just hang on the side. The door for the opening would lay on top of the box like the thing they put over slide outs keeping the water off the top. Put a cushion inside the box and you instantly have a long enough bed to lay sideways. The box would just have your feet in it so it doesnt need to be tall. 12" tall should house the cushion and your feet comfortably. Laziness breeds ingenuity no matter how wacky.
Could even design the popout box to look like a flower box with a faux or tinted window over it.
I also designed a floating motorized teardrop with a convertible top for water camping at one point. I started on it but ended up using the wood for another project. Not gonna get into that here as this thread is sposed to be about puffin 2. Keep up the good work... I've got my eye on every picture and/or idea.
by steve wolverton » Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:55 pm 
You know a man is on the level if his bubble is in the middle.
Steve, We're already impressed with Puffin 2, but with each additional step of your build, we're even more impressed!
What happens in the camper 
Stays in the camper 