Yikes, I'm Making Some Sawdust
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:57 pmWell, I gotta start some where, so follow along. We has severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings last night so I thought I'd best move my truck back into it's little garage. This space is only 13'x22' and it's where I'm building my TD. Got to make room, things have to go! Just finished putting on a second coat of BSS (black sticky stuff) and installed the ridgid foam insulation - cool. I had to take the floor off the saw horses and stand it on end to make room for the truck. Moved trailer outside and chained it up so the boogy man wouldn't take 'er away. Went out this morning to start once again and looked at the floor with that damn BSS running all over and forming little black pools on my nice concrete floor.
I believe I took the Lord's name in vain many times for which now, I will have to repent and do something for mankind. A gallon of paint thinner and a box o' rags and it all cleaned up just fine so I put the gun away after thinking that perhaps Russian Roulette wouldn't solve my problems.
Now it's time to cut out the sides - stinking warped plywood. Got over that and cut out both sides, plotted where the spars are to go, mapped out the galley, lighting and cut out the doors. Now I'm 63 years old, have aches and pains when I move and have a spare tire mounted on my gut. So, thought I'd best make the doors a tad bit bigger and cut them 30" wide by 33" high and didn't use the traditional "TD" type door design. Way cool, I can get my little fat self in there now. I was using the Kuffle Creek plans but I think I threw them somewhere I can't find. Used the Desert whatchamacallit side profile and modified it and used the plans as a liner for the cat box. Okay, I'm on my own now and thinking things through so construction is going a little slower than usual but hate to find out later that I have to rip the sides off because I forgot something. The shop is small, sorta like building the Eiffel Tower in a closet but, it works and I'm out of the house, I can drink beer, cuss and moan without my wife hearing me. Life is good once again, going to go take some Aleve, aspirin, Ibuprofin and what ever else I can find and call it a night.
I believe I took the Lord's name in vain many times for which now, I will have to repent and do something for mankind. A gallon of paint thinner and a box o' rags and it all cleaned up just fine so I put the gun away after thinking that perhaps Russian Roulette wouldn't solve my problems.
Now it's time to cut out the sides - stinking warped plywood. Got over that and cut out both sides, plotted where the spars are to go, mapped out the galley, lighting and cut out the doors. Now I'm 63 years old, have aches and pains when I move and have a spare tire mounted on my gut. So, thought I'd best make the doors a tad bit bigger and cut them 30" wide by 33" high and didn't use the traditional "TD" type door design. Way cool, I can get my little fat self in there now. I was using the Kuffle Creek plans but I think I threw them somewhere I can't find. Used the Desert whatchamacallit side profile and modified it and used the plans as a liner for the cat box. Okay, I'm on my own now and thinking things through so construction is going a little slower than usual but hate to find out later that I have to rip the sides off because I forgot something. The shop is small, sorta like building the Eiffel Tower in a closet but, it works and I'm out of the house, I can drink beer, cuss and moan without my wife hearing me. Life is good once again, going to go take some Aleve, aspirin, Ibuprofin and what ever else I can find and call it a night.
