Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Juneau Dave and others who are working on a strip tear..

How thick or wide should the wood strips be? And how many would I need to start with on a 4 x 8 foot tear?

Looks like I may be getting a Woody

Classic Finn

Heiki,

I'm not so sure about you anymore. Talking about 'Strippers' and 'Woodys'!

What next???

So, would it be improper to say that I have a stripper and a woody?
Sorry! Anyway, my wood strips are 3/16" off the saw, and after glue-up and sanding, they end up somewhere around 1/8". Now thats cut from 11/16" stock, so as you look at them glued up, they are each 11/16" wide, and it took 79 strips to cover one side. I think JuneauDave has used wider stock, so his strips are wider, thus it would take less strips.
It all depends what wood you have available to mill, and if you prefer to plane them yourself. Most home centers and general lumber companies sell 1 by lumber, that is 1" thick stock milled (or planed) down to 3/4". So after cutting you would have 3/4 " planks on the tear. Divide your tear side height by 3/4 to roughly determine amount of strips needed.
For example, my tear sides are 54" high, and if I used 3/4 " lumber, I would need 72 strips of wood to cover the side.
A 48" tall tear would need 64 strips, 3/4 " wide.
Clear as mud?

toypusher wrote:Heiki,

I'm not so sure about you anymore. Talking about 'Strippers' and 'Woodys'!

What next???

UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

prohandyman wrote:So, would it be improper to say that I have a stripper and a woody?
Sorry! Anyway, my wood strips are 3/16" off the saw, and after glue-up and sanding, they end up somewhere around 1/8". Now thats cut from 11/16" stock, so as you look at them glued up, they are each 11/16" wide, and it took 79 strips to cover one side. I think JuneauDave has used wider stock, so his strips are wider, thus it would take lees strips.
It all depends what wood you have available to mill, and if you prefer to plane them yourself. Most home centers and general lumber companies sell 1 by lumber, that is 1" thick stock milled (or planed) down to 3/4". So after cutting you would have 3/4 " planks on the tear. Divide your tear side height by 3/4 to roughly determine amount of strips needed.
For example, my tear sides are 54" high, and if I used 3/4 " lumber, I would need 72 strips of wood to cover the side.
A 48" tall tear would need 64 strips, 3/4 " wide.
Clear as mud?

Hi there Pro Handyman... That is very nice work you have there. Im also contemplating on having a partial woody...

Im just not enjoying the looks of White fiberglass or just aluminum anymore after the completion of this tear in progress now.

I want somthing nicer to show off..

I have a place that can cut and plain the strips for me if I just tell them when. I dont have the fancy facilities to work in but I,ll have the side walls all pre done.

It most likely wont be as awesome as yours or JuneauDaves but it should be quite nice in any case..

Thank You Kindly for your info and such

Classic Finn

I thought I remember a discussion or two about the different wood types in your neck of the woods and as I recall, there were some native species that would work very well. Not sure if its practical, but it would be interesting to see if you could find a small mill that cut up finnish wood. Seems I remember a Scots Spruce that would be nice, and some talk of the ash, elm and birch would make good accents and trim.

I ripped most of my wood from 2x6's (1.5 inches nominal). At 1.5 inch width per strip, that would give you 48 inches divided by 1.5 inches equalling 32 strips per side. 3/16 inch thick would be ideal. I would not hesitate to use some 2x nominal stuff from a local mill if a person could find it.

I can hardly wait to see what you can find!!!

Juneaudave wrote:I thought I remember a discussion or two about the different wood types in your neck of the woods and as I recall, there were some native species that would work very well. Not sure if its practical, but it would be interesting to see if you could find a small mill that cut up finnish wood. Seems I remember a Scots Spruce that would be nice, and some talk of the ash, elm and birch would make good accents and trim.

I ripped most of my wood from 2x6's (1.5 inches nominal). At 1.5 inch width per strip, that would give you 48 inches divided by 1.5 inches equalling 32 strips per side. 3/16 inch thick would be ideal. I would not hesitate to use some 2x nominal stuff from a local mill if a person could find it.

I can hardly wait to see what you can find!!!

Hi Dave

Yes indeed there are small mills and large ones here in Finland all over.
I just need to locate the correct one. And all I needed are the measurements of the strips as Ive never done anything to the sort so
Im willing to give it a try. Due to all the nice tears such as you also have and many others.. that are very unique and beautifully made.

So I have an idea Id like to give it try on a Kit Style Tear.. and I think it would look very nice.. I also have a few friends that do the canoes so I inquired asistance from them also but they arent real interested in my project since its not a canoe

Classic Finn

Heiki
I built several cedar strip canoes and kayaks with friends, and they are estatic that I would want to build a strip tear drop! One even wanted to help! Hey what are friends for if you can't strip with them?