dose any one have a mateial list for a benroy how many sheets of plywood dose it take for a 5 by 8 by 5 high and what do u use to connect the sheets to gether with
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:01 pm
by grant whipp
Well, Deano ...
... you could start with 3 sheets of 5x9 or 5x10 plywood (1 for the floor, and 1 for each wall) and then you wouldn'y have to worry about connecting or splicing/scarfing any plywood together, and you could use the off-fall for the cabinetry ... ...
That's one thought, anyway ...
Good Luck, and ...
CHEERS!
Grant
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:23 pm
by deano
thanks mike i will see what i can find at the lumber yard but first i need to tear my old utility trailer apart so i have a frame to start with dean
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:18 pm
by Toytaco2
I'm currently building the Generic Benroy as well - 5' wide x 8'8" long and 5' high. No one I talked to in the Oklahoma City area had anything larger than standard 4x8 sheets. Sounds like some areas have bigger sheets, but, I couldn't find them here. I ended up going with 2 sheets of 1/2" thick 5x5 Baltic Birch for the floor. For the walls, I'm building internal frames (sandwich style construction with insulation) which requires 2 sheets of 1/4" thick 5x5 Baltic Birch per side for the outside skins and 1/8" interior skins. It takes longer to build the frames and splice the plywood, but it is working. I haven't decided what to do for the roof skins yet.