Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Hey got my floor, walls, and part of the trunk built today,
even got my jeep parked next to it for comparison,
whew,,hard work,,,,

johnp

let me know if you like it,

John the pictures did not go thru,, when all else fails,,twist the bulb and try it again...

chip

Du, forgot to mention, i put pics in my pic section, here,
in the profile sec, do i have to link it?

johnp

John,, you asking the wrong person,, am a computer idiot and freely admit it,,, just dont see anything but ya avaitar in personal file,,

chip-

the avatar was all that I saw, too.

there in there,,now,
sorry guys im a little slow some days,,,

I really like the profile of the bottom right one. Looks very fast.

Your frame looks really cool!!

Great looking profile, is the curve the outline for your future paint, ala tu-tone paint job? Doug Hodder

doug hodder wrote:Great looking profile, is the curve the outline for your future paint, ala tu-tone paint job? Doug Hodder

Doug, no paint,, its where im laminating two diffrent types of 1/8 skins
the lighter skin on top darker on bottom,
the line will most likely be purpleheart, im working on an addition to it now
in "paint" on my laptop,

seeing Steves inlay brought out the stripplanked boatbuilder in me,
so i figured id do some inlay,

I love working with exotic woods,
purpleheart, zebrawood,and lacewoods my favorite,
ironwoods a bitch, ruins sawblades and i get all infected,
but dam its hard,
heres a webpage of scope-stuff ive built. with some of my work.

http://home1.gte.net/res0hnzl/index.html

johnp

I dig that profile.

I like curves.

Steve

John great idea, make sure that you do something to stabilize the purpleheart. It is way effected by uv, and I have had jewelry boxes fade to a gray over time. Purpleheart doesn't hold it's color well in the UV. Check it out with others. I haven't tried any exterior uses on it, and it probably can be done, but my experience with it is that it does fade quickly. I only used lacquer to protect the wood however. Purpleheart is wonderful in appearance, and it will look great on your tear. Just don't want you to run into any problems. Maybe for grins, try several stains/dyes/ clear coats and leave them out in the sun for a couple of weeks and check them out. Here in No, Calif, I have picked up sapele mohagany plywood, left it on the driveway with a piece of 2x4 laying across it and had noticeable sunburn on the mohogany in a day or 2. If you have worked with these woods in the past then you know how it works for you, just my experience. Doug Hodder

doug hodder wrote:John great idea, make sure that you do something to stabilize the purpleheart. It is way effected by uv, and I have had jewelry boxes fade to a gray over time. Purpleheart doesn't hold it's color well in the UV. Check it out with others. I haven't tried any exterior uses on it, and it probably can be done, but it does fade quickly. Just don't want you to run into any problems. Doug Hodder

Doug, when i built my lobster-skiff, i did the forward deck the same way,
purple hrt and cedar, after the epoxy i spar-varnished it with the inhibitors,

5 yrs later when i sold it it was still purp,
You are right though ive seen it only a month from the wood shop cut and used, and it goes bad,

ive aso got a halway table ive made, 8 yrs old still dam purple, and only sealer and laquer, but it doesbt see the sun,

whenever ive bought it ive tried to get the best color, with alot of grain,
ive found the least amont of grain turns quicker,

just my opinion
johnp

doggone you......now I might do something with this stick of wood on my tear, don't know how I will though as it is going to be in maple and mohogany. Purple heart is awesome, unless you have to pull a splinter out of your hand, but it does tend to infect quickly so that makes for quick removal. I've got a purpleheart bowl sitting on the lathe that I haven't touched in 3 years, maybe I'll crank it up and see what it looks like on the inside. I moved it from Colo. to Calif, still mounted to the face plate.....talk about not finishing up projects. Here's another question that maybe someone can answer. I've lived in hot summer environments, without air, do you think that temp can affect the color also? I don't know. Doug Hodder PS I've got a couple of boats built, runabouts, where can I see a picture of your Lobster boat?

doug hodder wrote:doggone you......now I might do something with this stick of wood on my tear, don't know how I will though as it is going to be in maple and mohogany. Purple heart is awesome, unless you have to pull a splinter out of your hand, but it does tend to infect quickly so that makes for quick removal. I've got a purpleheart bowl sitting on the lathe that I haven't touched in 3 years, maybe I'll crank it up and see what it looks like on the inside. I moved it from Colo. to Calif, still mounted to the face plate.....talk about not finishing up projects. Doug Hodder

Doug,
i remember reading somewhere on the net, about bringing back the color,
i cant remember the prosses, or the chemicals, but it was something like peroxide, dont know for shure,

i did one of my telescope tubs with some bad purphrt, some of it came back after cutting it most of it was cra& for the wodstove,

johnp