Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Ok all thinking of maybe doing it as a woody and with this in mind I have put it together so I can install wood trim to cover the holes for the spars and at the bottom of the sides. My question is how exactly everyone has made their wood trim especially on a benroy?

Cliff

Cliff,

I made a cardboard template first.
Place piece of cardboard on side of trailer, and trace the outline. Cut the outer edge with a razor knife and test fit, trim if necessary. I made a homemade scribe with a pencil on on end the width of the wood trim. Now trace the second line using the scribe on your cardboard template and cut out. test fit again. If you are happy, trace cardboard trim outline onto your wood trim piece. I cut mine oversize on a band saw. I glued several pieces together to make a longer trim piece. I used a belt sander (lay the sander on it's side on a table) to sand the outside contour till I was happy. Keep test fitting until desired results are achieved. (remember, if you take of too much, you have to be very creative, or start over) I would then retrace the inside contour and cut and or sand until I had what I liked.
You can see how I joined the sections on the link below.

http://www.tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?t=28640&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=90

Wolfgang92025 wrote:
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I noticed that you just used a 'butt' joint. I would like to suggest if someone is doing this to use a "biscuit" joint. You way of clamping it is genius though I think! Another possiblility would be pocket hole screws on the backside. Just my opinion here though.

Kerry,

I did use 1/8" luan as a biscuit along 80% of the edge. Even with the biscuit, one have to handle the stuff gingerly. Their was a couple of times I dropped the piece on the floor and spoke a some well chosen words afterwards as I picked up multiple pieces. If you get my drift.....
But it did turn out nice in the end.

Thanks Wolfgang for the response and the great idea's for the clamps. I was already thinking of ways ro make some69" clamps and I should be abvle to combine the way you did the ends of yours with a 2x4 all the way across the top to make a bar clamp. Kerry I was thinking like you that pocket drilling may be easier for me that doing butt joints. Wolfgang I will also be rereading your build journal so I can get some more ideas. I appreciate your help guys.

Cliff

I tweaked my flat pieces in the shower and allowed cold water to run over them for maybe half an hour. I could then easily bend the into place with both glue and finish nails from the nail gun. The vertical pieces were carefully cut from sheets of quarter inch plywood.
Steve

That makes sense Steve, did you kind of start prebending them first while under the water? Also Steve since your in Bakersfield do you know a man out there that has 2 beautiful old Bright Yellow 20's model Fords one a coupe and the other a roadster with the rumble seat and had what looks like a wazat tear in the same color? His name is Frank Barker, he's my uncle. Just curious is all.

Cliff

Cliff,
Yes, I did sort of began the bend, then the water took over and they just kind of slumped into place.
I'm sorry I have not met your Uncle, yet. I just returned to Bakersfield after a five year absence. Still kind of feeling my way. Lots of stuff has happened in my
life recently, but am looking forward to getting back to visiting car shows.
Steve

In my build journal (Started..pg 3) you can see how I attached 1/8" plywood as trim.

I cut the outer profile with my router, using the same pattern as the walls and then scribed the inner radius..jig sawed and sanded...

My thinkin here ... trim is mostly for color and eye appeal, why add bunches of stress to my abiliies and/or brain??

I like the way lots of folks do their trim; wanted a different style was all.

Thanks Billy just went through your builf thread and was curious as to what you sealed your exterior with? Epoxy or what?

Cliff

Cabot deck stain (blue label) and (so far) 4 coats of Cabot Spar Varnish Semi Gloss; is the seal recipe.

Don't know yet what others will say or how it'll hold up...but, simple enough to do.

The cabinets and interior are yet to come but, the walls all have the same treatment.

At 5x8, 1 deck stain and 1.25 spar, so far....Glad you ask, I should have that info in the build thread..

Not sure if this is what you want but here is the wood trim on mine.I let the top skin hang over 1 in. on each side then started gluing 1/4" thick strips of the walnut 1 at a time.I must say though this is very time consuming but you end up seamless curve

this was taken before I put the wood across the bottom that covers the frame .everything is disassembled for applying poly right now I hope to have more pics after this weekend

Well Cliff, perhaps my const pics will give you a clue regarding my trim installation on my woody. Click on the link below. Good luck
Roly