Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Hi
its my first post so if I breach any codes of etiquette I apologise now. I have a ancient trailer tent with a good frame and after seeing the fantastic trailers on here I fancy having a go at building one, but it wont be for a few months yet so I am trying to get as much information as I can before hand.
I want to design my own trailer and my question is what size radius can you get down to with bendable ply. I realise it may depend upon the thickness of the ply but if I could get an idea it would give me a starting point to start drawing up ideas.

Cheers

Tyke:
Here are some starting points for you.

Andrew's page may be of help for design.
http://www.angib.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/t ... tear00.htm

Look at the top of this forum for plans and lists and FAQ's

Use the search at the top for more help.

Here is the beginings of a Terms page.
http://www.asolidfoundation.com/posting ... _terms.htm

Here is a usful tool you might use in the future.
http://tinyurl.com/
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Finishing bendable plywood.
http://tinyurl.com/lzoef
plywood thread that may be of use.
http://tinyurl.com/9hubm

Luna thread
http://tinyurl.com/o42p5

Sheet plywood weight questions
http://tinyurl.com/lomxp

Questions for woody builders
http://tinyurl.com/p5o6x

Stole this pic from Tom.




Bending ply should have no problems taking a tight radius. Most of us are using regular ply.

Check this thread:
http://www.tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?t=3804

Hi all
Thanks for the quick replies and links.
I am hoping to get the coming season over before my trailer tent finally falls apart so that should give me plenty of time to get a design sorted out and all those links will give me plenty of information to be going on with.

Thanks again

Tyke, Welcome into our parlour of TD mayhem. Enjoy your design time and ask all the questions.
Cheers
Paul

PaulC wrote:Tyke, Welcome into our parlour of TD mayhem. Enjoy your design time and ask all the questions.
Cheers
Paul

Cheers Mate

Rocky, Tom's bendy birch ply came from Massachusetts--and I actually had similar stuff (mine was thicker) SHIPPED all the way down to Florida from that same lumber yard--Boulter Plywood.

Don't know what kind of luck he'll have finding that stuff in England.

I have a 2 foot radius on my TD and used 1/8 Baltic birch. I think I probably could have gone as tight as a 1 foot 6 inch radius with no problem probably even tighter if I soaked the lumber. The best thing about the 1/8 Baltic is it come in 5 foot by 5 foot sheets, less waste.

Thanks for that Ezbie