Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

by **wlivesey** » Thu May 07, 2009 7:10 am

I put my wife to work cutting angle iron with the chop saw. She said she wanted to help...

by **High Desert** » Thu May 07, 2009 7:20 am

You're doing some real nice work there. Your attention to detail is going to make for a fine finished product.
Look forward to more updates :thumbsup:

by **aggie79** » Thu May 07, 2009 8:26 am

Great job. You're moving right along. :applause:

What's your first name and what part of the metroplex do you live? (We're in Watauga - east Fort Worth to most folks.)

Tom

by **wlivesey** » Thu May 07, 2009 9:54 pm

Thanks guys... I'm trying to build this thing the right way.

Tonight we got all of the body mounting brackets welded onto the frame. It turned out to be a lot more welding than I thought.

As soon as my coupler arrives, I'll weld it on, and the frame will be ready for paint. I'll probably get started on the floor before it arrives.

by **wlivesey** » Sat May 09, 2009 10:44 pm

The frame is nearly complete and was desparately in need of paint. We decided to use Rustoleum Hammered finish black paint.

I REALLY don't like painting so my wife did all the hard work and painted the entire frame herself. I think she did an awesome job.

Boss approves...

While the paint was drying we got to work on the floor. My wife wanted to try the router. Here she is routing a lap joint for the floor panels. We will load this joint up with glue and support it underneath with a nailer.

It's not done but I think the floor is looking good!

by **wlivesey** » Sun May 10, 2009 10:32 pm

The floor has been completely glued and screwed together. Tomorrow I'll seal the floor so I can flip it right side up and permanently bolt it to the frame.

I didn't need to but I used my planer and jointer to make nice smooth boards.

by **wlivesey** » Mon May 11, 2009 9:42 pm

The floor has been sealed. The roof sealer is some nasty sticky stuff but it was kind of fun slopping it all over the bottom side of the floor. We masked off the edges so we didn't get any sealer where the walls are going to attach to the floor.

After the sealer dries, which will probably take a few days, I'll flip the floor over and bolt it down.

Hopefully it won't be long before I have the walls going up.

by **kennyrayandersen** » Mon May 11, 2009 11:25 pm

looks like you are tearing it up! :thumbsup:

by **wlivesey** » Sun May 17, 2009 10:04 pm

It took most of this past week for the floor to dry. Now that it's dry, we were able to flip the floor over and bolt it down.

I started working on the walls - You will probably notice that they are thick!

The wall construction is coming along... As heavy as the wall contruction is, it's surprisingly light weight.

I also got the wheel wells built.

I can't wait to get the wall going up...

by **wlivesey** » Sun May 17, 2009 10:28 pm

I've decided to move this thread to the Member Designs section. I'll make all future updates there.

http://www.tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?t=29883

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