Yet Another Benroy Build

[Yukondave]

Got a few of my DC components from China today.

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[Kaz]

Looks great. I like the router jig. Good not to rush it. Remember we need pics.

[Yukondave]

Got the inside skin on, waiting for the glue to dry.

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[Yukondave]

Made up a jig for my router and cut the holes in the doors for windows.

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[Yukondave]

Didn't get much done today, did some wiring and cut outs in doors for the latches. Test fit the windows and latches, next step stain and varathane.

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[Yukondave]

Struggling with building the doors, mangled the plywood when my router got away from me. Planning to start again on the weekend after a trip to the lumber yard.

In the meantime I ripped a few strips off a piece of oak lumber to cover up the gaps in the plywood joints that didn't quite line up.

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[OP827]

Your build is looking very nice and progressing well too.

Where did you source the square windows or they are home made? Reason for asking is I plan on glueing my build windows out of smoked acrylic and your windows are looking close to what I am envisioning. Thanks!

[Yukondave]

Your build is looking very nice and progressing well too.

Where did you source the square windows or they are home made? Reason for asking is I plan on glueing my build windows out of smoked acrylic and your windows are looking close to what I am envisioning. Thanks!

Thanks for the kind comments. The windows are 18"x15" and I got them from http://www.teardroptrailers.net/. With the weak Canadian dollar plus shipping costs they turned out to be quite expensive but they were exactly what I wanted and this was the only place I could find them.

Dave!

[Yukondave]

I've been a bit of a nitpicker building these doors and have made a few changes so they have taken way longer than I had originally planned. I have some more work to do before I treat them with CPES and 3 coats of Helmsman then I can bolt them on and move on to building the back hatch.

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[rebapuck]

Are they awning windows?

[Yukondave]

Are they awning windows?

Yes they are, I wanted windows that I could keep open when it's raining.

[Yukondave]

My wife bought me a DIY drapery "kit", I guess it's time to dust off the old Kenmore thread injector and make some curtains.

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[S. Heisley]

My wife bought me a DIY drapery "kit", I guess it's time to dust off the old Kenmore thread injector and make some curtains.

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That'll look really nice!

[Yukondave]

After taking a week or so off I'm back working on the doors. I'm finally happy with them mechanically, just need to cut some cover plates from 3 mm plywood to cover up the t-nuts them they'll be ready for CPES and varathane.

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[Yukondave]

Attempting to pre-bend the plywood for the hatch, we'll see how this works out.

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