Tub Toys gone fishin' Update 8/7/11, cabinets etc

[droid_ca]

good job your making it look easy

[tsmiley23]

Starting the walls:;)
I'm using 2x4s ripped to 2x2s for almost every member and 2 1/2" deck screws to put it all together.


Nothing is fastened, I'll get all of the walls dry fit first, then remove them and install the exterior 1/4" luan and then reinstall with lots of construction adhesive and screws.


Hope by next week to have framing all put together and exterior luan on. So far it's really exciting, nice height, nice windows.

[LDK]

Looks good. Your moving real quick on your build.

[tsmiley23]

Spent some time yesterday and today with my trailer:

I'm proud of the wheel well connection, the angle fastened to the top of the wheel well will give me a clean attachment for my siding:

And the interior is just as clean:

Just one more shot goin away:

[aggie79]

Terry,

Your standy is looking really nice. I like the proportions...and, man, do you have a lot of usable interior space!

Thank you for documenting your build so well. I plan to use some of your techniques for #2.

Take care,
Tom

[H-Balm]

Nice looking garage, driveway, stone wall!

Sharp.

[tsmiley23]

Terry,

Your standy is looking really nice. I like the proportions...and, man, do you have a lot of usable interior space!

Thank you for documenting your build so well. I plan to use some of your techniques for #2.

Take care,
Tom

Thanks Tom, So far I'm very happy with all of the dimensions. It's a pleasure sharing and if there's anything you need more info on just let me know. The only thing so far which I feel I could do better would be to consult someone to engineer the steel portion of the trailer. I believe I could have saved some weight, not in the layout but by using thinner steel.

I'm also curious, I've seen other people build standies and they build from the inside out, it seems easier to me building from the outside, finishing the siding and getting the trailer dried in. Just curious what's the thoughts?

[tsmiley23]

Nice looking garage, driveway, stone wall!

Sharp.

Thanks "H-Balm", I live in beautiful country.

[tsmiley23]

Finishing the luan:


Luan's done


The interior:


Let's welt a wheel well:


Setting the welting in 795 silicone:


covering the welting with 795 silicone in prep for the siding
Notice the holes in the welting, these are pre- drilled and tapped 1/4'-20 holes for stainless screws. remember the angle iron bolted on top the wheel well:


And here's the siding .058 aluminum diamond plate, drilled to match the angle:


Installed:





Fastening the top of the siding, I predrilled and counter sunk for dry wall screws, these will be covered with trim.




The top green sheet is Hartford green pre-finished 24 gauge steel:


One side sided!! Whoo HOO

I just had to temp in the window and see what the trim would look like???

[Miriam C.]

A wonderful build to be sure! Do you have a weight on it yet?

[tsmiley23]

Thanks Miriam, in answer to your question, in this picture "home from paint" the trailer weighed 680 lbs:


In this picture I have the floor finished and am ready for walls and it weighs 900 pounds:


Completed I'm hoping to be around 2000 pounds without gear and no more than 2500 pounds with. As I said in an earlier post it has a 3500 lb capacity axle.

Terry

[tsmiley23]

Picked up the aluminum yesterday for the roof. I had vacillated about how to put the roof together but came to the conclusion that a seamless 24 guage aluminum was the way I wanted to go and after installing it today I'm tickled
The windows are just temped in cause I love looking at them. Hopefully I can get them in in the next week.




I was also losing sleep wondering how the corner trim on the roof was going to work making the 26" radius. Well I needn't have worried, I simply started fastening it at the lower front and when I got to the radius I just worked it around the radius using a 14 ounce rubber dead blow hammer and the results were outstanding. I believe a radius of 12 inches would be very doable with patience.


So tomorrow I'll apply masking tape next to the trim I have temporarily installed, remove the trim, caulk the corner between the tape, install butyl tape to the trim, reinstall the trim, caulk both edges of the trim, and remove the tape. I'll try and get some step by step pictures.


It's really coming together!

[myoung]

Excellent. You should be very proud of this exceptional TTT.

[tsmiley23]

Thanks Mike , does that mean you want more???

Well here it is:

These pics walk you through how I sealed my trim. First I installed the trim, then I masked off both sided with blue tape, then I removed the trim, then I caulked the corner with Dow Corning 795 silicone to seal the crack. Then I applied butyl tape to the back of the trim and reapplied it to the corner. If I applied enough caulk it oozed out as I tightened the screws, if not I applied a little more and pushed it into the seam using a softwood stick. All that was left to do was clean up and remove the tape.

[S. Heisley]

It's looking really good!