I
had noticed that about washers, Vedette--and I always wondered if the scratchy side was just an artifact of manufacturing or if it was intentional.
Thanks for the detailed breakdown on bolts & parts--would that the manufacturer had been so precise!
To answer your question, yup, it's still fun so far. A literal pain in my backside, as this weekend has entailed a lot of bending, squatting, and lifting heavy pieces of metal, but fun all the same. Wednesday, I had no trailer; Thursday, I had a collection of parts; now I have almost all of a trailer assembled and painted. Pretty cool.
Today's progress:
I ran into some problems tracking down the materials I wanted, which took a stupidly long time, but I eventually got the bottom of the trailer painted and one coat on the top, so that's close to being done.
And while I waited for the paint to dry, I taped the outline of my cabin interior, which was gratifying. I couldn't help but think of the Silver Beatle thread and Tom's love of blue tape...
One more coat of paint, and then I'll put the trailer together the rest of the way and start on the floor.
Still on the fence about whether to replace the leaf axle with a torsion axle per my Dad's advice. For now, will assemble as is and upgrade wheels (definitely) and axle (maybe) later.
Modest cabin shelving plan: a bin along the front for storage and also to hold AC ductwork, and a pretty basic shelf at the foot of the bed to hold luggage. The fanciest part is the padded headboard I'm planning to make, per the fabulous but intimidating example at Crowswing
http://www.tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=47781. I'm hoping the simplicity of the interior will keep the weight down and compensate for the effort that will be required to include air conditioning (this is Texas--A/C is non-negotiable).
Trailer pix to be added later.
Cheers!