New tug and new trailer....to be ....

[grizz]

Well, I missed this one.....

Much more than I thought.


COMPLETE BIRTH ON VIDEO

http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd4/ ... ee33b6.pbw

[starleen2]

Well, I missed this one.....

Much more than I thought.


COMPLETE BIRTH ON VIDEO

http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd4/ ... ee33b6.pbw

So THATS where little teardrops come from

[jackdaw]

We had a lot of fun , and got a load done yesterday.

We've had another very long , but also satisfying day today. All the ali has been weighed in .....netting £30 for the pot
All the wood has been cut up, bagged, and stored for kindeling for the woodburner. The rubbish has all gone to the recycling centre..... and I scored a twin burner gas cooker from a bloke who was about to dump it.

Simo came over to help out, and we got the axel moved forward on the chassis to the desired position. The back end has been cut and welded.

The joy's of owning a Delica....


We've moved the axel just about 26 Inches forward. Welded some new angle to the frame, and bolted it up.

The back's been trimmed, and welded up. I did a similar thing with the Coppertop, but later cut it off. I'm thinking of using the box section chassis to rig up a support for the worktop......

This is how it's looking tonight




I'll make up some wheelspacers tomorrow so I can get the trailer mounted to the chassis.
I'm hoping to win some wheels tomorrow night

And finally... The score from the recycling centre. I've just checked it out. It was still in the box and i havn't had time too look at it until now.

I don't think it's boiled a kettle yet. It's got a bit of paint peeling, but it looks brand new.



It's feels great to be building.

[mezmo]

Hi jackdaw/Dave!

C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s ! ! ! !

It looks like "many hands make light work" also
applies to "labor" too! - (Or should that be "labour"?)

'Glad to see it was such a Fun Occasion for all involved!

Boy, 'youall' got a lot accomplished after the arrival!
You'll be able the get your "baby" into/onto its stroller/trolly
[aka known as the chassis] before all the commotion of
the birthday festivities die down!

So, did you 'youall' have any liquid "epidurals" later on to celebrate? -
deservedly so, if you did, I should say.

Cheers,

Mezmo/Norm

[jackdaw]

Hi mezmo/Norm.
In true tradition, we indeed wet the baby's head Unfortunately our midwifery team had a two hour journey to get home , and had work the following day, so missed out.
We'll be spending the weekend with the couple at a custom show in mid June, and we can have a proper session.

I'm supprised at how quickly we managed to clear everything away.

[Evil Skippy]

This thread has just been fun.

Congrats on your birthing, glad to see you all dressed appropriately.

Can't wait to see it up on its feet.

digitally
Evil_Skippy

[jackdaw]

It's been a fun build for sure, challanging , but fun.

We've got a bit more done yesterday, and a little more today.

First job was to get a coat of paint on the chassis. It's galvanised anyway, but the new welds needed doing, so I gave the hole thing a once over.



I had a mate call around in the afternoon, and we got the little fella on his wheels


I have a couple of inches for adjusting the balance, but as it stands the tounge weighs 35kg (77lbs)

Today I've fitted the front marker lights, and the roof vent.

[jackdaw]

After what seems like ages since there's been any real progress, today was a great day. I seem to have missed out the making the doors from the old caravan doors, and fitting the windows...I annealed the old awning rail so we can re shape it, it's great for finishing off the sides and sliding the side tent into
We'll start off with bending the awning rail. The method could be seen as primitive, but it worked. I drew around the profile of the trailer onto a piece of the old donor bulkhead. Front and back, and left and right sides, giving me four curves to follow. I used a curved off-cut of ply as a guide/ former, moving it as necessary, screwing the rail down as it was shaped into the right position.






This is the rear left hand section



It was actually a lot easier than I though it was going to be.
I used a tube of silkafex on each side fixing the rails in place with screws every 8-12 inches.

The guy I bought some wheels from turned up at lunchtime After months of searching and waiting a pair of cobra slot-mags, 4"PCD, 13x6 came up and were bagged and delivered for just over £50.

With a little auto-sol and the sheepskin they were soon transformed I had a couple of center caps in the garage


I'm very happy with the look


The awning rail finishes off the sides a treat. I've ordered some insert to cover over the screws.

The backspacing is perfect. Snug to the trailer, with just enough clearance. I must admit it's more luck than judgment :mrgreen:



Rosie painted the sex protectors

I finally got the trailer bolted to the chassis, so i could take it for a little road test, but that'll have to wait.

[grizz]

Awesome Dave.

[jackdaw]

Cheers Grizz.
I'm really pleased with how the awning rail kind of frames the profile.
With a bit of luck, and dry weather, we'll get the new side tent sorted at the weekend.
I happened to come across some 4" thick Celotex insulation on a job today, so I'll be making a start on the mudguards too.


Cheers Dave

[GuyllFyre]

I love the wheels!
Pure sex!

[jackdaw]

I love the wheels!
Pure sex!

Thank Guy, They took some finding, but they are just what I wanted, and well worth the wait .

Now I've got the wheels sorted, I've been able to focus on the mudguards. I was undecided on going with aluminium , like the ones on the Coppertop, or fibre glass , a bit like Thypod. I came across some 100mm celotex on a job, that was surplus to requirements, and I took it as an omen to go with the fibreglass.
Here's what I've been up to today,
First job was to draw the shape of the mudguard. This time I've gone for a little more geometric in shape rather than the free hand drawing of the ones I made for Thypod.
This is a little faint, but I hope you can see whats going on


Next job was to cut the shape out, and transfer it to the celotex



I cut the shapes out using the band saw, and removed all the foil. I've used wooden skewers to hold the two pieces together.



I transfered a few lines onto the blanks to give a guide as to where to sand them into shape.


Using course sand paper, and a carving knife, It didn't take too long to get the desired shape.



Then it was just a case of making a mirror image for the second one.
I think they're ready for resin.





I'll be getting on with them over the weekend, and keep you posted on how they turn out.

[Classic Finn]

I love the wheels!
Pure sex!

Thank Guy, They took some finding, but they are just what I wanted, and well worth the wait .

Now I've got the wheels sorted, I've been able to focus on the mudguards. I was undecided on going with aluminium , like the ones on the Coppertop, or fibre glass , a bit like Thypod. I came across some 100mm celotex on a job, that was surplus to requirements, and I took it as an omen to go with the fibreglass.
Here's what I've been up to today,
First job was to draw the shape of the mudguard. This time I've gone for a little more geometric in shape rather than the free hand drawing of the ones I made for Thypod.
This is a little faint, but I hope you can see whats going on


Next job was to cut the shape out, and transfer it to the celotex



I cut the shapes out using the band saw, and removed all the foil. I've used wooden skewers to hold the two pieces together.



I transfered a few lines onto the blanks to give a guide as to where to sand them into shape.
[IMG]http://i220.photob
ucket.com/albums/dd4/thejackdaw/Teardrop%20%203/2010_0716mudguards0006.jpg[/IMG]

Using course sand paper, and a carving knife, It didn't take too long to get the desired shape.



Then it was just a case of making a mirror image for the second one.
I think they're ready for resin.





I'll be getting on with them over the weekend, and keep you posted on how they turn out.

Ok Dave thats it Im coming over. I cant take it anymore watching you how to make them mudguards.. ahh ok mercan wording fenders. Im watching this with great interest.

I will make some myself yet. Yes I will.

Dave will the blue styrofoam we have here work for the shapes and so on?

Sheeet, why dont ya just make me a pair and ship em over or better yet, bring them along to us

Nice work as usual

[jackdaw]

Cheers Heikki, I'm glad you like what you see...

I'm not familliar with your blue styrofoam, so I don't know if it would work or not. This Celotex is also known as kingspan insulation, it turns into very fine dust when you sand it. It's high performance insulation , and the same stuff that I've used in the roof of the trailers.

I have a couple of options on how I now proceed with the arches/fenders. If I wanted to make some molds, I could cover the insulation with resin, fill and sand them to a good finish. Then cover them in releasing agent, then gelcoat resin followed by a few layers of fibreglass matt to make the molds.
The alternative is to use resin and matting to make up the arches on top of the insulation. Fill and smooth them with easy sand/bondo. When they're finished I could use a releasing agent and make up the molds of the finished fenders, or just use them as one offs.
I'll probably go with the second alternative, as I like one offs, and often think that I could do it slightly different next time. I could always take a mold of them sometime in the future if I wanted to.

Cheers ,Dave

[jackdaw]

I've spent all day fibre glassing them, gel coating them, filling and sanding them.
They're comming along, but need at least another day to get them right.

Here's how organised I was this morning


It took a couple of hours to get the two layers of mat made up on the mudguards.



After sanding off the high spots , they got a layer for black gelcoat added. Then easy fill body filler, then sanding and more sanding.

This is how they look as of this evening