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Re: Indiana Rambler

Postby S. Heisley » Mon Jan 17, 2022 10:37 pm

Nice looking teardrop profile! You're doing great! :thumbsup:
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Re: Indiana Rambler

Postby Indiana Rambler » Tue Jan 18, 2022 12:54 pm

S. Heisley wrote:Nice looking teardrop profile! You're doing great! :thumbsup:
Thank you very much!


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Re: Indiana Rambler

Postby Indiana Rambler » Sat Jan 22, 2022 7:27 am

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Put the first of three ceilings on last night. Soaking the towels in hot/boiling water to contour the bend and ratchet straps. I used #6 1/2 screws to attach it to the inside walls (upper lip). This red oak plywood isn’t as playable as I’d hoped it would be! Also, finished out the floating floor.


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Re: Indiana Rambler

Postby Indiana Rambler » Sun Jan 23, 2022 5:53 pm

Finished up building the base pull out drawers for the kitchen area. The ceiling is round two for steaming. Again. Image
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Re: Indiana Rambler

Postby lfhoward » Sun Jan 23, 2022 6:02 pm

Beautiful wood working! Wow! :thumbsup: :applause:
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Re: Indiana Rambler

Postby Staryder61 » Sun Jan 23, 2022 6:07 pm

Your pullouts are working well.. :thumbsup:
Dado joints are nice and tight, :applause: excellent job on the drawers.. :)
On your ceiling radius you are trying to bend the plywood over. That is a tight bend. Is that 1/4" oak you are trying to make that radius with?
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Re: Indiana Rambler

Postby Indiana Rambler » Mon Jan 24, 2022 4:59 am

Thank you both for the compliments. My dadoes weren’t as good as I liked. I had a few blowouts because of the type of wood I ended up using for the drawers. I used a little cheaper alternative to keep things light back there. I figure I can trim out the uglies with some aluminum angle after all is said and done.

As for the plywood, I’m using 1/8 inch red oak veneer. I thought that would be easiest to bend. And, I’m bending it with the grain, not against it. If all else fails, I
May have to kerf the radius.


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Re: Indiana Rambler

Postby Staryder61 » Mon Jan 24, 2022 2:31 pm

Plywood not the best wood to dado, no matter how good. (Voids and blowouts here and there). I used Baltic birch and still had blowouts with a brand-new router bit. Overall, they look good though. And stronger than just a butt joint.
Hard to bend a radius that tight with the edge of the plywood ending on that radius. As you mentioned kerfing can help..
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Re: Indiana Rambler

Postby Indiana Rambler » Sun Jan 30, 2022 3:28 pm

Ok, little help here. I’m ready to start putting up the spars on the roof of the tear drop. I was planing on using the 1 3/16 x 6 boards that came with the purchase of a trailer (or was that the other way around?). I was going to rip these down to a specific size for the camper. The boards are pine, and I know I should use poplar or some other kind of wood, but would it be ok to use what I already have? And, if it is, what should the thickness of the spar be? Tony uses 1 inch wide poplar in his book, but I was hoping just maybe I can get away with 1 1/2 wide, 2 inch high with the boards I already have?


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Re: Indiana Rambler

Postby Staryder61 » Sun Jan 30, 2022 5:41 pm

Several people on here I have seen ran 1 1/2" x 2 for theirs. And I ran 1 1/2 x 2 poplar and pine on my build on the roof.

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The other spars I used 3/4" x 2 " material, matter of preference, I guess. I used what I had also.
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Re: Indiana Rambler

Postby Indiana Rambler » Mon Jan 31, 2022 5:41 am

Staryder61 wrote:Several people on here I have seen ran 1 1/2" x 2 for theirs. And I ran 1 1/2 x 2 poplar and pine on my build on the roof.

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The other spars I used 3/4" x 2 " material, matter of preference, I guess. I used what I had also.
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Re: Indiana Rambler

Postby Indiana Rambler » Mon Jan 31, 2022 11:03 am

Little work this weekend on the drop. Ended up having to Kerf the plywood for the bend. I ended up adding a layer of fiberglass and resin over my butchered installed kerf job. Thank god this will be covered!ImageImage
Installed the second sheet for the ceiling, and had to open up the porthole window because of misinformed sizing before the purchase . Decided to do a test for of the window and door before I get too far along as well. Image
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Re: Indiana Rambler

Postby tony.latham » Mon Jan 31, 2022 11:55 am

Little work this weekend ...


Looking goog but check your Personal Messages. :thinking:

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Re: Indiana Rambler

Postby Indiana Rambler » Thu Feb 17, 2022 8:26 am

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Started the spars and framing of the stargazer window and vent fan. Image
Installed a custom spar to accommodate the seam in the roof panels. Image
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Re: Indiana Rambler

Postby tony.latham » Thu Feb 17, 2022 10:14 pm

Looking, great.

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