The Poet Creek Express - Foamie Hybrid

[wagondude]

Poly first ... no dripping on the beautiful finish already established ... Too NICE a work to have any accidents happen ...

This ^^. Even with the rosin paper down, no reason to risk a mess. It will just end up on clothes and shoes or somewhere else you don't want it.

[KCStudly]

Thanks guys. I was just wrestling with doing the finishing vs. gluing. I tried to keep the glue areas free of oil and poly, but did not do anything to mask them or prevent incidental slobbering.

Forgot to mention that I spent a good deal of time last night hand sanding all of the ledger bits and pieces with 220 grit on the small block.

So tonight I propped up the rear cabinet face frames and ledgers on some creepers/sticker wood and brushed on the poly. I was concerned about the high build poly gumming up and going on the little parts too heavy, so I thinned it 1:1 with spirits. It went on like water and I’m pretty happy with the results so far. We’ll see how many coats it takes; I might not cut it quite so thin for the next coat.







I prioritized the cabinet parts for the rear of the cabin because I will need those for installation first and I didn’t have enough layout area to do all of the cabinet parts in one go.

While that was drying I turned back to the cabin to continue with the electrical rough in. Got the porch light wires in on the street side.


This is under the floor looking up at the foot light wires that will be tied into the porch light circuit.


And the street side dome light wires.


This is the street side main switch recess. From left to right: purple is the switched porch and foot light with white GND; orange coming up is the hot feed for the street side lighting (except the pillow light is on its own circuit) and the red light (I still need to pull the white GND from the baseboard up); and going up is the orange hot and white GND for the dome light. I still need to pull the switched lead for the red cabin light up into the switch box. The grounds will tie together here and at the base board.


Believe it or not, this all killed another 3-1/2 hrs.

Good weather forecast, and on it goes.

[GPW]

[bonnie]

Believe it or not, this all killed another 3-1/2 hrs. Good weather forecast, and on it goes.

Happens to all of us, I wager. Great work, not commenting much, but I am watching.

[KCStudly]

Thanks, GPW and Bonnie.

This turtle will get there, slow and steady wins the race!

[KCStudly]

Got distracted by a few things today so didn’t put much time in. Helped Karl go pick up a new sofa and recliners, and dragged the old stuff out; then I had to get back home for Vette to cut my hair before she went off to a function, so maybe just an hour or so total.

Pulled that common GND wire up to the switch box along with the main hot for the lights. When I made the splice for the dome and porch lights GND's I left plenty of slack so that it can be pulled down into the wall and the splices for the foot light and pillow light commons can be placed down in the Wiremold leaving slack to pull the first one back up into the switch box if needed. Also fished the hot lead for the street side pillow light, and will use that to pull the GND there as well.

My big iron needs to either be hung from the eye hook on the handle, or be placed on a heat proof surface when in use (the spring type iron stands are too wimpy to hold it), so while working inside of the cabin I thought it was a pretty nifty idea to use the aluminum paint roller tray to rest it on and catch any drips of solder.


Next I fished the wires at the toe board from the switch box thru the back of the main section of Wiremold and stuck that in place, then screwed it down with the truss head screws.



And that was all I had time for today, but progress is progress. Hitting it most every day.

Tomorrow I will lay some more poly on the cabinet parts and continue wiring.

[GPW]

That’s a BIG Iron !!!
This maybe a silly idea , but what about wrapping the wire guide with wood grained contact paper for a “wood" look ?

[KCStudly]

Thanks for the suggestion.

I thought about using vinyl dye or plastic paint to black it out like the trim detail, but then thought that the effort was moot because it would all get hidden by the mattress and bedding anyway. That, and if the paint were to flake off later I wouldn't be happy. With the contours of the plastic molding, I don't think it would take contact paper very well.

I priced the vinyl dye and it was $8 for a can and a similar price for the prep. The step by step procedure was more effort than I wanted to get involved with, too.

The white does stand out like a sore thumb, but it won't for long (relatively speaking).

[grantstew8]

Yup, I agree, it's going to be hidden.
Our neighbour built his house and was at the stage of putting on clay pan tiles on the roof. It's a weekend job for a real roofer. When the roof was stacked with tiles and the roofer started to lay them, the last tile nearest the gutter protruded. " what a you going to do with the las tile?" He asked the roofer. We cut cut them off. "Stop working" and the roofers was sent off site. He and his wife took all the tiles off the roof and moved the battens to make the last tile fit perfectly. Turns out they needed to move the battens a second time and the roofer never returned. It took them a year to get the tiles on the roof and they just burned themselves out, ran out of energy and interest.
Somethings that no one would ever notice are not worth the effort.

Your're doing a cracking job on the TD/fomie

[KCStudly]

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Grant. I appreciate it.

I have obsessed over many of the details, probably more than I should have. Karl has taken to asking, "Isn't that too nice for a camper?".

I painted the edge of the toe board because seeing the edge of the plywood shims and flange around the door wasn't something that I wanted and it just made sense to carry that along the top of the toe board, too, even though that part would be hidden.

If I had realized how securely the double backed adhesive tape on the Wiremold was going to be, I might have worked a little harder to make it black before it went on, but it's not coming off now, so it stays white.

Today I flipped the cabinet face frames over, sanded a few drips that had worked their way around to the bottom side, and gave them another coat. Also touched up some of those areas in the galley where the tape had lifted the finish.

Kept going with the wiring, but didn’t get as far as I would have liked because I ran out of white wire. I did manage to pull the red light switched lead up to the street side switch box and prepped the splice for the common grounds down below. Also, I fed pull strings thru the roof fan, dome light, switch box and toe board wire ways on the curb side.

Does anyone know what the watt or amp draw is on a Fantastic Fan, or that other brand with the weather enclosure like the one used on Crows Wing? I’ll be looking that up after I get done posting this. I need to be sure that I use a suitable wire gauge for those leads.

I touched up the stain where the temporary screws had been to hold the spar blocking in place in the curb side wall during glue up, and later plugged them up with the colored putty.

Then I did a little cleanup and organization with the cabin wiring, tools and such. Sat for a few minutes to organize my thoughts and write down the things I need to remember to pick up for next time.

Not much to show for pics; more of the same for about 4 more hrs. (maybe 3 productive).

I have come to the conclusion that my current definition of teardrop time is the habitual daily immersion in my build. It is no longer a conscious decision whether or not I build on any given day. It has become a habit, like an autopilot.

[GPW]

KC, I think you could enjoy building Anything , just because you do it so well !!!

[KCStudly]

Thank you GPW, you are one of my inspirations.

[KCStudly]

Ordered the MaxxAir 7500K vent fan this evening.

http://www.maxxair.com/products/maxxfan/maxxfan_deluxe_remote.php

[GPW]

Wow ! Nice fan/vent !!! ... and a remote too ...

[KCStudly]

Yeah, I wasn't too sure about the remote. Figure it means the thing will be using power all of the time whether it is running or not. I can always pull the fuse when in storage and/or go solar.

The deciding factor was the wall mount caddy for the remote. That way, in the middle of the night I won't have to sit up to reach the unit mounted controls (assuming that the outside temp dips below the thermostat setting).

It sort of puts me over my 20/ct max budget over run, but the non-remote model and/or the Fantastic Fan versions would have done the same.

One review said that the white version actually blocks more light than the smoke, but I think the dark color will tie in with the black latch handles and tinted windows better.