10' Standie Foamie ... on hold

[mikeschn]

Done playing for the day...

But first off, I gotta tell you, sanding a radius on the edge with the square palm sander is really very easy. I drew a couple lines 3/4" away from the edge, and sanded to the line. I'll double check it tomorrow with a cardboard template.



I had to pull the foamie outside to continue sanding. Yes, it was snowing. But I took this picture so that you could see my tiny wheels again.



I've since dragged it back into the garage, and used almost 3/4 container filling all the kerfs, and defects in the foam. Tomorrow is a sanding day.

I also glued in the last piece of foam that holds the tail lights. What a mess. I dragged the foamie back into the garage. All the snow started melting. Everything was dripping wet from the snow, as I applied the gorilla glue and clamped it down. I heard a crack, and sure enough, the foam cracked.

I'll let everything set up overnight, and tomorrow morning I'll use either vinyl spackling or gorilla glue, depending on what I find.

Yep, I'm going to let the furnace run overnight.

Mike...

[GPW]

That’s Looking really Great Mike !! That’s all I’m allowed to say ...

[mikeschn]

That’s all I’m allowed to say ...

That's all you're allowed to say?

Come on... spit it out... say the rest!

And if it's about insulating the garage, no, I don't have time to do that!

And if you want to say, I told you so, go for it!

Mike...

[vwbeamer]

In the mid 60's here today...

[GPW]

Well, in that case , I did mention how easy it was to sand round

Really Mike , with your advanced trailer making skills , you can see now this is a No- brainer ... Think how hard it would be to do that to wood ... AARGH !!!! This is Fun stuff... and If I can do it , ANYBODY can do it ...

Insulating the Garage ... I insulated the Heck outta’ mine .... mostly to keep the Heat out ... but I hear it works the other way too ...

[starleen2]

Mike - What Cracked??

[mikeschn]

But I will say, a belt sander would be too aggressive... same thing with a random orbital sander. Only the square palm sander is gentle enough to use with an aggressive grit wallpaper.

As for what cracked, I'm headed out there now to find out.

Mike...

[GPW]

The more agressive tools just allow you to make mistakes much Faster...

[eaglesdare]

that rounding looks good.
those tires sort of look funny on that big td.

hope nothing serious cracked. but i am sure that will be an easy fix.

[GPW]

Er, Eagle , speaking of easy fixes... did you iron out your bubbles yet ???

[eaglesdare]

hey this is mike's thread! leave me out of it.
but no, i have not. not going to mess with it yet. too cold for me.

[GPW]

I realize youze’ guys must be Cold!! .... 57F here now , only going up to 74F today ... BRRRR!!! Winter !!!

[bonnie]

57 might be the high here today. Feels like Spring, not winter.

[eaglesdare]

i remember when we started on the foamie, we were waiting for the 57 plus temps so we could go out and use the glues on it. 57 and up was considered warm last year. this year is different, we are staying in the 40's, 50's, and 60's. but right now those are too cold for me.

[bonnie]

I'm hoping to get some building on the foamie done this winter. Cleaning up the basement is the first step. I have a walk out, so I could -- finances permitting -- get all the walls, floor and top done as individual pieces and then put it all together when it gets warm enough.

Plus, I need to get the materials and such for the chuckbox kitchen. Excited about that,

I have an old cedar water bed (queen size) that I am going to have ripped for most of the wood parts. Should be a good reuse. The flooring of the bed is probably not salvageable as it is showing signs of dry rot.

Using up assorted wood around here wouldn't be bad, either.