Ethel has began

[Ben]

I was just wondering you wanting a herd of sheep. I've heard about them farm boys..... Lol

[Silvrzuki77]

Haha versus vegas your a farm guy with all that grass. I havent even seen a lawnmower in about 8 years!

[Silvrzuki77]

Hey might have a utah trip planned for oct!

[Ben]

Chris, pm me or email me some details

[Ben]

Well my better half is wanting to do something today so I stopped for a bit but I wanted to update a bit. A lot done this morning.

Wire pulled for porch light


Roof vent hole cut out and wire pulled.


Door #2 about 2/3 the way done.


Most of the insulation cut and fit and ready for glue.

I know I need to clean shop but there's too much mess to make to clean right now once I get all the insulation cut and fit ill do a good clean up. And then I'm going into fender building. Ohh I can't wait to get that done.

[Silvrzuki77]

If you have a harborfreight near by the have a hot knife that cuts that insulation and melts it for a no mess solution. But it looks like you pretty close to being done!

[Ben]

Ive been cutting on the table saw. The main mess is from scraping out for wire way.

[Ben]

Ok so I'm going to go through how I did the doors.First I measured the opening and made the frame a 1/4" smaller than the opening I used 1/8" ply for spacer around the frame

Then I traced the radius of the corners and cut with a jig saw.
as you can see they were too tight so just sand them til they fit to your likens. Depending on what window you chose frame it in as you see fit. I used the trim ring as a jig to make sure it was a snug fit

I used 1/4" Luan ply for the out side skin due to the handle I used

One down fall I found was your limited to 1 1/4"- 1 1/2" wall thickness I ended up with an 1 1/2" thickness and the screws are just long enough. But I really like the style of the handle. It takes a little time laying out the cuts just make sure you have it position correctly. The latch is not centered with the cut out.



As you can see you cut a lot out. And there's more to cut on the inside skin

It's easier to over size the skins and flush trim after just line up the cut outs for the handle! Once your panels are glued together and dried flush trim the outside edge and jig saw the window opening. If you use the same handle style, dry fit the inside skin and try fitting the handle into the hole. I ended up having to open the hole a bit more to get it to fit with the inside skin attached. Once everything is fitted glue the inside skin to the door frame. Again align the cut outs up so that your handle will fit into the slot you made.

Apply weight to secure while glue cures. After that's done cut window opening on the inside skin and dry fit the window. Do the same with the handle.

And all that's left is final skinning of your choice and trim. Those detail to come later. I hope this helps those who asked if you need help feel free to pm me. Right now I'm off to bed.

[Silvrzuki77]

Looks great!!

[Ben]

Alright I need some imput for some ore builders that have put aluminum skin on. What in you your opinion is the best way to attach the aluminum to the wood. I have .063 thick aluminum. Was looking at vhb tape, they say you need to seal and prime? What do you prime with? Is there a better way to attach? And if I use vhb would you only use 3m or another brand? I found other brands at a lot lower price but cheaper is not always better.

[Ben]

Well to start off today had very little production, one step forward and two steps back! I was able to almost finish door # two and I did get the bastard holes drilled to run some wires through the rub rails



With that said it didn't get done without a goof!

I swear if I build another trailer it's going to be out of 1/4" wall instead of 1/8" wall this shits almost to think for stick welding.

I did get one fender started its not welded out all the way but here's what I'm going for



I'm glad I waited til I had the body set other wise the body would of been too tight to put any finish on.

I didn't mean to ignore who it was about the front jack I remembered to take some pics so here they are


I added som angle at the bottom just for extra support. And to my two cents in on it I'm not crazy about the flip down foot and can see a change in the near future and another set of stabilizers being added to the front.
So I hope that we're on 8's this week so I can get the fenders completed and maybe start the aluminum skin
As the norm goes more to come later hope all had a good and safe weekend until next time cheers!

[Silvrzuki77]

I used .095 wall tube plenty stout. Lookin good.

[Ben]

All I can say at this point is f@$k I think I'm going to have to rebuild door #2

[mikeschn]

Ben,

I see you figured out how to get your handles into the door. I've still not figured that out. I'll be working on that this weekend.

Mike...

I used 1/4" Luan ply for the out side skin due to the handle I used

One down fall I found was your limited to 1 1/4"- 1 1/2" wall thickness I ended up with an 1 1/2" thickness and the screws are just long enough. But I really like the style of the handle. It takes a little time laying out the cuts just make sure you have it position correctly. The latch is not centered with the cut out.



As you can see you cut a lot out. And there's more to cut on the inside skin

[Ben]

Well this past weekend was a decent weekend but a few choice words were used throughout. So lets get started
First off I finally make my way to the big city to pick up the materials needed to enclose the roof.

And I also was able to get the Russian bb for the galley hatch liner. It's not pictured thought.
Three tubes pl200 later and that stuff all over me this is what it looked like. If you can tell there's a few high spots in the foam so I filed them down to try and get a smooth surface. All ill say is you'll never see it under the aluminum. I hope!

I know bad pic but I'm no professional pic taker either. So I let that cure overnight. And Saturday I was able to start skinning the roof.

The main thing I can say about this is its a PITA!! Mainly due to doing it by myself! This is something you should have help with! Well needless to say I had to let that dry before I could proceed. So Sunday is here now and a good hits rest behind me lets get the rest of the first layer on


Well that didn'st take too long but I have honey dos to do and it's only 12:30 so to the house I go. We ripped a room of carpet out along with all the furnishing and started to paint the walls and lay some tile and at 12:00 am I called it quits! I finished that up Monday night and have to seal it yet tonight.
But before I got that started I went to the shop for a bit tonight and started the second layer of ply on the roof.


And that's where we sit tonight. And off to seal the tile now. Damn my day just can't seem to end.
Until the next time more to come later