Fishing season starts Saturday and I got side-tracked for a couple of days building a platform for a bow-mount trolling motor for my layout boat. I got back to the camper and made good progress today fitting the ceiling and roof spars. I'm glad that I used the ledge method for ceiling installation, it will eliminate a lot of drama.
Clamps keep everything in place during the fitting process. I'll glue the spacers in at final assembly.
Close-up of a roof spar spacer.
The dado at the top of the headboard area makes a nice seam for the ceiling panel.
Framing gets "busy" in the air conditioning area.
Glad I bought a pocket hole jig for this project. It makes framing a lot easier. Notice, I'm using spacers from ceiling panel scrap to elevate everything to correct height while I fit the roof framing in the air conditioning and galley area.
I placed a spar over the main cabin bulkhead in order to stiffen the bulkhead at the top with pocket hole screws.
This is the base of the Max Fan that will pull hot air off the air conditioner and vent the cabin at other times.
View of fan in closed position. Yes, the galley lid clears the fan in all positions.
View in open position.
This design allows the fan to be operated in the rain. If it leaks at all, it will be flowing into a waterproofed area that has a drain. Obviously this fan is way overkill for a tiny teardrop camper, but I chose it because it has a remote controlled, motorized lift. This will allow me to operate it from inside. I can reach the manual controls in a "pinch" through the fresh air intake panel on the passenger side of the camper.
The next step is to build a simple duct to isolate the hot air coming off the back of the air conditioner from the fresh air...