Hi Tony! We do have 2 sheets of 1/4 ply coming to build our template out of just like you suggested. Thanks for the great idea of drawing out our door and everything else on it - that will be very helpful! We are going to stick with the boards interior because I'm obsessed with how it looks but I know you're right, it will be a lot of work. Willing to put in that work though!tony.latham wrote:I couldn't have said it any better than Michael aka Atomic77.
Another suggestion: Buy a couple of sheets of 1/4" ply and make a full-sized pattern. You can draw in your doors, bulkheads and structural members. You can join the two pieces to 9' length ––or whatever length your cabin is going to be-- by gluing on two strips of fiberglass sheetrock tape and TB2 glue.
You'll be amazed at how handy this will be both as a reference and a pattern for routing.
I would also suggest using 3/4" plywood for your internal structure instead of boards. It'll save you at least a couple of days of joinery. I've done it both ways and won't go the board route again.
Tony
Hi! Our interior wall will be 5/16" pine, 3/4" foam, and we are still thinking on our exterior right now. Originally I thought to use the same pine outside as we used inside, but we may be switching that to cedar. So that is 1 1/16 plus whatever we put on the outside. With the 5/16 pine on outside too we are at 1 3/8"Atomic77 wrote:I'm curious... if you are doing the boards inside, how thick will your walls be all said and done? And whatever that thickness is, what doors and windows do you have in mind to fit that thickness?
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Tony is a great resource, he helped walk me through my build.tony.latham wrote:I couldn't have said it any better than Michael aka Atomic77.
Another suggestion: Buy a couple of sheets of 1/4" ply and make a full-sized pattern. You can draw in your doors, bulkheads and structural members. You can join the two pieces to 9' length ––or whatever length your cabin is going to be-- by gluing on two strips of fiberglass sheetrock tape and TB2 glue.
You'll be amazed at how handy this will be both as a reference and a pattern for routing.
I would also suggest using 3/4" plywood for your internal structure instead of boards. It'll save you at least a couple of days of joinery. I've done it both ways and won't go the board route again.
Tony
Wow thank you so much for sharing! It looks absolutely beautiful! And I've just been reading through your build journal - it's going to be so helpful for us thank you!clamlamp wrote:Here is my build journal if you want to see how I did PMF.
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Hi Atomic,Atomic77 wrote:I'm curious... if you are doing the boards inside, how thick will your walls be all said and done? And whatever that thickness is, what doors and windows do you have in mind to fit that thickness?
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Hi Todd! Thanks for the input, but I'm having troubles following that link. I'm getting 404. Please let me know if I'm doing something wrong, as I'd love to see it!KTM_Guy wrote:Have a look at this woody. This is the design I based my build off. We really liked the shape of this teardrop. Are build is a little bigger. But great info on this website and it is a woody. Just know woodys are a ton of yearly maintance. Do you have room to store inside? Watch your hight with the roof fan (must have) that it can get in and out of your garage. More of a problem with off-road trailers. If you are going to use just varnish don’t go to the big box store or your dads lumber yard and buy a spar varnish. Look what the boat builders and yacht owners are using. I like Epifane it’s expensive buy it works and holds up better than anything else I tried.
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Todd
Thanks Todd, it is working for me now! That's a great set of detailed plans too, I can definitely see using some of this as reference for ours.KTM_Guy wrote:Not sure why the link doesn't work for you, How about this one?
http://teardropbuilder.com/plans-design-documents/wyoming-woody-teardrop-plans
Or try Googling - Wyoming Woody Teardrop
Todd
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