First time builders - building a "woodie"

[nicoleandkyle]

It's looking great. Baby steps will keep you moving forward. When I got stressed, or started making mistakes I'd sit down and think about the next few steps. Sometimes I would just move to another simple, unrelated step to have a little accomplishment to celebrate.

I mentioned my brother is right behind you in his build. He wants to be road worthy by 9-12. He'll put off some finishing if he must to take that trip. I'm planning an early Sept trip to help him with his ceiling/roof and wiring. This is about two weeks ago...


Keep your spirits up. Regardless if it's ready for labor day or not you'll have one nice td to be proud of.

Tim

Thank you for the encouragement, Tim! I totally hear you on moving around to different projects when getting stressed. There's always something else that needs to be done anyway. Good luck to you and your brother, too! We got this!

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[tony.latham]

We finished the roof last night...

Did you thunk all those staples in with a hand stapler??? Ouch!

Tony

[nicoleandkyle]

We finished the roof last night...

Did you thunk all those staples in with a hand stapler??? Ouch!

Tony

Hi Tony! We used a Bostitch pneumatic stapler: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Bostitch-18-Ga ... jdEALw_wcB

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[clamlamp]

It's been a while since I checked on your build and it's looking great! Great work!!

[tony.latham]

We used a Bostitch pneumatic stapler...

Gawd.... I'm sooooo relieved.



I thought I was going have to call 9-1-1. "Come FAST! Their hands have fallen off!"

Tony

[nicoleandkyle]

We used a Bostitch pneumatic stapler...

Gawd.... I'm sooooo relieved.



I thought I was going have to call 9-1-1. "Come FAST! Their hands have fallen off!"

Tony

That would have been hard!!! Luckily my dad lent us this Bostitch kit that I think he plans to sell when we're done with it.

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[nicoleandkyle]

It's been a while since I checked on your build and it's looking great! Great work!!

Thank you! I've been reviewing your build journal daily lately as we started our PMF!!

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[nicoleandkyle]

Got a layer of paint on! Feeling pretty good about it!

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[nicoleandkyle]

Color looks much different in the daylight lol. If I could turn back time and use a different canvas without a seam down the middle I definitely would! I think it will turn out fine though once all of the trim is on.

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[tony.latham]

Color looks much different in the daylight lol.

What's her name????

Tony

[nicoleandkyle]

Color looks much different in the daylight lol.

What's her name????

Tony

Gosh we're not sure yet! We were going to name it Atlas after our dog and also it's a bit fitting for traveling. Not sure though!

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[Nodrog]

nothing

[steve cowan]

Canvas roof lookin good.You glue it down with tite bond?

[nicoleandkyle]

Canvas roof lookin good.You glue it down with tite bond?

Yes we used Titebond 2 between the plywood and the canvas, and then we put 2 more layers of titebond 2 on top of the canvas. We have now put 2 coats of paint and I think we're going to stop there for now.

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[nicoleandkyle]

Hey! You know, it all looks wonderful, you should be really proud! - Nodrog

Thank you so much! I was able to get one of the doors to fit just right last night, so I'm hopeful that I can finish that door up tonight and then get to work on the other one. Kyle got the tongue box attached to the trailer and has been organizing all of the wiring up there. We're going to try to finish the wiring tonight as well as that door!

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