INKWELL construction begins

[madjack]

...looks good Lynn but I do have a question for you...have you considered the wall to fender clearance...depending on build technique, it looks like you could have some clearance problems mounting the walls......
madjack

[Lynn Coleman]

...looks good Lynn but I do have a question for you...have you considered the wall to fender clearance...depending on build technique, it looks like you could have some clearance problems mounting the walls......
madjack

Hi Jack,

Good eye. Yeah the wall will actually go over the fender by an 1.25". The goal will to make the supports around it strong enough so that it will carry the load around the fenders.

Lynn

[Lynn Coleman]

have you considered the wall to fender clearance...depending on build technique, it looks like you could have some clearance problems mounting the walls......
madjack

Hi Jack,

After your question I've been discussing the issue with my husband and doing a lot of brainstorming. What I had originally planned was to simply mold the 1x2 around the fender but I wondered whether or not that would be sufficient to carry the load of the walls.

So, I came up with a modified plan for the walls. We'll be using a 1X12 which really is 3/4x11 and cutting the shape of the fender into the wood. I've added six inches (which is probably overkill) to both sides so that those six inches will be carrying the load. I've uploaded a image into my album that shows the new design, let me know what you think.

Thanks again, I love this forum.
Lynn
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[Lynn Coleman]

Hi all,

We trimmed the plywood side panels today. We went with the curve using a 12" radius. I fixed a pencil on the end of a board, drilled a hole at the right spot and inserted a nail through the hole. Then I tapped the nail through the intersection of the measured lines and drew the round corner. All and all drawing it was easy, cutting it out with a jigsaw was fine too. I'll do the same on a piece of 3/4" ply to build the support braces.

Thanks for the encouragement to put in the curve, it will look better imho.

We attached one of the under the floor storage boxes. We still need to build the second one.

I've uploaded a couple of pictures to keep up with the picture archive of the build.

I also changed my picture to include hubby. Corky is our only child still living at home. Yes, he's spoiled.

Lynn

[Miriam C.]

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[Lynn Coleman]

Hi all,

We had to put a coat of oil based primer on our floor because the plastic sheet we have covering the trailer leaks.

We're wondering if we need to sand off the paint when we attach the walls and wall framing in order to produce a good seal. Also we're wondering if the same applies to fiberglassing over a oil base primer, is it doable or do we need to sand off the paint before we put the resin on?

We have one of the under the floor storage boxes attached and have built the second box. I've uploaded a picture of the second box. We used Titebond III as recommended from my construction adhesive question. Thanks all for the input.

Lynn

[Miriam C.]

Lynn you guys are moving right along there. I would sand the primer off anything to be glued and wipe it down with some paint remove. Not saturated but cleaned.

Secondly, are you going to resin your floor or the under side? We have people who paint the underside of the trailer instead of the evil smelling black goo.

[Lynn Coleman]

Lynn you guys are moving right along there. I would sand the primer off anything to be glued and wipe it down with some paint remove. Not saturated but cleaned.

Secondly, are you going to resin your floor or the under side? We have people who paint the underside of the trailer instead of the evil smelling black goo.

Hi Miriam,
Thanks for the note about sanding down.

As for the underside we put fiberglass resin on before we attached the floorboards to the trailer. I didn't want to do a Michelangelo under there.

Lynn

[Lynn Coleman]

Hi all,

Today we managed to get the left side panels cut and begin glueing the studs to the wall. Tomorrow we hope to finish attaching the studs then we can flip the wall over at the end of the day and get the first coat of fiberglass on Sunday night. The curing time for fiberglass this time of year has been days.

We choose to do our left wall first because it is the most difficult with a door, window, outside panel and wheel well.

We laid the three panels on the garage floor and discovered we only have so many weights. Tomorrow we're going to build a table that is large enough to put all three panels on. Then we can use our clamps on the studs around the perimeter. At least that is the plan.

The learning curve is huge. I spend several hours each day reading posts on different issues I come up against or ones I know I'll have in the near future. Thanks so much for all the input all of you give to this forum. It is incredibly helpful.

Lynn

[Lynn Coleman]

Hi all,

I've uploaded some pictures of the left wall. We made great progress today glueing down the framing to our 1/4" plywood. Tomorrow night we'll try to set it on the trailer before we screw down all the glued studs.

We sanded down the second under the floor storage box and will rebuild it tomorrow night or Monday night.

It's exciting to get this far but oh so nerve racking.

Measure twice cut once, sometimes means, measure three of four times before you cut.

The goal this week will be to finish the left wall which includes fiberglassing the seams and laying out the right wall.

Lynn

[Lynn Coleman]

Hi all,

Well we've insulated the left wall and have fiberglassed the seams. Due to the coldness the fiberglass is taking a lot time to harden but then again, I'm not that patient when I want to do something.

We've reconstructed the second under the floor, storage box after I broke it.

We learned on the covering screws thread that we don't have to screw the plywood to the framing since we glued it thoroughly on the inside. Yes, we're very happy to save a day or two of work.

Hopefully the glass will dry enough for us to move the wall to a safe location so we can begin work on the second wall. This one will be easier since it only has one window in it.

We've also made another decision. We're going to skip the electrical for now and save our pennies to put in the system we want next year. Our goal is to have a solar as well as AC system. I've been reading the Electric posts with continuing interest. But for now we're going to skip it and put in crown modeling and floorboards to hide the wires in the future.

We're hoping to get to Anasasia for the tearjerkers camping this weekend just to meet a few of you. Obviously we won't be camping but we're looking forward to meeting some of you in person.

Lynn & Paul