Thrifty? on hand? k.i.s.s.method... what did you use?

[Pam Wright]

I am so impressed by you smart people!!! As some of you know my brother and I built the Cherry Drop and were somewhat thrifty, He had all the scap iron to build the frame, we got the door window and an old RV ceiling vent which turned into the 'cookie table' pass thru from the cabin to the galley from the RV Salvage yard... and I re-used the lights from my brother's boat, when he bought new, in the cabin and galley. I use baskets in the galley instead of cupboards, Target, good price... Then I told everyone I was using Mary Engelbreit to decorate and was given old calendars to decupage onto the old folding card tables, and dishes a friend bought for the cabin they sold... Just found two really great wooden/wicker folding chair at the goodwill for $10 each! And made the quilt, pillow cases and curtains myself... She's a beaut! and she was fun to build!

Pam

[fornesto]

Poor craftsmanship was my secret. If at first, it doesn't turn out like you hoped, move on to the next thing....Ssssshhhhh!!!!

As a result, my trailer is perfectly imperfect all over. Being a perfectionist is an expensive vocation. Let the trailer have a little "character".

[oklahomajewel]

yes, and like the old saying with quilts, even the women in ages ago, would do a little something deliberately upside or backwards, because "Only God can make something perfect" ...

[toypusher]

Just a warning on using stuff you may already have. I had quite a bit of 1 by ? lumber in my garage that I thought I would use for the wall framing and bulkheads. Well the stuff I already had, is quite old and the thickness is differnt than anything that you buy today. This cause me some problems when I put the inside skin on. I overcame this, but would advise that you use either all old or all new materials where the thickness counts.

[asianflava]

Kerry, I had a similar experience with using 1X lumber that was laying around. I was remaking the doors and using the old wood to setup the bit height on the router table. I was using old scrap wood so as not to waste the good wood. When I cut the good stuff it was off because the setup wood must have shrunk. All the cuts were off.

[angib]

instead of spending money on steel I used old bed rails that I had laying around,

Aaron, have you drilled them yet? I don't know if your bed rails are made from the same grade of steel that ours are here, but I find they are so tough (high carbon content?) that drilling them is almost impossible.

Andrew

[Nitetimes]

instead of spending money on steel I used old bed rails that I had laying around,

Aaron, have you drilled them yet? I don't know if your bed rails are made from the same grade of steel that ours are here, but I find they are so tough (high carbon content?) that drilling them is almost impossible.

Andrew

Same thing here, they are usually hard to drill unless you have a real good bit (still iffy) or a drill press. I do use them for lots of stuff tho.

[Miriam C.]

yes, and like the old saying with quilts, even the women in ages ago, would do a little something deliberately upside or backwards, because "Only God can make something perfect" ...

Really good one Julie. Not something I have ever had to worry about.

[Airspeed]

They all cut and drilled just like steel I have bought,I used my horizontal bandsaw and it zipped right through the bedrail steel,I used my cordless drill to cut some holes and had no problems, I dont think it is any different than regular steel stock but I will watch out for it. It looks the same also.
Thanks for the warning, Aaron