the jelly belly build

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Location: washington, yakima but tell Mary K Fairbanks

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Joined: 08 Sep 2006
Posts: 937
Location: washington, yakima but tell Mary K Fairbanks

I was born in Fairbanks, and I used to live in a yellow house.

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I decided to build what Andrew drew for a drip rail.

See no clamps on the doorway.
The clamps came back to the hatch.

There are clamps on both sides now. Started to add braces for the counter top.

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It rained again , but thankfully quit as the day drug on. Strapped the battery box down, and it still moves a lot while tied down, suggestions?
File photo.

Next I worked on getting the inside floor ready for its top skin.

The 1 x 2s need to be level on top, so a few needed ground down a little.
This evening no rain so I worked more on the hatch seal.

It is hard to make out but the left side has only a couple of gaps in the clamps. Texas tags are too reflective for my flash.

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The other day I went to Ace and bought 10 new $.50 clamps, boy do they come in handy. Yesterdays progress, todays pics.


Yes that is a Texas tag.

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You're going through an awful lot of trouble to hide from Mary K

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You're going through an awful lot of trouble to hide from Mary K

It is one of the themes on the tread killer thread. Just a bit of fun, I am still in the same place.

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I started work on the counter, got the piece the farthest towards the front.


A removable piece goes over the battery, and the other side is where the ice chest sits.

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now off to a birthday party (not mine, thank goodness)

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I started work on the counter, got the piece the farthest towards the front.


A removable piece goes over the battery, and the other side is where the ice chest sits.

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now off to a birthday party (not mine, thank goodness)

Dell... not too sure how long your arms are, but it almost looks like you need a door in the side to reach your cooler comfortably. Depends on what you have on the front counter... don't want to be reaching over the stove to grab a "cold one" eh?????

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I started work on the counter, got the piece the farthest towards the front.


A removable piece goes over the battery, and the other side is where the ice chest sits.

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now off to a birthday party (not mine, thank goodness)

Dell... not too sure how long your arms are, but it almost looks like you need a door in the side to reach your cooler comfortably. Depends on what you have on the front counter... don't want to be reaching over the stove to grab a "cold one" eh?????

The four pieces of ply (two on each side) that looks like ribs, are part of the hatch. Once the hatch is skinned the ribs (spars) will be cut free of the body.

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For the battery box moving around I added two blocks. After the resin dries, we will see how it works.

Added more fiberglass around bulkhead.


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I put it off long enough, started a scary step this evening, the Hatch. I Installed the latch, and started the lower frame work.

Yes there will be frame work on the other side of the spars. For now it is imaginary.



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I did take a close up pic of the latch, it did not turn out. Will take another pic in day light tomorrow and post.

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I promised more pics of the latch here is one.


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Here is pic #301 in my album from earlier today.

Worked on my taillights, fit the second blue dot, and after all the fiberglass work refitted the lights.

Nebraska tag.
Clamped on the last of the hatch seal reenforcement.

Taking the wheel off made it possible to reach the top, while standing on a step stool (it sucks being vertically challenged).


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