Hello from germany

[tom_germany]

hello everybody!
how seems to get really interesting here though!!!
i live neare the lake of constance....RAVENSBURG.
my email is:
[email protected]

i tried to post some pix in here but failed.
so i ask you guys to check this out:
http://www.forum.piaggioape.de/index.ph ... 1&pageNo=1

there i post news everyday, so the photos coud be interesing for you folks.

i first thougt aluminium would be cool, but i found out soon, that it would be way too heavy. so i just paint it alu-style...
tomorrow i will cut out the door of the second wall.
i thought about a "plexiglas" (dont know the word in english) roof, because of the max. waight of 200kgs. and i think that would be a really nice style. what do you think?

all the best and thank you sooo much!!!

[tom_germany]

oh two more questions.
because of the waight i wont do an inside wall.
instead i would just cover the inside with cloth.
what do you think about that?

and what is the name of this material?
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_iyZQCk_sGaI/RRk2g ... G_3344.jpg
he writes polymax....cant find anything about that...?

[tom_germany]

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[Carter]

Hi Tom
Plexiglas is a correct word here also. Your link to the Polymax is not working. At work we use a fabric to trim car trunks to simulate production trim. It is light but very durable. It could be attached with an adhesive to a wood and foam structure. I will find the product name Monday.

Jim

[bobhenry]

A plexaglass roof ?????????????? Are you crazy !



ME TOO !!!!!

[angib]

so i ask you guys to check this out:
http://www.forum.piaggioape.de/index.ph ... 1&pageNo=1

there i post news everyday, so the photos coud be interesing for you folks.

Tom, we cannot see that forum without registering as members, which most people won't do.

One important question you must research about Polymax is whether it is UV (ultraviolett?) resistant. Many plastics look to be suitable for teardrop bodies but you must first work out how you will join them and seal them - many plastics become unsuitable when you research them.

Andrew

[tom_germany]

hello folks!
thanks for your help!
I decided to put aluminium on the outside.
0,5mm. think that should be the best.

i try to load up a picture-hope it works.
thats mine until now:
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it is small, smaller than yours i guess, but remember the little car got to tow it...!



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[H@nk]

Hello Tom,

Welcome to the forum and greetings aus die Niederlände.
If you want to built very light, built the sides with the bleu or pink insulation foam. it weights nothing and its strong and watertight after a cover of epoxy. Than you can also use the finnish 3 mm multiplex on the inside.
Just my thinking.

Grtz Henk

[tom_germany]

hope it does!
greets!

[Mini Renegade]

Hey Tom, I couldn`t help noticing all of the Kinder cars in your garage. Are you secrectly going to pull it with pedal power!!!!

[Carter]

Glad to see you are working in the snow........ makes me feel right a home

Jim

[mikeschn]

Tom,

Which part of Germany are you from? I just wondered.

When I was there, many moons ago, I visited Hamburg. More recently I visited Würzburg. My latest affiliation is in Schwäbisch Gmünd.

Mike...

[Mark McD]

Plexiglass is acrylic sheeting.
Lexan is polycarbonate.
Plexi is 10x stronger than glass
Lexan is 250x stronger than glass

Plexi is not uv resistant
Lexan is uv resistant on one side

Lexan costs 50% more than plexi.

Man, I need a job.

[Miriam C.]

to the forum Tom. Are you on information over load yet. Love the tow vehicle. Just keep that camera busy and we'll be happy.

[tom_germany]

hello folks!
i got a problem, hope you could help me.

i ask myself, how to put the aluminium on the sides and roof.
i know i have to glue it. but what i dont know. and i hope i can explain it in english:

imagine a side of the trailer, now i put the aluminium on.
and now? shall i take a rubber hammer and hit the aluminium on the roof like a corner/nook (whats the word) and now i put the rrof ontop?

or shall i make it
shock to shock and fill the fugues with some kind of flexy stuff...

how do you guys do it.

i have to say that on the outlines of roof and sidewalls i will put a strip/bar on with a
sealing tape under.....

sorry for my horrible english.

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