Designing a Puffie Standie?

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Postby mikeschn » Thu May 06, 2010 6:39 pm

When I get back this weekend I think I'll try a Puffin Standy with a Galley, just to see what it looks like...

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Postby Cliffmeister2000 » Thu May 06, 2010 8:23 pm

I'll be watching with great interest. I'd really like to build a standie that can accomodate me while still being no more than 13 ft long. (I'm 6'4") I'm thinking 80" wide (so I can have a 78" matress sideways) and 76" standing height somewhere inside, preferably near the front door. A fat Puffin might just be the ticket! :D
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Postby Cliffmeister2000 » Thu Sep 09, 2010 12:47 pm

Mike, did you change your mind, or put this somewhere else?
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Postby parnold » Thu Sep 09, 2010 2:05 pm

When I get back this weekend I think I'll try a Puffin Standy with a Galley, just to see what it looks like...


That's one very long weekend.. :lol:
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Postby mikeschn » Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:43 pm

:oops: :oops: :oops:

I got side tracked. Sorry about that.

I may have some time this weekend to play.

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Postby mikeschn » Thu Sep 09, 2010 5:17 pm

Cliffmeister2000 wrote:I'll be watching with great interest. I'd really like to build a standie that can accomodate me while still being no more than 13 ft long. (I'm 6'4") I'm thinking 80" wide (so I can have a 78" matress sideways) and 76" standing height somewhere inside, preferably near the front door. A fat Puffin might just be the ticket! :D


I'm thinking, this is your fat Puffin.

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Postby mikeschn » Fri Sep 10, 2010 7:43 pm

Okay, so I have a little bit of time this evening. Lets play with the Puffin Standie!!!

I reviewed the entire thread, and I realized what the problem was. We are not in Kansas anymore. I.e. the Harbor Freight 4x8 trailer doesn't work for a Puffin Standie with all the features we all want.

So off to harbor freight we go. Ah... here's a nice 5x8 trailer we can use. Don't know what the price is, because the HF website is having problems.

So onto the next step. What do we build on top of the HF 5x8? I'm thinking we stretch it out a little bit, to 9'3", similar to what I did on the Escape Hatch.

Then we build a box that lets the average person stand up in there. How does 72" of headroom sound? Sorry, you really tall guys will have to slouch!

Okay, on the the bed. We learned back in the early days that a 45" wide bed doesn't work well for many couples. So lets get a queen sized mattress in there. Got it! So the body of the trailer is approx. 78" wide by 120" long x 84" high.

Am I on the right track?

In the front we can put a table. Facing the door we can do either a bathroom or a stove/sink combo.

What do you guys think?

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Postby Carter » Fri Sep 10, 2010 7:59 pm

Nice to see you at it Mike

Winter is coming, might need to have some CAD interchange

You are about at the size of the trailer I would like to have.

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Postby mikeschn » Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:09 pm

Hey Jim,

We need to get caught up...

Are you done welding for the summer?

We just took the pool down... We are going to Frankenmuth next weekend to see the Fischer Platz close down, and then, aw geeze, I don't know, maybe twiddle my thumbs?

Feel like building two Puffins?

:lol: :lol: :lol:

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Postby mikeschn » Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:17 pm

Here's the table...

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Postby kirkman » Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:22 pm

Hey Mikey! I like it, I like it!!!! :thumbsup: Lets see it with the bathroom and then with the stove sink! I might just have to build one!
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Postby mikeschn » Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:31 pm

kirkman wrote:Hey Mikey! I like it, I like it!!!! :thumbsup: Lets see it with the bathroom and then with the stove sink! I might just have to build one!


:thumbsup:

I'm working on the details, but yes, I'll share this with you every step of the way. :D

Just for fun, here is the original Puffin...

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Postby Cliffmeister2000 » Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:33 pm

It looks good! I'd vote for a potty rather than a sink and stove.
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Postby mikeschn » Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:40 pm

Cliffmeister2000 wrote:It looks good! I'd vote for a potty rather than a sink and stove.


I wish there was room to do both, but alas, there isn't. Chell would vote for the potty too!

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Postby Cliffmeister2000 » Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:46 pm

Yup. We cook outside! :thumbsup:
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