Cider House...some finishing touches, 9.27.10

[parnold]

The woodwork is fantastic! Great job!!!!

[Miriam C.]

Thank you Adam!! Amazing how something so simple can be so beautiful! Good work!

[Jiffypop207]

More updates with pictures of course. I think it was wednesday night I got my side marker lights on and the porch lights. After some testing on friday night I found one of my porch lights had a short or turns out a pinch. So I need to remount the porch lights so one is hanging by the wires in the pictures. The fenders are just sitting on the tires to get them out of the way. They are not mounted yet. Yesterday I got the formica on counter top, finished up the electrical and installed the WFCO converter, the installed the tounge box, ran the conduit from the tongue box to the cabin, mounted the battery and bottoned up those wire connections. Time for the pics

Front shot with the box on

Conduit from box to cabin

Battery mounted in box, I cut in a vent in the rear of the box. I intend to make a cover for the wires and the battery

Shore power hook-up and exterior GFCI plug

WFCO converter installed with 12v socket and and interior GFCI outlet

Formica in the galley


Some overall shots




More to come. Thanks for looking.

Adam

[grizz]

Said it before, I say it again, love the interior, and actually had my hands on some floor tiles that were on sale at the "Poundshop" last weekend.

Would love a large tongue box like that too.

[starleen2]

Impressive

[aggie79]

Wow!

[Jiffypop207]

Thanks for the kind compliments. I got ambitious yesterday afternoon after my post and an early dinner. I went back out an framed the hatch. Funny how something that you have been dreading/avoiding, comes together as easy as everything else has once you dive into it. Have are a couple pictures of the hatch frame resting roughly in place.




Should be sheathing the outside tonight after I dope out the latch situation and the prop situation/location.

More to follow soon.

Adam

[Rigsby]

Nice hatch framing. I like the way you have added triangulating pieces to stiffen it up

[Hunterwinco]

Howdy Jiffy,
I have been lurking for about 2 years while trying to talk my wife into letting me build a teardrop or standie (probably a squidget). I have seen your thread before, but never noticed you were near by until I saw OOB below your username. I really like the looks of your trailer. How big is that Lincoln mig? How heavy/thick is the tubing that you used? Where do you get your steel here locally? Did you have to do anything with the state to register your trailer, or do you just go to town hall and tell them that you built a camper? I'm sure I can think of more questions!

[Jiffypop207]

Howdy Jiffy,
I have been lurking for about 2 years while trying to talk my wife into letting me build a teardrop or standie (probably a squidget). I have seen your thread before, but never noticed you were near by until I saw OOB below your username. I really like the looks of your trailer. How big is that Lincoln mig? The one that shows up in the pictures is 220V unit I think the model is a 180C. I also have a 110v unit in my other garage that I built my utility trailer with that would easily do the job. The 110v unit I bought used, it is a Lincoln as well and actually came from the Home Depot originally. How heavy/thick is the tubing that you used? 3/16" 2" x 3" tubing Where do you get your steel here locally? I got mine on route 4 in Alfred, might be Sanford as it is real close to the line. There is a place in South Portland by the Wok-In and the Red Wing boot store that I think is called American Steel that is a much bigger outfit, but I believe you can walk -up and buy direct from them. Be prepared to haul 20' heavy sticks home. Did you have to do anything with the state to register your trailer, or do you just go to town hall and tell them that you built a camper? Seeing as I built my frame and it is a camper I will have to have it inspected as part of the requirement to apply for a VIN number. The homemade utility trailer I built a few years back did not require a VIN application. I am not upset about having to apply for the VIN as if I sell the TD down the road it will make the transaction painless. I'm sure I can think of more questions!

Lay them on, no worries.

Adam

[Jiffypop207]

Well it has been a bit since my last update, but that does not mean that I have not been working on the TD. I got some things done that really make the trailer take shape. First thing I did was finish skining and triming the hatch. I had my neighbor come over to help me slide it in place (got a good sweat going on that).


Before you make any comment on how high up that thing is (it is pretty tall) I took a picture with myself in the "kitchen" to show why it had to be so high.


A couple pictures of the side trim on the hatch



A picture of the hatch open from the side to show the end of the hinge


One of my favorite pictures ot the TD, the profile of the hatch closed. I am really pleased with the way the trim came together here.


Next of the list of to-dos was mount the fenders. Spent quite some time while doing other parts of the TD thinking of exactly how I wanted to mount the fenders. I know that I did not want to rely on screwing them to the sidewall. I made these mounts out of aluminum



I had the fenders powdercoated gloss black.


I am using stainless steel u-bolts to fasten the fenders to the mounts I made, 2 in the front and 2 in the rear.


Here are some pictures of the fenders mounted






Some pictures with the fenders mounted and the hatch in the closed position




I also got my flat panel tv mounted in the cabin


Doors are next on the list, then a bunch of seam siliconing.

That's it for now.

Adam

[KenC]

Great build thanks for sharing, especially the details of the hatch and fender mount. Can you tell me the dimensions of the fenders , where you bought them and the tire/ wheel size

[Martini]

Its turning out very nicely.

[Woodbutcher]

Beautiful job, you should be very proud. Wait till you get it out on the road. Thats when all the fun begins.

[planovet]

Nice job!

Not to be picky but are you going to powder coat the fender mounts to match the fenders?