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Postby Vedette » Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:33 pm

Just realized that my build has "No Wood" in it yet.
So now it has become my "Mission"
I think it is very doable.
My motto is if I can't weld it, I won't use it.
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Re: No Wood

Postby CarlLaFong » Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:02 am

Vedette wrote:No Wood
I ain't touchin' that one :lol:
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Re: No Wood

Postby Shadow Catcher » Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:01 am

No reason you can't do the whole thing out of aluminum and composites.
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Re: No Wood

Postby mechmagcn » Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:13 am

If I ever get around to building TD #2, I also plan to build using no wood. It will be a welded aluminum frame with aluminum skin bonded with panel adhesive and some sort of composite material for an interior.
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Re: No Wood

Postby Txbum » Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:07 am

Jeff, sounds good, would you consider antique wooden spoke rims for TD numero dos?.....Txbum
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Re: No Wood

Postby mechmagcn » Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:07 am

Txbum wrote:Jeff, sounds good, would you consider antique wooden spoke rims for TD numero dos?.....Txbum

Thanks for the offer, but I think I'll stick with aluminum 8)
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Re: No Wood

Postby Jim Edgerly » Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:18 am

My heart goes out to those with no wood. That's why I built a woody before I got too old.
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Re: No Wood

Postby Shadow Catcher » Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:42 am

I for one have do love Woody's but when I started looking into teardrop construction I also looked at what fails, and in order it was wood and rust. I have no place to store a trailer inside out of the weather and since we were going to have a large trailer 6 x 10 I wanted it to be as lightweight as possible. And yes I know you can do that with wood as well, although nobody seems to. Most of the trailer seem to be built with 60-year-old technology and are built like tanks not like the airplanes they should be. The framing in compass rose is 1.50 x 1 x .060 aluminum, and it is strong enough for me to stand on the roof.
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Re: No Wood

Postby Vedette » Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:36 pm

Well I have bad news.
I had planned for the interior panals to be 1 /16" aluminium.
But, after we got the first one cut out we discovered it was mich havier than the 1/8" hardboard I usually use for car doors, so we hace opted for a 1/16" veneer. Even lighter yet????
Not prepaired to make our teardrop heavier just to say there is no wood,
It is coming along.....5 weeks to go!
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Re: No Wood

Postby Vedette » Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:37 pm

Pictures will be coming soon.
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Re: No Wood

Postby eamarquardt » Mon Apr 09, 2012 4:50 am

No self respecting surfer would be caught dead without his surfboard and a woody.

At least not here in Southern California.

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