Actually I have been keeping a separate tally for indirect expenses. Things like tools and consumables that I have purchased but wont necessarily be consumed just on this project. Things like sandpaper and glue are added to the camper list, but things like the chisel and saw, or the glue applicator go on the separate list. So when I give an update of the tally it's just what is going directly into the camper.
Here's a little something interesting. Bear with me, this is on Foamie/Cardboard topic. So a while back at work they ordered a modular office kit, complete with SIP walls (about 4 inches of EPS white bead foam laminated with some sort of smooth skinned paper board...or maybe gypsum...will take a closer look tomorrow), corrugated steel roof decking, glass windows and steel entry door. The whole thing arrived stacked on a big double size pallet and sat in a pile on the shop floor for a good long time. Well two days after I ordered my XPS foam they decided to install the office and started relocating the pieces. After everything was moved out the materials used to protect everything in transit were left behind. There were 4 pieces of 4x8 x 1/2 thk EPS; several smaller pieces of triple wall corrugated brown cardboard; this honey comb like 1 inch thk cardboard, maybe 1 at 4x8 and a couple at 2 or 4 x 4; and some 1/2 inch particle board. They wanted to keep the wood, but the rest was up for grabs. I had the scrap guy (low guy on the shop totem pole who does general cleanup and small odd jobs) stash it for me to pick up later.
Not sure what I'll do with it, but it gives me some options.
As my mother likes to say, the weather is 3H, Hot, Hazy and Humid for the next 3 days at least. Yuck. But work on I must.
Out at Mecca Karl and I set the floor frame down on saw horses and I got set up to glue in the centerline blocking.
The rope is set up to be a tourniquet like clamp.
During the glue up we used pipe clamps at each segment alternating on each side of the centerline, but they could only be used minimally because they would try to twist the xmbrs, and they were heavy, putting a little sag in the frame. So once I got all of the blocks in place we cinched up the rope, pulled the pipe clamps off, and repositioned the sawhorses from the ends into the middle some to even out the weight balance and bring the frame back flat again. Used the green spring clamps to hold the rope back on itself. Worked just fine.
Here's a closeup shot of the clamped rope.
And one more of the frame.
While the glue was setting we went and finished sorting out the plywood inventory. Collected up and labeled everything. I really appreciate all the work that Rover Mike did for me, the accuracy and quality of the cuts, as well as the time that it saved me. That being said, there were some issues.
It appears that the 4 skins for either side of the two under galley counter dividers were cut short at 24 x 19 instead of the called out 28 x 19. No big deal there is more than enough drop material to either recut these pieces (although the grain will be running horizontal instead of the preferred vertical), or I can butt up a filler piece (it will be more or less hidden under the counter so that is not a big deal either).
My biggest concern right now is that the two galley side wall skins are missing. They are checked off on the layout sheets, as if they had been cut, and the other pieces from those layouts are here, so I am wondering if they just got left behind in Mike's shop and didn't make it onto the skid. I'll drop Mike a line and inquire post haste.
I may have mentioned this before, but there were 2 of the cut layouts that repeated twice, and Mike only did them once, leaving me two uncut sheets. We decided that I could cut those as needed, and it would also give me a little wiggle room if something wasn't quite right.
So, since one of those layouts included one of the floor panels, that's what we did next. And here's where I got a whole new appreciation for what Mike had got done for me. Karl and I were like Abbott and Costello fumbling thru. Almost screwed up royally. After we cut the sheet across we made the second cut on the wrong section! It worked out okay because we could still get both parts out of the two big pieces, but we had to make more cuts and ended up with more smaller drops. Funny, but not so much.
Anyway, that was enough for the night (after 8pm). I tucked all of the plywood back under the sheets, put up the tools and did a little sweep up. Karl said he didn't mind standing the frame back up out of the way in the morning after the glue had a good long while to set, so we left it at that.
by KCStudly » Mon Jun 18, 2012 11:14 pm 
