San Diego 5 x 8+ build

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Post-camping

Postby adventurelad » Tue Oct 30, 2012 10:09 am

Well, the first trip is behind us, and I took a full 2-weeks of no-camper-building to recover from the crazy effort leading up to it! But back to it this past Sunday, at a much more relaxed pace :)

For the rather unfinished state of affairs, everything worked well and we had no major issues, at least nothing that was a surprise. Towing went well, but definitely need a bigger lift on the hitch ball mount as speed bumps and driveways were a noisy event :shock:

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One very-rookie mistake...if you have a locking door for your water inlet, you have to bring the key with you :oops: So the sink didn't see too much use with an empty water tank!

This weekend, I pulled the mattress out so that I could start priming and painting the inside cabinets. Two coats of Kilz and they are now ready for paint

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And, like it or not, I needed to get started on re-building the hatch. I decided that, for a start, I would try sanding the four middle ribs to match the contour of the outer two to get the birch to sit flat. I figured I would try this first as it is the option of least work, and if it isn't successful, then I can move on to more extensive measures. Step one, remove the outer skin and speakers:

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Then I made a new template that matches the smaller of the two end ribs to use as a sanding guide.

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Ready for the belt sander...next weekend!

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