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Boat building vs camper building
On Feb 9, 12:46 pm, wrote:
On Feb 9, 11:55 am, HK wrote: Frogwatch wrote: On Feb 9, 11:27 am, HK wrote: Frogwatch wrote: I am building a version of Glen-L "Importer" slide in truck mounted camper for my Nissan Frontier and I thought my experience with building 4 boats would be helpful but the techniques are very different. The camper has 1"X2" framing with 3/16 ply on the inside and Aluminum sheet on the outside. From a boat building perspective, structurally, this sounds like crap. I am desperately trying to suppress my normal tendency to think "Hey, I've got a better way" because my wife wants it to look good so I am really trying to follow directions. I am liberally applying epoxy to all joined surfaces instead of simply using wood glue as per directions but the whole process seems "wrong" still. Unfortunately, the design is from 1972 before epoxy was available. I would really prefer a design similar to boat building where strength is obtained from rounded shapes covered with glass and epoxy, sort of a stitch and glue camper. I will glass some of the joints that I think need it. I'd glass the whole thing but weight is an issue. Will yours look like this? http://www.belairshells.com/generic.tpl?PageName=11 Or are you building something embarrassing? Harry, I am totally oblivious to things that would embarass most people. What I build might embarass my wife though. No, the camper topper you show costs so little that I'd just go buy one. What i want is a slide in cab-over hard shell camper like the ones made by Lance. I do not want one with pop up canvas because I will be in places with bears, wolves and panthers (Wyoming) and although I have camped with bears wandering round my tent (even wandering round me sleeping outside my tent) I feel I have "been there, done that" and want the peace of mind of hard sides. Why not just buy one? http://www.six-pac.com/fits.htm-Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Because some people take pride in crafting something using their own given skills. And unlike you, most people are skilled enough to do so. I just wanted to make something else. I figure that if this is successful, my wife might give in to my plans to rebuild the old log cabin on our WY property. |
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