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Boat building vs camper building
On Feb 9, 1:41 pm, John H wrote:
On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 08:18:41 -0800 (PST), 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. PS. Keep in mind that the camper won't take near the beating that a boat does. It's not like you're going to be pounding the camper into the waves! Are the plans available online? They'd be interesting to look at. Floor plan is online on the Glen-L site. One thing that really bothers me is that the framing is assembled using those awful corrugated fasteners that seem to split the ends of the wood and then the framing is glued to the 3/16 ply. I'd much prefer to assemble the framing on the 3/16 ply with epoxy but the first assembly seems sorta necessary to get right. |
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