More catching up

Having trouble posting in the right order.  So here are some more . . .

On the trailer frame.

Rear shot showing the rear storage area panel on and the taillight housings.

Trying out the tongue box.

It fits . . .

And room for it to open!

Trying to catch up

Here are some photos to catch everyone up on the trailer build.  I will be away for a week or two as I drive to Alabama to visit Amy and her parents.  A bit of a road trip, but that is what I do these days.  So here are some photos:

Neighborhood sign.  Why do the chickens get to play?

The framing for the curves, and the framing for the front window.

Where the ceiling fan goes.

Preparing to apply the clear penetrating epoxy sealant.

CPES applied.

Applying filler to get the edges smooth.

The taped seams on the roof.

Preparing to put it on the trailer frame.

Exterior Skinned

When will it be done?

Many people are asking when I will be done with this build, and where will I go next. 

"I don't know" is the answer to both questions.  I'm working steadily on it, but I encounter problems and then I must resolve them. I am just not giving out any estimates anymore, because then I get upset when I don't make the goal. 

Where I go will be dependent upon how much longer it takes me. I need to get home and be with my family, so I have less time to wonder around down here. 

So there you have it. I just don't know. 

Slow Progress

After completing the framing, we had a few days of frustration as we tried to bend plywood to cover the 7-inch radius curves on the front and nose of the trailer.  After two spectacular failures, which used up all the material I had on hand, I went to Edensaw Wood in Port Townsend and bought some bendy plywood. After making some clamping jigs to allow easier clamping across the front of the trailer, we got the skin on yesterday.

Picking up the wood

clamping jig being utilized

Skin on the front

Earlier in the weekend, I mocked up the galley hatch hinge.

Needs some patching in the outer skin

Also did some wiring in the ceiling earlier.

Lots of wires

The wiring and hole for the fan

View from the galley.  The fuse box will go where the wires come through the hole

Front Framing Completed

Like A Mushroom

10:00

3:00

Then the weather got windy with sprinkles of rain, so we wrapped it in a tarp and called it a day.

One quart of MonstaLiner applied at 70 -74 degrees, is a monster to work with. Plus, it did not go as far as I planned. But I'm ahead of myself.

I got to the work site at about 8:00 to get started. The floor was ready to go with a canopy over it, and I spent about an hour getting some MEK to wipe down the trailer frame and fenders, moving the fenders and tongue box outside and setting up.

It was a nice day, cloudy and overcast to start. By noon, it was clear and warm. At a mile from Hood Canal, it was also humid. I spent the next three hours with my handy respirator on (something you really want to use while working with this and similar products) applying the first coat of black. By my calculations, there should have been enough for two coats of black, but I must have neglected to carry the three or something, because at noon, I had one coat on the items, and no more black. Whoops! 

Fortunately, I had another quart of a dark gray called Pyroclastic. It is almost a battleship gray, and since that is all I had, I put it on after lunch. It came out looking pretty good.

I am particularly fond of the appearance of the tongue box. However, I noticed for the first time that it has a drain hole in each rear corner. I'm thinking maybe I should apply some JB Weld there and make the tongue box a little more water tight. Comments?

While at Home Depot, I also picked up some 3/4 inch Non-metallic Liquidtight conduit and connectors. I plan to use that to get the wiring loom from the tongue box to the rear of the trailer and up to the fuse box.  

Work plan for tomorrow is, weather permitting, to start assembly. Forecast looks good for tomorrow, so we shall see.

Since NWOR

This week I have built the doors, the jambs for the doors, and installed the jambs on the side walls.  Looks something like this.

And there you have both sides with the door jambs on them and the first coat of finish on the interior. I can now take the doors and the sides outdoors and put the waterproofing epoxy on them.