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Past weekend progress

Postby engled » Tue Apr 20, 2004 8:50 am

We got a lot done over the weekend :D , take a look ...

http://home.alltel.net/engled/td

...click on April 17/18
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Postby mikeschn » Tue Apr 20, 2004 8:56 am

Those hinges do look nice on the inside. Good job.

But your spars look like they are only half cut! What's with that? :)

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Postby Clancy Courtney » Tue Apr 20, 2004 8:59 am

Darryl, Your trailer has come together quickly . You should be proud. It looks great.
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Postby mikeschn » Tue Apr 20, 2004 11:32 am

I was thinking the same thing. Darryl started his teardrop way later than I started mine (which was Jan 3, 2004), and he's almost done. I'm not that far along yet. :(

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Postby R Keller » Tue Apr 20, 2004 11:39 am

Daryl,

I like the clean look of the hinges on the side of the door jamb too.

A few questions, since I'm about at that stage:

What did you do for the trim around the body door frame? Looks like in one of the photos that you have two pieces of trim molding with a small gap in between? Or maybe that's just at the floor?

And it looks like your weatherstripping is on the body trim rather than the door T-molding?

Oh, and did you have to countersink the screws at all?

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Postby engled » Tue Apr 20, 2004 12:43 pm

R Keller wrote:Daryl,

What did you do for the trim around the body door frame? Looks like in one of the photos that you have two pieces of trim molding with a small gap in between? Or maybe that's just at the floor?


That is correct, two pieces of molding and there is a gap. I will add a piece of 1/16th aluminum to bridge that gap so the hinge will sit better on the door and the door jam.

R Keller wrote:And it looks like your weatherstripping is on the body trim rather than the door T-molding?


No, it's a piece of 1/2 "L" molding with one leg ripped down to 1/4" that frames the door jam and door that I think you are seeing. The weather stripping will be on the "T" moulding.

R Keller wrote:Oh, and did you have to countersink the screws at all?
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Yes, all were counter sunk, I am very luck that my father owns a machine shop and I can make short work of thing like that.
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Re: Past weekend progress

Postby Jimbo » Tue Apr 20, 2004 5:40 pm

engled wrote:We got a lot done over the weekend :D , take a look ...

http://home.alltel.net/engled/td

...click on April 17/18


What plans did you use or did you make it up as you went? Also, where did you get your windows? Looks darn good!!!
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Postby Steve Frederick » Tue Apr 20, 2004 6:05 pm

Darryl, Nice job, really neat! But the shop is too clean...sick! :twisted:
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Postby mikeschn » Tue Apr 20, 2004 7:03 pm

I wish my shop were cleaner. Some days I trip over everything. :(

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Postby beverlyt » Wed Apr 21, 2004 5:28 am

Darryl,
Your teardrop looks great! I've been watching and amazing at how quickly you've put it together. The doors and aluminum skin look amazing!
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Re: Past weekend progress

Postby engled » Wed Apr 21, 2004 8:24 am

Jimbo wrote:What plans did you use or did you make it up as you went? Also, where did you get your windows? Looks darn good!!!


I used the Kuffel Creek plans, there is a link on my web site. The windows were purchased from http://www.tjtrailers.com/store/ ,they came out of one of Redneck Trailers warehouses though.


Steve Frederick wrote:Darryl, Nice job, really neat! But the shop is too clean...sick!
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Steve, it's not really a shop, it's a bar :D so we try and keep it in some kind of shape. If you will notice the background on some of the pictures you will see a foos ball table, a full bar, PA equipment, amps and several gutiars.

Thank you all for the kind words.
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Postby R Keller » Thu Apr 22, 2004 3:26 pm

Darryl,

Thanks for the info. When you countersink the screws in, say, 1/16", aluminum, about how much of the flat head screw is it wise to leave above the surface, or can you make it flush without too many worries?

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Postby engled » Thu Apr 22, 2004 5:42 pm

R Keller wrote:Darryl,

Thanks for the info. When you countersink the screws in, say, 1/16", aluminum, about how much of the flat head screw is it wise to leave above the surface, or can you make it flush without too many worries?

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Since there spaced out at 4" apart you will have plenty of holding power with them flush. If it was a load bearing piece you would have resone to be concerned but it's just trim.
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Postby R Keller » Thu Apr 22, 2004 6:03 pm

Thanks once again Darryl. Now how about the piano door-hinges? What would you recommend doing for those?

For mine, I'll probably have the hinge sandwiched by two pieces of trim (1st: edge molding on outside of door frame, next: door hinge, finally: t-molding on inside of door frame). The T-molding would get the countersinking and the screws would run through all three layers.

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Re: Past weekend progress

Postby BufordT » Thu Apr 22, 2004 8:11 pm

Where did you get those windows Engled? I like them they look really neat on the tear.
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http://home.alltel.net/engled/td

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