Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Finished with the insulation tonight. Tomorrow I'll get the trim pieces painted red and the counter top.

steve wolverton wrote:I'll work on a FAQ for this stuff and try to get it posted in the near future.

Actually, I think if you look through your posts (or the PDF) on your first Puffin, you'll find some pretty comprehensive descriptions.

To anyone that hasn't used it, epoxy seems a black art. Once you have used it, it's damn near magic.

For Tinkicker, epoxy enables you to do a fillet weld in wood, which is really trick.

Andrew

Things are winding down on the build. I've got the first coat of paint on the door.

I also painted the trim, and I got the first coat of red on the counter top.




The red should be a nice touch of color.

I'm getting the trim put back in while the door is drying.

cool its shaping up Did you notice the pink shadow it put on the wall

I went ahead and painted the wood where the foam bedding will rest. Not sure why, it won't be seen. Oh well, at least I know it's there.


The foam is medium density 5" foam. This is cool stuff.


I got the first coat of white on the door upper, and two coats of the bedliner. The black thing to the right of the hinge is an inner tube for a door seal.


I had to cut the 2nd aluminum hinge.


New sheets and red trim installed. The sheets are just laid on the bed at the moment. Not sure if I'm going to sew them to fit, or just leave them unfitted.


I like the red trim.


I'm happy I got the door hung tonight. I'll put the aluminum trim on tomorrow, or midweek.


I still need to trim the innertube seal. I'll install the window tomorrow if I get the 2nd coat of paint on.

Wow! That's looking great!

I just weighed the camper. I only have a couple more trim pieces to put on, window, and dropped floor.

Total weight: 619.5

Door side tire: 240.5
Port side tire: 236.5
Tongue: 142.5

No doubt I'll come in under my 650 goal!

Very cool!

John

I am absolutly amazed.... 22 days into your build and things are winding down. I havent even started I hope your not offended but I will be stealing ideas from your work when I finally do get started. Beautiful Job.

Steve Frederick & jdarkoregon - Thanks guys! I appreciate the comments.

Wimperdink - I'd be flattered if you stole my ideas.

The drip cap arrived today. I'm planning to get the drip cap installed, and the door trim tomorrow. I'll also get the dropped floor box built and start fiberglassing it.

I think your way of installing the insulation and half pipe to hold it all in place is too cool. The drop floor is very cool too though I might do that a lil differant. I'm lazy so what I'll probably do is make a removeable panel in the floor that when removed leaves an empty hole to the ground. Then in the hole goes a frame with canvas draped down to a floor that just lays on the ground with a carpeted inside. It would give full stand up capabilities without having it hang down during travel and make the build process that much easier. Canvas sides would make it so you can just fold it up and slide it under the bed when not in use.

If I steal too much of your design, I'll print a small Steve Wolverton icon on a piece of rice paper and epoxy it into a cabinet.

Maybe a 3" diameter version. I'll need a signed version of it though. lol

Wimperdink wrote:I'm lazy so what I'll probably do is make a removeable panel in the floor that when removed leaves an empty hole to the ground. Then in the hole goes a frame with canvas draped down to a floor that just lays on the ground with a carpeted inside. It would give full stand up capabilities without having it hang down during travel and make the build process that much easier. Canvas sides would make it so you can just fold it up and slide it under the bed when not in use.

That sounds like that would work. How would you seal the canvas to the hole in the bottom of the camper? Velcro? Snaps? Another item to consider it rain. If it rains a lot and there is quite a bit of water under the trailer it may get the canvas wet. I guess you could waterproof it. You may want to lower the canvas piece down on some small legs to keep it directly off the ground. Just a few thoughts - I also thought about doing something like this awhile back.

Wimperdink wrote:If I steal too much of your design, I'll print a small Steve Wolverton icon on a piece of rice paper and epoxy it into a cabinet.

I don't think that would be necessary.

steve wolverton wrote:I just weighed the camper. I only have a couple more trim pieces to put on, window, and dropped floor.

Total weight: 619.5

Door side tire: 240.5
Port side tire: 236.5
Tongue: 142.5

No doubt I'll come in under my 650 goal!

Since the local rock quarry refused to weigh my trailer, I have been trying to figure out a way to do it. If it's just a matter of weighing the three points that sit on the ground and adding them together, my bathroom scale should handle that. And then I can stop guesstimating it's weight at 350.

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