Congrats, Tom!

[John T3]

Congrats to Tom S!! (If you check his website you can see he completed his teardrop a few days ago! www.tomswenson.com/teardrop/index.shtml) As a just-getting-started builder, its great to see what success looks like. And many, many thanks for the in-depth photo-journal of your building process. It has helped me in my planning, and will continue to be a fine resource as I get underway on my own construction. Your a giver. Tom

[tears&sweat]

Tom S A 1 job! A big pat on the back

[davel]

Beautiful trailer, great job. I wish I could get mine finished.

[TomS]

Thanks for the complements folks! Keep plugging away at it and you'll get yours built too,

[Joanne]

Thanks for the complements folks! Keep plugging away at it and you'll get yours built too,

Tom, great build!

Would you send me that post *every* week for the next year or so? I'm hoping to finish my trailer "someday". It's an ever-so-slow process for me. With the exception of a few minor issues along the way, you seemed to breeze right through your build and ended up with a beautiful trailer. Kudos!

So when are you going to start the next one???

Your website is a great resource for those considering building their own. Great work on that too.

Envious in Vegas,
Joanne

[TomS]

Joanne,

Thanks for the Kudos

It didn't seem to me like I breezed through it. Some parts of the project moved fast others seemed to drag on forever.

My next TD? I dunno. My daughter got engaged this year. They'll probably get married in two years or so. A teardrop would make a mighty nice wedding present.

[WoodSmith]

Tom, not that it will do you any good on this project (looks great BTW) but an easy way to trace a line 1/4 inch bigger/smaller is to use a flat washer. Find one that has the offset that you need and put the outside against the thing your gonna trace, put the pencil inside the washer and push it against the tracing. Run it around the pattern and there you go.

Lee Valley even sells a kit with differnt size offsets. http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=50272&cat=1,42936,50298 (I like Lee Valley!)

[TomS]

Tom, not that it will do you any good on this project (looks great BTW) but an easy way to trace a line 1/4 inch bigger/smaller is to use a flat washer. Find one that has the offset that you need and put the outside against the thing your gonna trace, put the pencil inside the washer and push it against the tracing. Run it around the pattern and there you go.

Lee Valley even sells a kit with differnt size offsets. http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=50272&cat=1,42936,50298 (I like Lee Valley!)

What an elegant idea! I used the compass method because that is what the Kuffel Creek plans said to do.

Great tip!