Finally underway with our 7X14 V-nose conversion

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Re: Finally underway with our 7X14 V-nose conversion

Postby wyldesyde007 » Sat Sep 22, 2018 5:42 pm

It's time to raise the roof!

While I had it off notching out for the trim on the side panels I went ahead and moved my water break and thinned it down a little.ImageImage

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Re: Finally underway with our 7X14 V-nose conversion

Postby wyldesyde007 » Thu Sep 27, 2018 2:50 pm

And here's the notching I was speaking about, it's a little relief cut to allow the panels to fit tight against the stop.ImageImageImageImage

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Re: Finally underway with our 7X14 V-nose conversion

Postby wyldesyde007 » Thu Sep 27, 2018 2:53 pm

Flipped it over and got the rubber coating on, it looks a whole lot nicer now that it's painted!Image

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Re: Finally underway with our 7X14 V-nose conversion

Postby wyldesyde007 » Sun Oct 14, 2018 7:15 am

Sorry for the lag in updates guys, I had a couple of health issues that put a kink in my work on the camper :(

Anyways, I was finally able to reinstall the roof after getting the rubber coating on and then moved on to another issue. In the pics you'll see that in my desire to make the roof as high as possible I ended up making the rear wall about 1/2" too long so you can't swing the roof up first (in the picture you can see I'm attempting to round off the top edge for some clearance). Now it's not really a big deal because you can swing the rear wall up and then the roof but it just bothers me that I can't also do it the other way round alsoImageImageImage

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Re: Finally underway with our 7X14 V-nose conversion

Postby hankaye » Sun Oct 14, 2018 8:56 am

wyldesyde007, Howdy;

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Re: Finally underway with our 7X14 V-nose conversion

Postby McDave » Sun Oct 14, 2018 12:18 pm

Hey wyldesyde,
You are really putting in the time and effort to get this right. I really appreciate that and wanted to let you know that I absolutely intend to copy this design at some point next spring. Looking forward to seeing some pics from the campsite. Keep up the good work and Thanks again.
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Re: Finally underway with our 7X14 V-nose conversion

Postby wyldesyde007 » Tue Oct 16, 2018 2:31 pm

Thanks guys :)

Soon as I get done tweaking the design I'm going to post my layouts and cut sheets for people to copy if they have a similar setup to give y'all a head start :thumbsup:

I am just about in the home stretch, this weekend I plan to be finishing up the removable side walls (I couldn't do much of anything with the roof occupying my workshop).
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Re: Finally underway with our 7X14 V-nose conversion

Postby aggie79 » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:56 pm

I second what McDave said! Can’t wait to see the cut sheets so I can “get my head around” your design.


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Re: Finally underway with our 7X14 V-nose conversion

Postby wyldesyde007 » Mon Oct 22, 2018 4:49 pm

Here's a quick post of my solution for setting up the room solo. This temporary brace is quick to attach one handed with the squeeze clamp, it holds the rear wall up while you swing the roof out and into place.
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Re: Finally underway with our 7X14 V-nose conversion

Postby wyldesyde007 » Mon Oct 22, 2018 4:54 pm

I decided to use my leftover aluminum strips on the inside of the side panels. Originally I was going to use threaded knobs to screw the panels together to get them to close up but after looking at them installed I figured this was the better route, you'll notice the inside strip doesn't have near the overhang as the outer one. This offset allows you to press the panel against the outer strip and use it like a guide as you slide the panel into place.
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Re: Finally underway with our 7X14 V-nose conversion

Postby wyldesyde007 » Mon Oct 22, 2018 4:56 pm

You can see here with the additional strip added on the inside I end up with a much improved fit on the joints.ImageImage

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Re: Finally underway with our 7X14 V-nose conversion

Postby wyldesyde007 » Mon Oct 22, 2018 4:59 pm

I opted for slide bolts to lock the panels in place, each panel has one bolt which placed near the joint locks the latter panel as well.
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Re: Finally underway with our 7X14 V-nose conversion

Postby wyldesyde007 » Mon Oct 22, 2018 5:03 pm

This is where I quit for the day yesterday.

This piece is the final side piece which completes the connection to the rear of the trailer, also shown in the photos is the transition piece for the floor which covers up the gate hinge area and as it turns out will also lock this final side piece in place when it's dropped in.ImageImageImageImage

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Re: Finally underway with our 7X14 V-nose conversion

Postby wyldesyde007 » Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:57 am

Hey guys sorry for the delay for those of you who were waiting on the uploads :oops:

The wife and I had some surgeries right at the end of the year and between me being laid up and having to take time off to care for her, a lot didn't get done on the camper :(

But I'm back on it!

In the meantime as promised I'm going to start the uploads for my design! :P

Now for the disclaimer... The information, measurements, drawings and pictures are being provided AS IS. It is your responsibility to do your due diligence to make sure it is applicable to your desired use.

Now prepare yourself for the flood! :eyebrows:
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Re: Finally underway with our 7X14 V-nose conversion

Postby wyldesyde007 » Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:09 pm

Front Bulkhead (This is what the beds are anchored to, also serving as the power distribution wall.)

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