"The Walden" multipurpose camper.

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"The Walden" multipurpose camper.

Postby rlphoto » Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:34 pm

Gonna start cutting wood next week. Comments welcome and greatly anticipated!

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Postby swizz » Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:44 pm

Looks like a good un to me.
Is that roof going to have gas struts?
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Postby rlphoto » Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:55 pm

swizz wrote:Looks like a good un to me.
Is that roof going to have gas struts?
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That would be a good idea, but since I am strong enough to lift them with out it probably not.

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Postby beverlyt » Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:17 pm

My favorite thing about this trailer is the option of being able to cook inside or out.

Nice feature!

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Postby Jeff » Mon Jun 27, 2005 3:26 am

looks good...alot of good ideas
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Postby Geron » Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:19 am

Printed out and archived. Very good starting point for my next. Many good Ideas.

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Postby rlphoto » Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:39 am

latest version

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discussed here.

http://tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?t=3933

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Postby mikeschn » Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:03 pm

Are you sure you don't want to put some kind of a chamfer on the back of that Walden design?

Can you picture your design in 3D?

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Postby mikeschn » Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:21 pm

Randy,

I modeled up the Walden so you could see what it looks like in 3D.

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Postby rlphoto » Mon Jun 27, 2005 11:04 pm

Wow! Thanks for doing that Mike! That is really neat! :applause:

I do my drafting in photoshop cs. Not the preferred program for drawing but I know it very well. Never tried 3D. probably bad idea for photoshop. Photoshop is still lightyears ahead of the pencil we used 20 something years ago in engineering drafting school.

Couple things, The drawers are 12 in high because that is where everything goes. The bulkhead will be thinned out to 4-6 inches wide on the sides with gusseted corners on top. I want to keep 4 ft 1 in open area in the bulkhead so I can get a sheet of plywood in when I need to haul one.

Backdoors will have windows. and maybe a small one in the front because I want to be able to see out of all 4 sides.

The open side walls in the tail area will be good for hanging clothes and other things.

Still thinking about the roof line. Dont know what else we could do with it.

I am going to start laying up the side in the morning.

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