the build of rasp

[rasp]

rough cut aspen



concept


floor done


wall framed and covered inside


walls up


cooler test fit


the big bend


ceiling in and framing started


wall insulation


outside walls on


door and window test fit


hatch on


roof glassed and side epoxied


not complete but ready for camping over the 4th


still need the kitchen area and cabin completed and some gas struts for the hatch. along with another epoxy fill coat to fill in the cloth weave and then paint.

[S. Heisley]

Rasp, it looks like you are doing an excellent job. The only question I have is: Couldn't someone just unscrew that hinge and get in while you're away somewhere? Or, is it that you probably won't be leaving it anywhere that you won't be at and probably don't plan on leaving anything of value in it?

[rasp]

well, i suppose that someone could unscrew the hinges and get in but they could save them selves some time and just turn the door handle. it is no more than a tent on wheels so it is treated like a tent and there is no way to lock a tent.
the only crimes i have seen in the campgrounds i frequent are the lack of children supervision and the waste of electricity.

[S. Heisley]

Good answer!

[grizz]

Quick build, love the way you got the bend done.

One day when I am grown up, I want a beard like that.

[rasp]

i started the build 5 years ago, well gathering materials. built the floor last fall and the rest this spring.

the bend went well for two sheets of good plywood but didn't work for the Chinese imported stuff. seems they are putting plastic for center plies as they can't put it in pet food now.

the beard is a work in progress since september 1971.