Atomic77 wrote:Just getting caught back up on your build! Looking great and good progress! Keep pressing on!
Thanks Michael!
So a little bit of update today.
Finally, I have decided what will be the floor layout and started to make internal panels to implement that.
This my first trailer build was a LOT of re-work for me, still I keep pressing on to achieve what I want for quality, features, and light weight.
I decided to re-fabricate many already made panels that were previously made of 6mm baltic birch plywood and shaker style panels of west birch(yellow cherry) and switch to a cleaner look of just flat panels and also make them much lighter,.. every one of those.
Those panels are being made with only 3mm thick high quality plywood and pine sticks that will be assembled to provide a common load bearing structures to complement each other bearing strengths and planes. Here are some pictures of the panels making process. I made a special table to make the panels so I can clamp them flat and also cut large pieces of plywood with circular cord or cordless saws using my homemade guides. I do not have much space and it is also cluttered, sorry for the clutter in pictures. In some cases I have decided to make ply-foam-ply sandwich for free-standing panels to make them strong and rigid.
My plan of attack towards interior structures is:
- make all panels for the interior,
- dry fit them with screws and clamps,
- disassemble and apply required finish like stain, varnish etc., leaving final assembly surfaces masked or clean,
- assemble with epoxy to the floor and walls to make the interior a part of load bearing structure.
Cheers!