After putting it together "which was extremely easy" I began hunting for wood as I planned to build a 5x10. Finding 10 foot plywood was very difficult in my home town so I drove over to Portland Oregon to pick up 2 sheets of 4x10 5/8 plywood for the wall frames and 2 sheets of lower quality 4x10 5/8 for the floor. 5x10 of the same type of wood was over 120, where as the 4x10 were only 30 a piece.
After speaking to Dave "DMcCam", the builder of the Atma Travelear, he gave me approval to base my profile off of his. So I began building the walls.
I used a projector with the profile Dave posted in his build thread to draw my outlines. I then used a jigsaw to cut both walls at the same time "Bad Idea". I recommend cutting either one and using a flush cut bit for the other or making a thinner template and using a flush cut bit.
I don't have many pictures of my floor build but I used cheap 1x3 for the framing to allow for insulation. I will be putting 1/4 baltic birch over the top of the framing.
Since the trailer is 5 foot wide, and aluminum only comes in 5 foot wide sections I had to figure out a way to bring my walls in to allow the aluminum to sit on top. I decided to route out a slot in the walls that allowed the walls to sit on the floor and hang down to cover the trailer frame.
WALL TEST FIT
At this point, the floor is still sitting on the trailer bolts and not bolted to the frame. I just layed the floor on and stuck the walls to get a feel for the size. I could not put the floor on until I got the trailer welded up and the tongue extension done. So now for the tongue extension. Since I am going to be using a battery box on the front of the trailer I needed to extend the tongue out a bit from the standard northern tool trailer. I opted to use 2.5 inch steel so I could retain my original hitch. I purchased a 10 foot length of 2.5 by 3/8 square tubing and waited and waited and waited for my buddy to get time to weld it up for me. Well the day came and it turned out great. We cut the tube to around 105 and ran it half way back on the trailer. The pictures should explain the rest.
As of right now, my next tasks are to:
-Paint raw steel
-Install carriage bolts on the floor and install 1/4 BB over the top.
-Order a torsion axle and move wheels back 1+ feet.
-Glue 1/8 BB to the inside of the walls
Estimated completion date is May 10 2015, my wifes birthday. So I currently have -36ish days to complete it
