"Jackal" 5x10 TD Running water.

[KCStudly]

Base hobby shop should have torches you could use.

[Tomterrific]

I think there are sheet metal tools for stretching and shrinking thin metal. By shrinking the side of the L it should curve nicely. I'm sure you can get a thinner L somewhere to work with.

I like the idea of the dropped edge for water run-off. Water flows down hill after all. :-) My hatch edge has no rubber seal just the overhang and it doesn't leak. It surprised me but the camper stays outside and there it is, no leak. My hatch is vertical so i believe the straight shot of the water has much to do with the lack of leak.

T

[Tomterrific]

I think there are sheet metal tools for stretching and shrinking thin metal. By shrinking the side of the L it should curve nicely. I'm sure you can get a thinner L somewhere to work with.

I like the idea of the dropped edge for water run-off. Water flows down hill after all. :-) My hatch edge has no rubber seal just the overhang and it doesn't leak. It surprised me but the camper stays outside and there it is, no leak. My hatch is vertical so i believe the straight shot of the water has much to do with the lack of leak.

T

[JmsCaverly]

Base hobby shop should have torches you could use.

You know I called and in fact they don't but the sheet metal shop does. I stopped in and they had a large bender and pre bent most of my angle for me.

I got lucky this time .

[JmsCaverly]

I think there are sheet metal tools for stretching and shrinking thin metal. By shrinking the side of the L it should curve nicely. I'm sure you can get a thinner L somewhere to work with.

I know harbor bright sells one but for really a one time use its not worth it to spend the money. I looked into both a plenishing and a stretcher.

I like the idea of the dropped edge for water run-off. Water flows down hill after all. :-) My hatch edge has no rubber seal just the overhang and it doesn't leak. It surprised me but the camper stays outside and there it is, no leak. My hatch is vertical so i believe the straight shot of the water has much to do with the lack of leak.

T

After really looking at mine I could see the seals sit really well along the length of the hatch so I went with the shorter legged "L". Plus I have the secondary seal and the rain gutter inside the wall to give water a chance to run if need be.

[JmsCaverly]

Well here we are I after a long day fighting with it and fitting it as best as possible the hatch is skinned and trimmed. I still need to do the bottom edge but I have some fitting I want to do with the bumper in place first so that will have to wait till then.



I still have a bit of finesse to do on the edge to get get rid of a few kinks but I think it works. We'll see when I do the water tests later this week.




Passanger door goes on tomorrow, I'm hoping to be at the DMV on Monday filing to get my VIN number finally. I'll also get a weight too which I've been wondering what it would be since the beginning.

[ELM]

Looking great. Let us know how it goes at DMV

[jmascioni]

Is it just me, or is your door a little long on the bottom edge?
I was just curious, seems to me that would make for a terrible wind drag if it sticks down below the bottom of the floor.

[JmsCaverly]

Is it just me, or is your door a little long on the bottom edge?
I was just curious, seems to me that would make for a terrible wind drag if it sticks down below the bottom of the floor.

Good observation, but as I stated above I still have some work to do to the bottom edge, once I fit the bumper I'll know how I want the bottom edge of the hatch to sit.

[JmsCaverly]

Just a bit of progress updating:


I got the passenger door on and fitting perfectly, this side needed a little bit of extra love but I got it to sit nicely. I also got the fender on this side mounted, but dummy me when I went to Ace Hardware I only got enough for one side. Sooo I'll have to make another trip back ..... Oh darn.




So I tried to use this bin I had for my battery's, but as you can see I have managed to crack this whole side of the box. I really did think they were going to fit it was so close. So I'm going to look and see if I can get a dual box for my battery's.




I have taken some before photos of my galley as far as what I had origally planned, I just don't think it fit with what I have in my head. I really wanted to do a pull out stove but I really just don't have the space. I have had to sacrifice space in my galley to accommodate the kids bunks up front. At the deepest point my gally is only 20" deep so I have to think very carefully about how things will lay out. But my wife came up with a really cool idea that I thought was genius, instead of having the stove inside we'll put it outside much like most people have used the side tables but ours will be at about a 40 degree angle, that will bring the table back towards the galley instead of inline with the counter top.






This is the beginning of how the new planned galley will look very much the same but without the stove drawer. I've also pulled out all the old plywood supports in favor of the nice new cherry that will be the cabinetry. I've brought the drawer up a bit so that I can service the battery's and get them in and out if need be.




I got my drip rail in for SoCal Teardrops today too so I was able to get that mounted it looks good. It didn't set like I wanted it to so I'll have to figure something else out for the hinge. To protect it while I'm driving in weather conditions.



I still need to order the other window and another piece of the side table railing, but I'm leave for the next two weeks so lots and lots of time to work the cabinetry and get her road worthy. I also put the first coat in the bumper tomorrow I'll use 320 grit and and start the process of getting it really really shinny.

[lfhoward]

Your progress on this build has been amazing. Super quick and it is coming out so well!

Too bad the plastic tub shattered on you! Are you planning to have the batteries on the tongue or in the galley? I have some battery boxes that I didn't end up using that might work for you if you are putting them indoors. The boxes are Group 24 and have their own vent hoses. PM me if you might be interested. I have 3.

[bobhenry]

I would look at coolers you could even vent it thru the drain cock and the "polyprop" coolers are a lot tougher.

[JmsCaverly]

Your progress on this build has been amazing. Super quick and it is coming out so well!

Too bad the plastic tub shattered on you! Are you planning to have the batteries on the tongue or in the galley? I have some battery boxes that I didn't end up using that might work for you if you are putting them indoors. The boxes are Group 24 and have their own vent hoses. PM me if you might be interested. I have 3.

Thanks!! I don't have a ton of room in my galley so I needed a box that fit really well. I'll just have too keep looking I'll find one it out there I know it. I don't want to put them up on the tongue because I have my climate right out there and I don't want the tongue getting to heavy. I took some quick snap shots to show what I'm working with. I got these battery's for free back at the beginning of my build so it really does t make sense to part ways with them.

[JmsCaverly]

I would look at coolers you could even vent it thru the drain cock and the "polyprop" coolers are a lot tougher.

I'll look into those, Thanks.

[JmsCaverly]

Well guys she's road worthy, off to the weight station and DMV first thing in the morning.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NUbHXf0BLsg