Monday, December 8, 2008

Teardrop trailer construction 18

This is not a new picture, but to our surprise others have been following our construction blog. It was nice that "Camping Earth" did a blog piece and encouraged others to check in on our progress. We gained most of our knowledge about these trailers from others on line and are more than willing to assist those who have questions. Mostly we wanted to answer a few questions that we didn't know had been asked.

First to "Cen". We cut our plywood panels with a jig saw. We cut the first side and then used it as the pattern for the second side. We then lined them up and screwed them together so that we could use a belt sander to even them up. We were very careful to cut slowly and stay on the outside of our line. This allowed us to sand to the line making two perfectly matched sides. It isn't rocket science though. If you make a mistake just take a little more off the pattern. No one will ever know.

To "Tim Outdoors" Thanks for the inquiry about our completion date. Thanksgiving through Christmas is our busy time. We don't really have time to work on our own stuff until the holidays are over. We are going to get it licensed before the first of the year. We have a short list of things we still want to do but none of them would keep us from using the trailer. We will put up pictures and dialog about the trip. Again thanks for your interest.