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babyeatingpsychopath
Oct 28, 2000
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Raised by Hamsters posted:

I…. hmmm…. That doesn’t seem good.


This has been looking great so far then... A Hiccup!

I hope it turns out well :ohdear:

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babyeatingpsychopath
Oct 28, 2000
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I just want to apologize, I was trying to subscribe to this thread on my phone and tapped the "vote 1" accidentally. I would vote a 5 if I could...

babyeatingpsychopath
Oct 28, 2000
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mobby_6kl posted:

I always find surprising how expensive even basic campers are, like even the crappy one linked in the OP, but then you see what a pain in the rear end it is and suddenly it makes sense. You're doing a great job though, keep it up!

I think you can? I voted 5 twice, just for you anyway.

I had to go to my desktop. I voted 5 twice there.

babyeatingpsychopath
Oct 28, 2000
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Raised by Hamsters posted:

Yeah we're super pleased with the color. We had been leaning toward a few different blues but flipped to the forest green at the end. Theory on all of these being that they should compliment the ambering that the birch wood work will have with poly. Plus we didn't want just another white camper so some sort of color had to go on it.

We've named it the Spruce Caboose, on the theory that much like the Spruce Goose, it's large, over budget, late, and built mostly out of Birch and resin.

Love the color. Very close to a British Racing Green.

Who are you getting to do the custom vinyl name stickers?

babyeatingpsychopath
Oct 28, 2000
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Raised by Hamsters posted:

Lots of fun little thins in this project where my main personal growth is a new ability to nod sagely when someone else runs into a problem.

This, and to say "yup, that's a problem, and there's no easy solution."

Looks great so far, and the solutions you've come up with are sufficient to purpose; I don't think there's a "perfect" when it comes to stuff like this.

babyeatingpsychopath
Oct 28, 2000
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This is gorgeous. I love good wire tidying. The heat shrink on heat shrink to get the glands to grip is what the pros do, too.

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babyeatingpsychopath
Oct 28, 2000
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For your upper edge, I think you'd need some kind of flashing or sealing surface. I wouldn't leave a factory edge, even one with sealant at the top.

That corner looks like it's asking for a piece of aluminum tube with 1 1/4" ID, roll it to shape, cut it somehow...?, it fits perfectly!

There's always the option of leaving the diamond plate square-edge and attaching it to the side decorative swoop with a TIG WELDED butt joint .

babyeatingpsychopath fucked around with this message at 18:29 on Mar 9, 2024

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