More Saturday Morning

This is still Saturday morning and we are trucking right along. I've started about a dozen different areas for the trailer so I jump around like a old bullfrog. Here I've started the cabinet facings for the interior cabinets.

Noel finally made it out this morning. She didn't get as a early start as me but she hit the ground running. She was able to finish up the galley cabinets and what not. All is painted like she wants and all the poly is on. Looking good babe!

TADA! all done...well for now anyway. Still have some work to do back here but for the most part it's ready for the gear. It looks mighty empty but once we have everything loaded that will be in there it will all be just right.

Bright and early....Bring more coffee please!

Saturday morning 7am bright and early...I was able to get the raceway built. A nice little cubby hole to have all our electric components come together. Later that day I had to come back and cut the door and hinge down. I forgot to leave room for some speakers we will have in the cabin...grrr..things happen I guess.

Remember Ziggy?

Hahahaa! Well do you? Well it's friday night and it doesn't really seem like we did much. Lot's of sanding...YUK! Being in the custom paint business sanding is the norm but that doesn't mean I like it. More paint went down also and reall cleaned some stuff up. A few pieces of trim here and few there. All in all it's taking shape.

We also sat down for a bit to figure out the cabinet layout for inside the cabin. That always makes the brain hurt. We also spent a a lot of cash today. Most of all the electrical parts and wiring, door handles and all the parts that go with them, Battery box and charger, side markers and tail lights. I told you went went nuts today. Looks like we will be able to put in a full day tomorrow so hold on there is no telling what we will get done.

Still working on the galley

Howdy all once again, We are making progress but it has slowed down quite a bit for now. The galley area is critical to get everything we want in it. It's taking shape and we really don't like much to be done.

Noel has been slinging paint almost every night and has just about got most of it done. Well the things that need painting at this point. Most of the black that she is painting is in places that will not be seen by most or very much at all. Atleast it will have a finished look to it when it's all said and done.

I finally got the drawer in and working properly. Some may laugh but I hate building these type things but it's done now. Some cabinet makers would look at and say "so why did you do it that way" hehehe oh well they will just have to get over it. When it's done it will look good, last a long time and be functionable. Lot's of sanding, painting and poly application to go and more was done just didn't get any pics so tonight we might just be able to post some pics on a galley that is just about ready and done. Hold tight more to come!

Hump Day!

Humpday is here! Whatever that means. I should be working but taking some time to catch this blog up. I've been working on what I need for all my trim. I was able to get all I needed from Grant at Li'l Bear Tag Alongs. That is after I was able to figure out what all I was going to need. What a mess trying to figure out all that trim and I'm still not sure I got all we need. :)

I'm sure we will be building some tonight so will post again soon!

The Weekends Building

Greetings again! Well I'm a bit slow on the updates but here's the whole weekend in one post. We forget to take pics when we are so engrossed in the build so we've missed a few here and there. Saturday morning was great. Nice and cool outside and now time to get to work. All the bulkhead pieces are in place and secure and Noel painted a few of the pieces while they were easy to get too. I decided to leave the counter top in and build around it. Like I said I'm not a cabinet maker by no means so this weekend is going to be tough. Well, for me anyways.



This is late Saturday afternoon. Told ya I missed a few pics here and there. Oh man my brain hurts now but think we got it nailed down.





Now what was that old saying?

Measure once cut twice!








Wait! I think that's measure twice and cut once! That's where it all went wrong but got in a groove soon after.








It's coming together slowley. I move pretty fast at times and this tedious stuff just kills me. I've been keeping Noel busy with lot's of sanding and poly application.








Hey another door done...WHOO HOO! Noel and I really like the mission style cabinet doors and are planning on doing the same type of thing in our kitchen. I think they will work nice here too.




Cabinet framing is in place but not permanent as of yet. Still have more work to do on it. But we wanted to see if it fits. This was late Saturday night and I couldn't go to bed until I new it fit. Had to shave a saw blade width off but hey it fit GREAT! I was considering a bigger hammer but after all that work I though I just better cut it and make it fit right.


Look at those joints! nice huh! Trust me I was surprised too. This is not the norm for my woodworking skills.















Sunday morning and We got all the doors hinged and hung. THEY ACTUALLY WORK! Noel did some more painting, sanding and hole filling. Looking pretty dang good!






We quit kinda early on things on Sunday and this is how we left it. We have given a total of 9 tours this weekend also. Crazy huh! Nothing like a teardrop trailer build to pull strangers in off the street. Met some really nice folks for sure.

Friday night Build with a light show.

Howdy all! Thanks for all the encouragement via comments, PM's and email. It really helps! It's Friday night and we decdided to jump right in and see what we could get done. I guess they would be refered to as the bulk heads. Well, whatever they are called you can call them glued and screwed. We checked and double checked and really tried to make sure we're Square.

See what I mean...just checking for square one more time...

Aww..what the heck...let's check it again...hehe

After all the the bulkhead pieces were in we decided to to go ahead and see what that counter top was going to look like. Looks good. I think Noel has figured out what she wants to do with colors and the finishing of some of the wood. I'm going to leave all that to her for sure. Tonight it was awesome working kinda outside. (half in half out) Storms were building to our west and there was one heck of a light show with some awesome sounding thunder. We ended our night with a nice slow rain which is quite rare in this part of the country. We have had great luck with rain this year let's just hope it stays this way.

I'm not a cabnit maker by no means but I'm going to give it a shot. Saturday morning I'm diving right in. I've also started the wheels in motion for all the trim, latches, locks and what nots. Not real sure on what all I need but hopefully we will figure it out. The metal for the sides is not a problem but the roof metal is another story. See what we can find. See ya tonight with todays progress.

That dang coffee cup seems to make it into a lot of pictures...!