Jan. 7th, 2006: The weather has been very mild this week with the high today reaching close to 50 degrees with full sunshine after many days of only clouds! It was a great day to get some assembling and gluing done. We opened the garage door which faces north and got to work. The last couple of nights have been spent measuring and cutting parts for the cabover bed to prepare for today's assembly. Dave made the gussets, supports and end pieces. Today we assembled and attached the cabover bed frame with Liquid Nails, screws and 1" long staples. We attached the 3/8" plywood in the same manner. It was great to see it get this far! The next step was the back wall. After a few mis-measurements and big laughs, (it was nice to have a few extra pieces of wood to replace our mistakes) we were able to get it cut, glued and assembled. We have a 21" wide door (rough opening) purchased through e-bay which should
work really nice. We are going to use a small single room air conditioner when it is hot so we made an opening for that also in the back wall. Because we shortened the camper to fit our box the bathroom is being eliminated. In it's place (what room is left) we are going to build a storage closet with space for a port-a-potty to slide out from under it. The top of the closet will be a shelf that the A/C can rest on top of. Also in the back wall we are
going to have a small storage compartment for a 7 lb. propane tank to be used for the stove top. The wall fit nicely as well as sealing nicely with the Liquid Nails and screws. Since it will still get down to 30 tonight we covered the camper with 4 ml plastic and set a radiant space heater inside to keep it warm so that the adhesive will set well. We sat inside and enjoyed dreaming about what we are going to do next. We are looking forward to working on the interior next. It should go well as we can do the construction of the
cabinets in the basement and then install them as we complete them.
Happy New Year!!
Dave
and Michelle
