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For the exterior finish of the teardrop I stained the wood with Minwax Pecan. We chose this color after staining several scrap pieces of wood with various colors. The birch and pine took stains differently and it was the best match we could come up with. I can’t seem to find the photo from this…
To make the cabinets and drawers I decided to use some poplar, 1/2″ birch plywood, 1/2″ sanded plywood. I started off by making the faces. I first started off by cutting down the poplar boards using the chop saw. I then used the Kreg jig, which can be found here, on the horizontal boards. To…
The time has come to add a roof to the teardrop. To start off I had to sand down the insulation as it was standing proud of the walls as seen below. The belt sander made quick work of the foam. After cutting down a few of the 4×8 flexible plywood to 67″ long. I…
Today I decided to go running with a toddler, since he is 3 years old he got strapped into his stroller. The little turkey kept telling me to stop running, thankfully he slept from mile 3 til mile 7. I did a full loop of White Rock Lake in Dallas, TX as this is my…
My marathon and Ironman 70.3 training has already begun. The training. As I stated my marathon and Ironman 70.3 training has already begun. I joined a gym through my health insurance provider. I found one that was close enough and had a pool. The nice thing is it seems to hardly be used, at least…
Today we will be finishing the electrical system. To start this off we needed to drill a hole in the side of the wall. This is for the shore power connection. An extension cord can be ran from a generator, campground outlet, or even a house to this inlet. The shore power connector is then…
Today I rode the Hotter than Hell 100 mile course. It was awesome for the first 60ish miles, the last 40 sucked. It was miserable hot and I didn’t eat enough in the morning to fuel this ride. I got to the start line about an hour before it started so I had time. Forty…
I seemed to have failed at taking pictures of installing the headliner. It’s just sheets of bending plywood cut to size and nailed in place. I didn’t forget to take pictures of running the electrical wires for the front of the cabin. The white wire in the picture below is Romex 14/2. It will supply…
After getting the bunks up I decided that the top bunk needed a little more support. So I ripped down some pieces of plywood and added a 2×4 down the length. I also cut down some scrap plywood to make dividers for the storage area under the bottom bunk. I also added the piano hinge….
This step was nerve wrecking. It was time to stand up the walls and align all of the bunks and cabinet faces in to their grooves. As you can see in the pictures I used ratchet straps to supply pressure till the glue dried. If you look at the bottom bunk. You will see it…