Monday, March 7, 2011

Bending the ceiling plywood

For the interior ceiling I use 1/4 inch sureply underlayment. Was going to use birch but the the color and grain of the sureply matched the hickory cabinets better that I'll be installing later. After several hours,lots of water and Goose Island Honker Ales I bent the sureply to the radius and left to dry in the clamped position.
I bent the radius on the outside of the camper which seemed to work well.
I installed the sureply in two pieces since the camper is 5 foot wide. When I installed the second piece I got a little impatient and the outer ply broke but the inside was fine. I attached the sureply with Gorilla glue and finishing nails.
I sanded the interier with 220 grit and applied two coats of Minwax polyurethane semi-gloss sanding between coats.
I also had rough cut the door opening that I'll install later. 

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Birch Sidewalls





The sidewalls are 3/4 inch birch and I attached them to the frame using self tapping screws.

Since I don't own any bar clamps I notched some rough cut cedar trim I had laying around to pull the sidewalls to the gally bulkhead.

For roof spars I ripped a 2x8 to 1 1/2 inch pieces on a table saw. I framed the roof to fit a fantastic fan roof vent. All the spars are glued and screwed.