Tag: interior
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Game on
I had to paint the kitchenette with Kilz because it had gotten some mold spotting on it. What a drag to paint over all that gorgeous poplar and birch ply, but I couldn’t spend the time and money to rebuild it. I got it set and attached the street side wall, set the dinette seats,…
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Resurget Cineribus
The flag of Detroit, in addition to having about 7 flags worth of visual information on it, bears the city’s motto: “Speramus meliora; resurget cineribus.” The motto was given to the city by Gabriel Richards after the Great Fire of 1805 which wiped out the entire city in less than a day. The one building…
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Design & Build Pt. 4 – The Kitchenette
The kitchenette is a major structural element in the trailer. I built it out of three-quarter inch birch ply and poplar. It is cantilevered over the rear portion of the trailer a bit to allow for the bed to slide underneath it when extended. Although I still have some finishing to do on it…
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Design & Build Pt. 3 – Take a seat – designing and building the dinette
I started working on the dinette seats. Based on the drawings and photographs I made, and videos from dinettes in other vintage trailers, I constructed a lightweight frame and skinned it with paneling. I used a Kreg pocket hole jig to make the joints strong and compact. The corner trim piece for the dinette seat…