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Composite Labor Hours: I'm always surprised by how long composite work takes ?. Even though I've been at this composite work for a bit now, it still takes longer than I estimate. When doing initial composite research, for this project, I couldn't find much info on the actual time frames (total...

Tabbing - Interior Vertical Composite Walls (Continued ......) Everything tabbed and peel plied Most of the peel ply will stay on until other items need to be bonded (to keep the joints as clean as possible/protected), but I did pull off a small section to snap some pics. The finished tabbing...

Tabbing - Interior Vertical Composite Walls (Continued ......) Cutting, dry fitting (if needed) and marking the peel ply All materials cut and ready to go Each day everything is staged for the associated walls being tabbed, as it is always a race to get everything tabbed and peel plied...

Tabbing - Interior Vertical Composite Walls I know we have seen a ton of tabbing on this project, but just keeping the build thread updated and going ?. Lightly sanding, cleaning and then spray tacking the first layer in place Dry fitting additional carbon fiber layers

Thanks Trackehead :). I'm trying my best, but Man does this stuff take a long time.

Thanks for reaching out and for the offer 180out! I will definitely get in touch when the next push on the composite work gets finished. It looks like I may be needing to find a new shop to finish the build in, so I'm scrambling to get the remainder of the resin infusion work done before the...

Composite Carbon Fiber - Interior Walls - Bonding - Continued: Hey, maybe we are finally getting somewhere ?? And the last vertical composite wall for the floor (Kitchen cabinet end wall by the door) Sorry the lighting and angles of the pics are so cruddy. The support posts don't do the...

Composite Carbon Fiber - Interior Walls - Bonding - Continued: Oh yah, I was simply trying to bond all of the interior vertical walls before ? brain took over for a couple of weeks o_O?. OK, lets get back to that. Vertical Closet walls cut, sanded, cleaned and ready for bonding Bonded...

Pass Through - Finalizing Step Platform: This thing fits super snug on the studs and in between the seats. So, I changed my mind on the front mounting feet for the step platform after getting the steel plate installed and tightened down. Basically, once the the C channel feet that I had...

Pass Through - Finalizing Subwoofer: In the midst of the squirrel brain, the metal came back from the fab shop for the subwoofer bracket and step platform. Since I had to layout/drill holes and get things back to fab shop for final welding, and get everything off to powder coat, I got on top of...

Awning Dry Fit: So I bounced around to the dinette booth and then the kitchen counter area to account for anything that would affect any vertical composite walls. Nothing on the dinette booth (as the refrigerator stack accounted for/set this) and the kitchen only had one composite wall on the...

Will do, give me a day or two and I'll be in touch.

Refrigerator & Convection Microwave Components/Cabinet Stack: Refrigerator: My refrigerator was already decided/purchased prior to the build, but I thought I would share some info on it, in-case others find themselves in a similar decision making process for an expedition vehicle...

Thanks; I'll check it out.

I've price checked several fab shops in the local Boise area and this is the cheapest/ball park going rate for a custom SS pan of this size. SS isn't cheap. 3 years ago a smaller SS complete shower insert, without a door, was 10K for a campervan. I thought about making my own pan out of...

Hey KiwiMtnClimber! Thanks for adding info/input to the topic at hand. I will definitely check all of this out.

Bathroom & Shower - Initial Thoughts & Items In my check of each area, to ensure nothing was going to cause a composite vertical wall needing to be moved, I made some decisions in the bathroom and also had a few questions. The bathroom size is set, 27"W x 48"L and can’t be altered. Originally...

Thanks so much for sharing the info and knowledge DzlToy. Definitely a game changer. The wheels are turning. I did a pretty extensive search for hardware on the web/many of the marine websites and I somehow completely missed these. Have you used them personally, or know of anyone who has...

Composite Carbon Fiber - Interior Walls - Bonding: I first wanted to check the entire roof for level, before bonding any internal walls. I was surprised given its size, it looked pretty dang good except for a tiny little sag in one area that was barely visible under the level. I decided what...

General & Humanness Check In: Holy Smokes; it has been over three weeks since my last post! I have to thank everyone for getting me home at a decent hour from the shop tonight :D. The guilt I have been feeling for neglecting the build thread has finally accumulated to a level that I left the...