1 Bored Clerk's DIY Camper

[1 Bored Clerk]

Door opening work is happening!

Working on getting all of the corners cleaned up and tangent to their adjacent edges.

Laying out the plate that will serve as the surface the bulb seals will seal against

Test fitting the door seal plate. Once I got here, I thought more about the stackup of the door and bulb seal and decided I needed to space this back 1/4” to make room for the compressed bulb seal.

I picked up a half sheet of 1/4” marine grade plywood to make the spacer.

Hopefully I’m thinking about this all correctly. I’m not really sure how much the bulb seal should be compressed when the door is closed. I’m planning for it to compress to juuust flat but not compressed as tight as it can possibly go. That should still leave a small amount of compression left for camper twist and thermal changes but be compressed enough to keep the camper door sealed and rattle free. We’ll see!


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[rruff]

What does your seal look like?

 

[1 Bored Clerk]

It’s D shaped with a little tail to help keep water out when you open the door.


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[rruff]

Where did you get it?

 

[1 Bored Clerk]

McMaster Carr. They have ALL the things. Such a great resource. Though, I often order a few versions if I’m not sure because you can’t see them in person. That’s the bummer of on-line ordering. So, with that in mind, I also have regular D shaped adhesive backed bulb seal too. Haha.

I’m not a huge fan of adhesive backed stuff but I figured I’d give it a shot. Everything is modifiable on my camper with a saw and more fiberglass so I can change the design later if the adhesive backed stuff proves to be crap. Though, I’m hoping it’s not!


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[b dkw1]

McMastrs shipping is unbelievably quick. Most of the time I can order stuff and it will be here in a day. That's from Chicago to Kansas city. When I was in San Diego, if you ordered before 10AM it was there that day as they had their own delivery drivers.

 

[1 Bored Clerk]

Yeah, it’s insane. I just assume they have a hub in any city over 3 people.


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[1 Bored Clerk]

Picking up my aluminum boxes today! I’ll post some photos when I get them home.


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[b dkw1]

Looks like Christmas came a little late.

 

[guidolyons]

^^^ Footprints in the sanding dust :smilies27

 

[1 Bored Clerk]

Looks like Christmas came a little late.

Close though!


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[1 Bored Clerk]

^^^ Footprints in the sanding dust :smilies27

This is my life. Probably for at least two months. Haha


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[1 Bored Clerk]

Checked out one of my boxes today. It’s awesome! Right to spec and looks great!

I also got my seal plate epoxied in with an epoxy fillet around the edge. I’ve slowed down a lot on this build over the last several weeks but I’m picking up again.



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[rruff]

Checked out one of my boxes today. It's awesome! Right to spec and looks great!

I'm interested in your prices, specs, etc on your boxes... if you don't mind sharing.