New Camper Project...

[93Canter]

I like the idea of a waterproof hinge

Is this what you mean by plastic hinge?

http://www.conceptlatch.com.au/Product/Shop/Continuous-Plastic-Hinge.aspx

 

[engineer]

Weld one end to the frame and then stretch the panel over the frame, maybe with a fork lift via chain and bit of angle. Stitch in place!!

only inner sheets done, but you get the idea...
If you can do inner and outer sheets, you can put it on it's side, pick it back up again, brush the sand off it and still be using it 3 years later!!! slightly indented panels, but you need full sun and keen eyes (or some anal perfectionist tourist DH) to pick it up.

 

[whatcharterboat]

I like the idea of a waterproof hinge

Is this what you mean by plastic hinge?

Hi Michael, You been away?

Anyway, maybe this is what he means. They're just about to release an improved version too. Saw it last week.
http://www.uesint.com/upload/pdf/Centaflex Continuous Hinge.pdf

 

[BillyDread]

Just checked the link for the hinges and that's them alright...

pretty hexy , nearly $30 a meter and 3 m lengths so a few large off cuts but they seem great by all reports...

also, how much mod to the vehicle to fit super singles?

 

[93Canter]

Hi Michael, You been away?
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They're just about to release an improved version too. Saw it last week.
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I am still around, lurking, watching ...

What is different about the new improved version?

 

[engineer]

Nil mod to the vehicle mate, Just the rims, oh an maybe a mod plate......
John could steer you in the right direction.....

 

[whatcharterboat]

I am still around, lurking, watching ...

Creepy. Haha.

What is different about the new improved version?

Only caught a glimpse of it when he was showing a sample around. 2x polished alloy halves with a type of clear centreflex section. You can bet it'll be more bucks.

Those centreflex hinges are all we use on our bin doors but they're very light composites. I've seen some of the buses where they might have a rear top hinged boot door in 5 mm plate alloy and after a couple of years or so they can tear and fail. Remember on a bus they might get opened and closed more than a dozen times a day and bounce on corrugations all day too. So be careful about how heavy a door is. If you read the blurb on the existing product you see they claim they're good for 50,000 cycles or movents or whatever.

They are good. Try and seal a piano hinge so that it lasts years of weather and you'll see why guys gladly pay the money for them.

Good to talk again mate.

Regards John.

 

[BillyDread]

been hard at it but coming together...

on my second box (500) of 3/16 rivets....100's of holes drilled:Wow1:

will mount camper on truck next week and then finish floor and front paenel

few pics...more to come...

 

[whatcharterboat]

Gee Billy , Lots of cool ideas there. Is that a split door, half hinging up and the other half down? And is that hinging panel with the window in it over the galley? Generator bin rear left corner?

Oh and where did you get that tear drop window? Out of an old '70s Sandman panelvan? Haha.

Well done anyway.

 

[oka boy]

Great work Billi!,what are you using for insulation?,will you have a lot of heat transfer though the ally?when can we have some photos of the inside?
great work!!:wings:

 

[BillyDread]

and so the camper meets the truck...

:victory:

 

[engineer]

Awesome!!!!!! Love the Ali, but you'd better paint it with something before you venture out into the tropical sun with it. I can't even stand on the roof of our trucks without footwear. With the painted ones, i can dance from rag to rag......
But it looks cool!!!!!

 

[PKDreamers]

Wow looks great , nice work indead.