that would bring some good money at the exotic wood mill place here in town. Be a real shame to turn it into firewood.
The CrowsWing - Offroad Teardrop Trailer
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newwelder27
New member
very nice trailer keep up the good work i will be watching.
jim65wagon
Well-known member
Thanks for the kind words everyone!
and jus' whut ah you implying, suh?!
It's already firewood, it's not as nice as it's exterior implies.....bobDog said:
TangoBlue
American Adventurist
Y'all being compahred to them thar Yankee carpetbaggers from Massachusetts is whut all...
jim65wagon
Well-known member
Why ah've nevah bagged a cahput in muh life! But they do have some mad woodworking skills, and there is my collection of flannel shirts.....
JCMatthews
Tour Guide
Whoa :Wow1:... amazing build!
jim65wagon
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Miller Trailer Sales in Perkasie PA
thanks for the info
jim65wagon
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schnutzy;
where ya going to and from if you roll through that often.....can't be too far away....
where ya going to and from if you roll through that often.....can't be too far away....
My parents live down by Colonial Beach, and I live in NOVA.
BroncoHauler
Adventurer
Absolutely amazing work. and great to see family involvement too.
For a while, my job was going to relocate to Dahlgren, so I spent a lot of time driving the roads of King George and Fredericksburg looking for where to buy a house. That sure is some gorgeous country there. The relocation fell through, but I still come out to Dahlgren for work at least 3-4 times a year.
Can't wait to see pics of your trailer's maiden voyage!
Herb
For a while, my job was going to relocate to Dahlgren, so I spent a lot of time driving the roads of King George and Fredericksburg looking for where to buy a house. That sure is some gorgeous country there. The relocation fell through, but I still come out to Dahlgren for work at least 3-4 times a year.
Can't wait to see pics of your trailer's maiden voyage!
Herb
jim65wagon
Well-known member
I really hate when the weekend is over! At least our weekends are spent productively. Of course, I had to work Saturday (but at least I get Monday off that way), so Beth worked on the dovetailing for the kitchen drawers
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Sunday, we began by gluing the pieces together with some TitebondIII
Then a little gentle persuasion was applied, necessary for the pieces to get to know each other.
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then we moved on to the task of face frames for all the cabinets. That of course, involved more table saw, chop saw and Kreg jig usage. The frames are made from red oak and will be stained with mahogany. The many frames went together easily enough, it was a time consuming venture but we got them knocked out. (Mama said knock you out sucka! - rats! no LLCool J smiley!)
.
This little red strap clampy thing works wonders to keep your face frames squared up....
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All the frames are similar so there's really nothing to add into their individual constructions
....
lower bedroom cabinet...........................upper bedroom cabinet
you can see just how much storage room we have in the uppers....that's a lot more than the Silver Shadow had
.
We ordered doors for the cabinets online at Rawdoors.net. We decided this approach was easier and not much more expensive than building our own raised panel doors. At the ordering screen we realized the largest cabinet door they made is 24" and those upper cabinet frames you see have a 25" opening. We're calling this one the rough draft, and spent a leetle time today "resizing" the frame....
.
After doing the final draft on the faceframe, it was time for the tedious tedious tedious task of sanding everything. Drawers, frames, cabinets, all of it. Beth started by grinding down all the filler plugs we used to hide the Kreg screw holes
then we sanded sanded sanded.....did I mention this was tedious? So much so that we still have a final sanding of everything to do, but it's "gettin' ther' "
it's turning out well and all the sharp edges are eased(rounded over) to give everything a nice feel and nothing that will bark your shins, arms or foreheads when you're rummaging through trying to find the wine glasses or corkscrew.....
.
There's the draw-ers, one more sanding to go. The big one with the scoop in the side is for the Camp Chef Oven
.
That becomes it for this weekend. We spent the rest of the day cleaning the garage, putting away tools and burning the trailer trash....
.
.
Sunday, we began by gluing the pieces together with some TitebondIII
Then a little gentle persuasion was applied, necessary for the pieces to get to know each other.
.
then we moved on to the task of face frames for all the cabinets. That of course, involved more table saw, chop saw and Kreg jig usage. The frames are made from red oak and will be stained with mahogany. The many frames went together easily enough, it was a time consuming venture but we got them knocked out. (Mama said knock you out sucka! - rats! no LLCool J smiley!)
.
This little red strap clampy thing works wonders to keep your face frames squared up....
.
All the frames are similar so there's really nothing to add into their individual constructions
lower bedroom cabinet...........................upper bedroom cabinet
you can see just how much storage room we have in the uppers....that's a lot more than the Silver Shadow had
.
We ordered doors for the cabinets online at Rawdoors.net. We decided this approach was easier and not much more expensive than building our own raised panel doors. At the ordering screen we realized the largest cabinet door they made is 24" and those upper cabinet frames you see have a 25" opening. We're calling this one the rough draft, and spent a leetle time today "resizing" the frame....
.
After doing the final draft on the faceframe, it was time for the tedious tedious tedious task of sanding everything. Drawers, frames, cabinets, all of it. Beth started by grinding down all the filler plugs we used to hide the Kreg screw holes
then we sanded sanded sanded.....did I mention this was tedious? So much so that we still have a final sanding of everything to do, but it's "gettin' ther' "
it's turning out well and all the sharp edges are eased(rounded over) to give everything a nice feel and nothing that will bark your shins, arms or foreheads when you're rummaging through trying to find the wine glasses or corkscrew.....
.
There's the draw-ers, one more sanding to go. The big one with the scoop in the side is for the Camp Chef Oven
.
That becomes it for this weekend. We spent the rest of the day cleaning the garage, putting away tools and burning the trailer trash....
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