Zero advancement recently what wiv everything else an all. :confused:

still playing catch up with vehicle maintenance and as usual losing the fight.
Still, I have been playing with an outside porch light to brighten up one’s return from squatting in the bushes that is quite amusing, oh and remember this.
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My valvoline oil can. Well when it gets a bit ot, I sit in the shade and play with it a bit :eek:
It’s turning out quite nice for a Jerry can like storage box I’ll strap to the front.
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Lined with glass fibre and an added drainage grate it’ll be handy for thinks like wheel chocks and outsidie stuff. It does have a bit of boot seal rubber round the top but I’m not counting on it being watertight.
 
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How weird. After all this time I sidestepped all other temptations and pulled the camp trailer thingy out of the lockup. Managed a couple of half days catching up to where I left off and managed to insulate and panel the roof. o_O

Even got a coat of epoxy resin on the bare ply to slow any moisture ingress while I fill the joints and attack the walls.

As usual I’m back at work tomorrow so no progress for the next eight days but have made a promise to myself now the heap is at least up and running to get cracking again and break its back this summer.
 
My biggest issue is now getting some 8mm ply for the outside walls. None of the builders merchants are stocking anything like quality ply and are selling very expensive standard junk for the woodbutchers.
It has to be 8mm as I was going with Baltic Birch. Although not a traditional exterior ply it’s relatively light as opposed to marine ply and won’t delaminate. Some of the thin internal ply is already showing signs of blowing with only atmospheric moisture but that is mostly due to the delay in applying any finish and not having the insulation glued to it for rigidity. My fault.

Looks like I’m going to have to go online and have it delivered. The prices have gone through the roof anorl so my original budget is up the creek.
 
The reason it has to be 8mm;

When on the drawing board in the design and development department of Sticle Enterprises the sill/skirt was cleared for manufacture and engineered with a 8mm step so the cladding sits flush. It’s not completely accurate due to the CNC technicians and wavers a bit between 6 and 9mm. Which is completely in accurate as I am usually between sixes and sevens.
 
Oh and I have a roll of Kevlar. Yes, Kevlar. :)

I’m going to laminate it on the roof once the joints are filled and faired. It’s had one coat of thin epoxy as already mentioned. Once flat and true it will have a second coat and while still green the Kevlar will be draped and epoxied on the top.

That’ll stiffen the monkey. :)

Before fitting the roof I used lengths of 2x1 to lift the structure down the centre. This should help it not pooling in wet weather. Or at the very least not sink and create a water storage facility.
 
I guess it depends on the type of Wifey you have, if you have one, and how far on you are with all the "little jobs" you have to do in the house!
Fortunately I have a wife that can’t stand the sight of me so on my days off there is a flask waiting for me to take over to the lockup for the day. Not for me you understand but cold water for the dog.
 

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