no longer unhinged

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Now to determine the placement of components in the hatch with the new design (speakers, latch / lock, pneumatic lift mechanisms) – I purchased from Home Depot two lifts, rated to hold 8-12kg, to be delivered within “3-16 days”.  The ones they had in stock were pretty little and thus unusable.  In the mean time, most of it can be framed in.

We used a piano hinge with rubber from a bicycle tire inner tube surrounding it.

I cannot afford US$100+ for a hurricane hinge.  I bought an RV hatch door from a dealer in town in hopes of using that, but it only had six screw mounting points to the hatch portion; not nearly strong enough.  So, this piano hinge with rubber will be good.

more hing pics

  7/3/2019  2:05 PM      4042984 teardrop 1 20190703_140546 piano hinge with rubber.jpg
  7/4/2019 10:10 AM      3429873 teardrop 1 20190703_140555 piano hinge with rubber.jpg

my new ribs

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I posted this yesterday afternoon, then my server hit a snag.  I lost this entry.  I’ll enter it again.  It won’t be as eloquently, wittily, or interestingly put as it was before.

I’ve been back at work on the teardrop trailer (teardrop 1).  Floyd and I looked at length at the ribs I created for the galley hatch several weeks back.  I determined that they weren’t usable.

So, we created six new ones.  Now they’re up.  The framework for the galley hatch is up.

more galley hatch rib pics

  7/2/2019  8:01 PM      1690781 teardrop 1 20190702_200109 galley without hatch.jpg
  7/3/2019  7:36 PM      4830186 teardrop 1 20190703_193617 new galley hatch ribs being cut.jpg
  7/5/2019  8:12 AM      3784341 teardrop 1 20190703_193623 new galley hatch ribs.jpg
  7/5/2019  8:06 AM      4073577 teardrop 1 20190703_195637 old galley hatch ribs.jpg

Teardrop 1 023 changed wall height, width

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No pic here because there isn’t really anything visual to show.  I have changed the wall heights and widths to match a change in construction.  Rather than building the walls onto the floor, which would decrease the inner space width by a couple of inches, the walls are now to be built on the outside of the floor, resting on metal support brackets supplied with the trailer then anchored into the side of the floor structure’s 2×2 frame. This will add a couple of inches to the height of the wall, since it will sit lower.

Teardrop 1 018 4×10

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I wanted to see how things would fit if I went with a 4×10 trailer instead of a 5×10.  It all fits.  I had to go with a smaller microwave.  This saved me two inches that I could use to include the sink I have.  Hmm.  Spend $80 on a new (smaller) microwave or $150 on a new (smaller) sink.  I went with smaller money – that is, smaller microwave and larger sink.

The trailer weights are similar.  Comparison:

All can be expanded to 10 feet by not using the hinge feature.  Not sure who will win out.  I did purchase the 5×8 last night from Inflatable’s website, but they won’t get shipment in from their suppliers until the end of Nov. 2018, so I had to cancel the order.  (Place Sad Face Here.)

Furthermore, I think the additional cost in materials – plywood, mainly – will necessitate going with a 4×8.

Plus, the Excel spreadsheet I have to calculate costs, weights, moments (weight distribution across the tires), and such is now geared for a 4×8 (that is, 4×10) trailer.

Here’s the latest.

I tried rotating the stove (cooker, stove top, hob, whatever you want to call it) to sit horizontal to the counter top.  I thought that it would offer better cooking ability to have the burners side-by-side.  But a) it doesn’t give enough clearance for the microwave shelf wall, and b) I think it takes up too much counter space.

I turned it back.

later

I created an antenna mount yesterday and put an antenna on it today.  Pretty time consuming making Families for Revit.  But I think it looks good.  I also put this on my blog.  See radio transceiver antenna mount.