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Putting 4 old sliding drawer knobs on the bottom of the galley deck made it a lot easier to install by myself. The four small holes will never be seen as long as you don’t use too long of a screw and go all the way through the panel. Adding handles to both sides of the outer frame made it a lot easier to move the camper after putting the floor on before turning it over. I had to drag it out of garage and turn it over in driveway as my garage isn’t tall enough, ladders stored on ceiling and garage door opener and flourescent lights in the way.
$2,000 seems excessive for something this small. Is the estimate for them doing all the masking and everything? It has to be. Still, too rich for my blood.
After sleeping on it I decided to do something about the hatch lid overlapping the #3 panel with a sharp box cutter. Much better.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/xEs2s1Xy1U5ipQrH7
I wish I had spent more time on the good side now. Their definitions are now reversed. At least it is a spot that doesn’t show too badly. This is the right quarter looking down from top. Pretty wavy.
Yeah, the galley flat is glued in. I ended uo cutting the glass between the 3&4 panels and took a plane to the back end of the 4 panel to get a better fit. It was out of line 2 different ways. The hatch cover still overlaps a bit but I figure that I can take some off the edge of the panel if I have to later. I would have taken a plane to it but since it is under the glued in galley flat it wasn’t really possible without a major hassle. I’ll post pics when I can. Everything is lined up pretty well now except for a bit of overlap on the hatch lid on one side. I filleted it tonight so it is what it is. Thanks for the help guys.
In the 2nd pic you can see how pulling the side panels into the galley flat forces them to go under the galley lid. I just had a thought…I can’t glass the hatch and side panels together like that can I? If not, I have to relax the angle between panels 3&4.
<p style=”text-align: left;”>Great idea about temporarily stitching the transom. That really helped to figure out exactly what affect pushing the side panels in tight to the galley flat would have on everything else. I drilled a hole in the side panel, screwed a length of 2×4 to the galley flat and pulled the left side panel, 3&4, up tight to the galley flat with a long screw with a large washer on it so it wouldn’t pull through the plywood. Because of the angle between the 2 side panels it pulls the #3 panel under the #2 panel. I guess if I have to later it wouldn’t be too hard to take a little off the hatch lid sides if needed. Should the sides of the hatch lid overhang the side panels or vice-versa. I tried to find detail pictures in the manual but didnt see any. Either way I think it should be fixable with the plane or rasp. I still think the angle is messing things up more than it should and am wondering if heating it up will really let it straighten out enough or if I should just get out the saw and cut between the #2&3 panels about 6-8 inches to relieve the angle and reglass it after I get everything lined up. Here are some more pics of where I’m at.</p>
https://photos.app.goo.gl/dCLdm1SCuHE6apXL6https://photos.app.goo.gl/sZWYYcPBbbnHN9gZ7
Adam, could you elaborate on the mistakes? This would be a great topic that should be a sticky. Posting info about mistakes made in instruction and building techniques is very useful when learned the easy way instead of the hard way. Perhaps there is already a post like that that I haven’t seen?
I totally agree about your thoughts on the instructions about this section. Here is a link to google photos. The left side is worse than the right. What I can’t determine is if it is something that I should correct now, when it would be a lot easier, or later or if I’m just being too anal about it. From what you have stated I’m leaning towards fixing it now.
I tried that but the angle between the panels it too severe. Pulling it together throws everything else out of alignment. It looks like the angle at the far rear should have been almost zero but since it had no support from the mold it took the same angle as the rest of the panel. I’m trying to figure out how to post pics. Very frustrated right about now….
