Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Door is coming along nicely






I've been working on the door for a couple of weeks and its almost ready to sand and varnish. Its made from 5/4 fir, reclaimed spruce, and and an old closet shelf that I found at a yard sale for $2.00. I used this latter piece for the raised panels. I used spruce for the window--it is much more friendlier on the router that fir, which tends to splinter. I plan to put plexi-glass in the window. The door measures 28 by 72 inches.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Very cool chuck wagon

    I chanced upon this beautiful authentic chuck wagon while on a recent trip through central Oregon this summer.


Roof is almost finished






Back at it after a long summer break.  The roof is now fiber-glassed and covered with canvas. Thanks to Brian for help with this, and to the folks at Fiberlay, Portland for their time and great instructions on how to do this. This part of the project was a big and very expensive risk, but I'm really pleased with the way it came out. It has the traditional canvas look, it is watertight, lightweight, and you could park an elephant on the roof.I feel confident that it will pass the highway test.