In honor of the 100th post...
And because I'm still waiting on the welding....
I've signed up at my college for the Introduction to Welding Course.
Because if I can't get the welders at the college to do it for me, I'LL DO IT MYSELF.
Does anyone know where you get a welding helmet, jacket, steel toe boots and gloves.
Size small?
http://www.aws.org/w/a/
UPDATE: First class today... I had the wrong book, the wrong helmet and the wrong gloves...And the first thing out of my professor was... "I knew I wasn't going to get away from that trailer..."
But other than that...Everything is great!
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
A Door
So I was able to wander into my local-ish Habitat for Humanity Re-Store today.
and I found...
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The perfect door for the Vardo!
Yes, I'll have to build a door jam for it, plus purchase hardware, and have an expert to install it...
(I would like it to work correctly, and I'm only at a basic carpentry level if you know what I mean...)
But for the whopping price of $45 plus tax it a deal I couldn't pass up.
The size is 24 X 80. Yes, that is one foot wide double pane insulated glass right down the middle!
The other side is white and I'll stain the interior you see in this pic with a light wood stain to show off the grain.
But it also means I'll have to figure out exactly what I'll need in my kitchenette area, because at 24 inches wide I may not be able to get cabinets in the Vardo after the door is installed so purchasing them before I am ready might be a nessesity.
I'll be picking it up on Saturday as I had a full load in my truck already on the way home.
200 days til Gulf War and I feel like I'm getting something done, Finally!
UPDATE: 8/25/2012: The door has been picked up from Habitat for Humanity. A shop keeper in town lent me an extra blanket to make sure the door came home in one piece, because he needed a blanket that the Re-Store lent him just the day before, returned.
Life is funny that way.
Off to learn how to rough out frame a door.
and I found...
.jpg)
The perfect door for the Vardo!
Yes, I'll have to build a door jam for it, plus purchase hardware, and have an expert to install it...
(I would like it to work correctly, and I'm only at a basic carpentry level if you know what I mean...)
But for the whopping price of $45 plus tax it a deal I couldn't pass up.
The size is 24 X 80. Yes, that is one foot wide double pane insulated glass right down the middle!
The other side is white and I'll stain the interior you see in this pic with a light wood stain to show off the grain.
But it also means I'll have to figure out exactly what I'll need in my kitchenette area, because at 24 inches wide I may not be able to get cabinets in the Vardo after the door is installed so purchasing them before I am ready might be a nessesity.
I'll be picking it up on Saturday as I had a full load in my truck already on the way home.
200 days til Gulf War and I feel like I'm getting something done, Finally!
UPDATE: 8/25/2012: The door has been picked up from Habitat for Humanity. A shop keeper in town lent me an extra blanket to make sure the door came home in one piece, because he needed a blanket that the Re-Store lent him just the day before, returned.
Life is funny that way.
Off to learn how to rough out frame a door.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Welder's AHOY
The original welder from work is back on campus after summer break!
He has been giving all the information about the build.
Again...
I have explained, that a) the guy he sent me too, dropped the ball and b) didn't send me to anyone who could do the job either. Next that I was not happy, and that I really wanted to wring someones neck but that I'm not into violence.
So I went over the plans, explaining my slight modification so it will be even easier to do... I need holes for the carriage bolts etc. several times, plus told him that either he helps with the welding and SOON OR he gives me the name of a welder he trust.
He promises that he'll work it into the welding class as the first project.
At this point, I'm not even going for 'done' on the vardo. I'll take it partially built as long as it is fully enclosed and weather tight so I can take it down the highway, I can work on the inside later.
I have only 206 days until Gulf War.
On the good side, I've joined the local SCA chapter* and have someone who has volunteered to share the gas costs to Gulf War in Mississippi. ( If this thing ever gets off the ground.)
*Dragonsfire Tor!
He has been giving all the information about the build.
Again...
I have explained, that a) the guy he sent me too, dropped the ball and b) didn't send me to anyone who could do the job either. Next that I was not happy, and that I really wanted to wring someones neck but that I'm not into violence.
So I went over the plans, explaining my slight modification so it will be even easier to do... I need holes for the carriage bolts etc. several times, plus told him that either he helps with the welding and SOON OR he gives me the name of a welder he trust.
He promises that he'll work it into the welding class as the first project.
At this point, I'm not even going for 'done' on the vardo. I'll take it partially built as long as it is fully enclosed and weather tight so I can take it down the highway, I can work on the inside later.
I have only 206 days until Gulf War.
On the good side, I've joined the local SCA chapter* and have someone who has volunteered to share the gas costs to Gulf War in Mississippi. ( If this thing ever gets off the ground.)
*Dragonsfire Tor!
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