Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Rebuilding a Camping Trailer

Our little Scamp trailer has been wonderful.  We've dragged it up and down the Alaska Highway six times, and it has handled all the bouncing and bumping without complaint, even though it was often overloaded.


But it shows.  The cabinetry, never a well made item in these trailers, was falling apart.  Time to pull out my tools.



The cabinet was disassembled, and a new front glued up.


My fiberglass experience came handy as I  laminated the 1 inch framework to the new 1/4 inch plywood.


With all the appropriate openings cut out, the reassembly went without a hitch.


My eye for wasted space discovered room for a second drawer, something sorely lacking in the old design.


Some shellac and varethane finished it off, and it's now solid and ready for another run of highway.




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