We have now have a watertight van once again as all the winows are in. The first job of the day was a final coat…
View More Day 35: WindowsDay 34: Door Inset Panel and Window Panels
The template worked surprisingly well, I had little to trim off the door inset panel in order to get it to fit. More problematical however…
View More Day 34: Door Inset Panel and Window PanelsDay 33: Varinshing, Panel Trimming and Tick Sticking
Having been woken early by the dawn chorus, I slipped out to the garage and put a coat of varnish on the rear of the…
View More Day 33: Varinshing, Panel Trimming and Tick StickingDay 32: Last of the Glue and the First Panel
When I collected the plywood, it went in the van in the order in which it was packed and as a result the thick ply…
View More Day 32: Last of the Glue and the First PanelDay 31: The Final Frame and More Insulation
Well there are only so many pictures you can take of wooden frames and aluminium insulation so no pictures today. Anyway suffice to say the…
View More Day 31: The Final Frame and More InsulationDay 30: Fourth Frame and More Insulation
With Leng on a week’s holiday and able to look after Bon-bon I have the opportunity to work on the van in the evening. This…
View More Day 30: Fourth Frame and More InsulationDay 29: More Frames and Insulation
Thanks to the router, the third frame was made and installed by 10:00am. Unfortunately I only have enough clamps to hold one frame at a…
View More Day 29: More Frames and InsulationDay 28: Another Frame
Only a short stint on the van today, it being Easter Sunday, just enough time to glue and clamp in place the second frame that…
View More Day 28: Another FrameDay 27: More Holes and a Frame
So where was the rain, it was supposed to to be the worst day of the weekend and not a drop. After a a trip…
View More Day 27: More Holes and a FrameDay 26: Holes
Having planned to start on the windows over the Easter break, a bad weather forecast wasn’t going to hold me back, in fact the rain…
View More Day 26: Holes