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Woodstrip camper

Project by handyman posted 666 days ago 1209 views 18 times favorited 28 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Started working on this at the end of summer. All woodstrip construction, of Cedar and Redwood. Based on 1947 pattern.

-- Dan


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airfieldman

72 posts in 704 days


posted 666 days ago

Wow! Started at the end of summer…which summer? That would have taken me about 27 yrs to do. Very nice work.

-- Do what you love, the money will follow --Marsha Sinetar

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Jeff

997 posts in 987 days


posted 666 days ago

Excellent!! Every time I see one of these completed I swear I’m going to make one some day. I should actually just do it. I like the top of the cabinet and the antler usage.

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

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GaryK

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posted 666 days ago

That is pretty cool!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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motthunter

2079 posts in 692 days


posted 666 days ago

really great

-- making sawdust....

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DAN

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posted 666 days ago

beautiful camper !

welcome to lumberjocks

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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Scott Bryan

20575 posts in 715 days


posted 666 days ago

Your avatar is aptly named. This is a project that goes far beyond just having woodworking skills. Something like this takes a true handyman.

Thanks for sharing.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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Les Hastings

953 posts in 666 days


posted 666 days ago

Ok,,,,You did do the camper, Great work!! I’m jealous…...

-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)

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gizmodyne

1673 posts in 983 days


posted 666 days ago

I want one!

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

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cajunpen

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posted 666 days ago

Looks great.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

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rikkor

11338 posts in 767 days


posted 665 days ago

That is one fine rolling motel. Very impressive.

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Critterman

546 posts in 703 days


posted 665 days ago

Wow, what a great job, love the way the back opens up and the storage ideas. Great work.

-- Jim Hallada, Chesterfield, VA

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brunob

1469 posts in 1062 days


posted 665 days ago

Excellent job. I think I could pull that with my TR3.

-- Bruce from Central New York

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roman

1106 posts in 786 days


posted 665 days ago

Nice project.

Commonly called a “Tear Drop” trailer. There are evn “Tear Drop” trailer clubs and campgrounds.

Very cool project.

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

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handyman

26 posts in 666 days


posted 665 days ago

Roman, you are correct. Here is a website with almost 6400 people dedicated to tear drop camper construction and use. http://www.mikenchell.com

Thanks for the compliments!

-- Dan

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miles125

1419 posts in 898 days


posted 665 days ago

Yeaaaa, makes me want one too!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

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mot

4902 posts in 929 days


posted 665 days ago

I’ve seen a few of these posted. This is really an awesome one!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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scottb

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posted 665 days ago

great project! This is one I’d love to do. I think i could get my wife into camping if we had a safe place to sleep, and a “real” kitchen (for me) to cook in. Oh the vacation possibilities!

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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teenagewoodworker

2480 posts in 661 days


posted 626 days ago

now thats cool. its a project you can be proud of for many years to come.

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HallTree

2040 posts in 660 days


posted 626 days ago

I like it. I have been seriously thinking of building a tear drop camper like yours using the method that is used to build a woodstrip canoe. Your canoe looks a lot like one I built many years ago. If I get really, really serious I would like to discuss this with you in much more detail.

-- Ron in Osseo, Minnesota

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EGA

161 posts in 706 days


posted 593 days ago

I like this, trade ya a litter of speckled pup’s for it!!! Nice job!

-- www.flickr.com/photos/egamarine/

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grovemadman

558 posts in 664 days


posted 586 days ago

Very nice job, I wouldn’t mind having one of these!!

-- --Chuck

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Wooder

163 posts in 1079 days


posted 503 days ago

I love it. The small campers are gonna make a come back with fuel prices, such as they are….

Excellant job.

-- Jimmy

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Dusty56

3458 posts in 581 days


posted 462 days ago

this is just awesome !!! Fantastic job : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

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SCOTSMAN

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posted 461 days ago

I wondered too if you used a canoe type router cutter to get the tight fitting edge joints well done a superb pice of craftmanship.regards Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

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tooldad

454 posts in 608 days


posted 448 days ago

I may be giving my hand at one of these this fall also. The band teacher at the school where I teach wants one. He has been talking about it for over a year, and finally this summer he said he gets a stipend check in October and he wants to start because all he ever did this summer was band practice during the week, and camping on the weekends.

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Michael Brailsford

212 posts in 486 days


posted 408 days ago

For the ultimate in tailgaiting.

-- Michael A. Brailsford

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Randolph Torres

114 posts in 421 days


posted 380 days ago

My dad had one of the tear drop trailers when I was little it had a lot of inovations for a little trailer.

-- another tip from cooperedpatterns

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Abbott

203 posts in 196 days


posted 49 days ago

I like it, a lot!

-- Still clinging to my guns and religion.

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