Mike, I would recommend leaving the chimney at least a foot above the roof for the best air flow to assist with smoke removal. They make a high temp. fireproof caulk you can use around the chimney and roof. You can replace the floor screws with a flat head bolt and lock nut, because those screws will come loose over time. Thanks for sharing more of your trailer build. Can't wait to see it finished!
I found that using a plumbline to find out where to drill through any given ceiling works great, as long as the whole thing stands on somewhat even ground. 😉
One easy way to make and install a surface with non-square edges and complex outer shape is to make a perimeter template using strips of wood or cardboard. Use staples (T-50) and/or hot melt glue to build up the perimeter using short pieces. No measuring is needed, it's built in-place with overlapping joints. The template is removed and laid on the sheet material to mark the shape for cutting. Notches and non straight edges will fit perfectly because of the in-place template assembly. It takes far less time to assemble a template than taking measurements and trying to duplicate on the material. The template can be reused to perfectly cut multiple layers.
They make a paint you can roll on called key wit it will never rott wood and is durable washable like a basement wall coating thats white my friend used it on replacing his boat floor might be something to look into👍
Put some rubbing alcohol on a rag and let it soak into the paper on your plexiglass and it will eventually start coming off. Trust me I make airplane windows for a living out of polycarbonate and it happens.
Love the camper updates. Might want to spray the underside with something to protect that wood- consider undercoat or even Rhino Liner. Cheap way would be an oil bath. Not sure it was a great idea to weld the chimney to the roof but time will tell. In any event, it’s a really cool build and I can’t wait to see the finished product. As long as you don’t asphyxiate yourself, it should be a comfy mobile camp!
Oil or stain for the wood. You don't want something like rubberized undercoating or bed liner because those film coatings will form a protective layer that is certain to hold water in. Then the water will spread like cancer behind the coating. You want a penetrating coating like stain or just used engine oil.
@@Fix_It_Again_Tony excellent point Tony. My only other suggestion would have been to use marine plywood as a starting point but that stuff is expensive
Looks great . I did 1 about 10 yrs ago made almost totaly original.. Sold it 2 yrs later because it was great as long as you didn't want to be in an RV park. Most wont let anything older than 20 yrs old no matter the condition. Thats what i built it for was traveling and stopping in RV parks . So i lost about 10k and learned a lesson ..
Great vintage camper update! Thanks! I restore them so it's really cool to see you building a rock crawling version with a metal frame. I think you can quite cheaply purchase 4x8 insulating foam sheets that are the same thickness as the box metal so it fits flush. It comes in different thicknesses and would be great way to insulate your camper. It'll be fun to cut the pieces for each square between that box metal. And then all you need to do is put something finished flat over the top of the box metal and insulation. Like a very thin paneling that's also lightweight. And then between each piece of paneling, you can run a thin strip of thin pine over the seams and bam! The walls are done! I scavenge used and recycled construction materials for a lot of stuff. Probably not something you're going to find in Moab but there's always grand junction. And don't forget to have fun!
If your roof welds crack/break because thin metal thick pipe... Turn a metal coffee can upside down and cut a hole in the bottom to match the stack OD. Then cut the sidewall of the can to a one inch height (like angle) and that's your rain cap. Then cut a one inch band from what's left of the can, then crimp the band again so it's smaller diameter than the cap and fits loose inside it. Now weld the ring to the top of the roof to seal the roof, and then weld the rain cap to the stack so they overlap. The cap makes the rain go onto the roof, and the ring keeps the roof water from coming through the hole. It's how you run a hot stack through the roof of an industrial building, only we do that with bar stock and plate, and some kind of guide. A little drafty, but allows for expansion.
Take the chimney part that was cut off, cut a hole in the side to make a Tee across the top to keep water out and even out exhaust flow. Great job Mike!!!
one thing about the location of the stove is that its next to the exit door you need a other escape hatch in case of a midnight fire just a thought otherwise its shaping up very nice keep on truckin
I worked a summer at a place that scrapped GE Lexan sheets... it was all defects (or bundles that were marked as defect by QC) and we'd run it through shearing machine to cut full sheets into something like 8" strips... and then we'd peel the paper off. The point was that GE could melt down and reuse it but only when it was narrow strips. Also, the shearing and stripping was done at a rehabilitation facility where a relative managed. A friend and I helped run the night shift... anyway. stripping the PAPER off was a nightmare... the older the Lexan was, the hard it was to peel off.. and some of it was nearly a decade old. The newer stuff (this was long, long ago, late 90s I think) had plastic film - white with blue printing showing the GE Lexan name.... and then the thickness info... The plastic film pulled right off of there but doing so caused a lot of static electricity... with lots of loud pops and cracks and also a lot of people getting really shocked by it... and then we'd have static in our clothes and hair. Even so, getting shocked all night and dealing with the film was a billion times better than dealing with the paper which tore off in tiny little bits and it seems like some of the sheets took days to clean up. I know it is a budget build, but I think I'd buy some sheets with the white or clear film instead of the paper... if that was possible. Home Depot and Lowe's have a different brand that has the clear film. Anyway, good luck peeling that paper off, you still have a long way to go. :) During those years, my uncle and my Dad were also involved with that place. It's kind of strange how everyone was making all sorts of stuff out of free Lexan around that time. :)
You guys are one of the very rare channels that I actually watch *all* the ads. I haven’t encountered one of the three minute ads for ear wax removal though.
Like what yer do'n. So, just a couple of todo's ... Valspar varnish inside and out. You need to seal up the wood. Get a top cone that you can use to seal out water where you welded the stack to the roof... I actually liked your idea of a precision cut and tube with a wide base to seal up. Looking forward to the podcast in the Trailer.. OUT SOMEWHERE in MOAB country....
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For a very robust & permanent seal of the plywood upgrade to a roofing supply or lumber yard and get a roll of bituthene and stick that on there. It’s a peel & stick material. Bullet proof for your application and you’ll never have a problem, ever. It’s approx $150 for the roll, but cheap insurance considering the cost of the plywood & your time to replace it when it delaminates from water damage…
Ordinary clear plumbers silicone is incredibly heat resistant. You can use it to seal up any of your chimney joints and gaps. I use it on air cooled motorcyle exhaust headers, if it'll cope with that, it'll take anything a wood burner will throw at it.
The taller the chimney, the better the draw. Don't throw that cut off bit into the scrap bin, figure out how to hinge it or something so you can flip it up once you get to camp.
Hi, don't forget to put it rain deflector on top of your chimney. What will the weather stove will fill at all water? Call wayne faceu in your camper on the trail brilliant
Idea 💡 if you take that pice. Of pipe you cut off the smoke stack and cut the ends off at 45 degrees then notch your stove pipe and place the pipe you just cut on top like a T it will rain proof your stove and look cool in the process And you probably seen how fabrats spray foamed their Willy’s That would really help your camper stiffing up the walls and seal it up nicely
Mike is on track for a Christmas camper special 😂 Definitely New Years party house out on the trail.🥳 I was thinking... Ut..oh.. Probably could hollow out a huge fuel cell or 3 -1000 lb propane tanks and conjoin them into a three compartment camper. This is going to be epic❤
3/4 c/d plywood i see you bought, nice enough, costly stuff now days. weather seal the under side of plywood and paper seal top with some cheap stuff like deck paint seal.
I hope you are going to seal the plywood from underneath so it doesn't rot out. I wonder how well bedliner would be and would flexible enough to fully seal the bottom of the camper. Fun if it worked to well and made the camper float across the first river. Anyway looking good. Needs a purple paint job by Robby Layton. :P
Next Time To Find Dead Center Take A Piece of String & Just Use A Bolt Nut or Something On That Order From The Ceiling & Move Till It Lines Up With The Center Of The Stove Pipe & Mark it & Drill it TA- DA
remove the tape on the window with turps, let it soak, apply again and soak then scrape, please wear gloves in doing so. i probably would hose the top of the camper to see if your welds are water tight. awesome build. @Merv-Bob comment 100%
MIKE!!! You have so much knowledge it's scary. Watching you work on that project is totally satisfying. I'll stop now before all this praise goes to your head and you won't be able to live with yourself. 😂😂😂
>Something that isn't going to cost me money. I feel ya Mike, I feel ya. If it ain't the driver's CV, it's the tailpipe, insurance is due, it's christmas, etc etc etc. Blech!
Don't forget a chimney cap with spark arrestor. Cheers, Mark
Mike, I would recommend leaving the chimney at least a foot above the roof for the best air flow to assist with smoke removal. They make a high temp. fireproof caulk you can use around the chimney and roof. You can replace the floor screws with a flat head bolt and lock nut, because those screws will come loose over time.
Thanks for sharing more of your trailer build. Can't wait to see it finished!
I found that using a plumbline to find out where to drill through any given ceiling works great, as long as the whole thing stands on somewhat even ground. 😉
Makes me smile when there is a camper update.
Woohoo camper update
Use rock wool around your Stove.. if you didn’t know already.. looks great Mike!
See mike it's not a stupped floor, it's a great great floor.Be nice to your camper, it's one of a kind.
you should put a Diesel flapper valve on the top of your chimney to keep water out of your Stove
Pretty sure there isn't enough draft to lift the valve, especially when just starting a fire.
One easy way to make and install a surface with non-square edges and complex outer shape is to make a perimeter template using strips of wood or cardboard. Use staples (T-50) and/or hot melt glue to build up the perimeter using short pieces. No measuring is needed, it's built in-place with overlapping joints. The template is removed and laid on the sheet material to mark the shape for cutting. Notches and non straight edges will fit perfectly because of the in-place template assembly. It takes far less time to assemble a template than taking measurements and trying to duplicate on the material. The template can be reused to perfectly cut multiple layers.
Wow mike you’re a jack of all trades mechanic,welder,fabricator, and now carpenter you are mechanical gifted
In the future you could use a plumb Bob to help you locate the place to drill your hole.
My favorite camper build on TH-cam by far. That steering adds so much awesome.
A wood stove in my trailer would be so cool!
buy some flex seal for the top.fills in pin holes. i have had to use in the rain.
They make a paint you can roll on called key wit it will never rott wood and is durable washable like a basement wall coating thats white my friend used it on replacing his boat floor might be something to look into👍
Similar to a coating used on outdoor decks. Marine grade paint would seal it good!
Thumbs up, you doing the camper at your pace,it's coming along fine, great video
Put some rubbing alcohol on a rag and let it soak into the paper on your plexiglass and it will eventually start coming off. Trust me I make airplane windows for a living out of polycarbonate and it happens.
Love the camper updates. Might want to spray the underside with something to protect that wood- consider undercoat or even Rhino Liner. Cheap way would be an oil bath. Not sure it was a great idea to weld the chimney to the roof but time will tell. In any event, it’s a really cool build and I can’t wait to see the finished product. As long as you don’t asphyxiate yourself, it should be a comfy mobile camp!
Oil or stain for the wood. You don't want something like rubberized undercoating or bed liner because those film coatings will form a protective layer that is certain to hold water in. Then the water will spread like cancer behind the coating. You want a penetrating coating like stain or just used engine oil.
@@Fix_It_Again_Tony excellent point Tony. My only other suggestion would have been to use marine plywood as a starting point but that stuff is expensive
Hey that's just like me! Using the screws you have and then having to trim them down! Getting more done without the cost
Looks great . I did 1 about 10 yrs ago made almost totaly original.. Sold it 2 yrs later because it was great as long as you didn't want to be in an RV park. Most wont let anything older than 20 yrs old no matter the condition. Thats what i built it for was traveling and stopping in RV parks . So i lost about 10k and learned a lesson ..
So much fun to see the progress on the camper!
Cheers from Southern California USA 🇺🇸 ❤
Mike is awesome!!!
Great vintage camper update! Thanks!
I restore them so it's really cool to see you building a rock crawling version with a metal frame. I think you can quite cheaply purchase 4x8 insulating foam sheets that are the same thickness as the box metal so it fits flush. It comes in different thicknesses and would be great way to insulate your camper. It'll be fun to cut the pieces for each square between that box metal.
And then all you need to do is put something finished flat over the top of the box metal and insulation. Like a very thin paneling that's also lightweight. And then between each piece of paneling, you can run a thin strip of thin pine over the seams and bam! The walls are done!
I scavenge used and recycled construction materials for a lot of stuff. Probably not something you're going to find in Moab but there's always grand junction. And don't forget to have fun!
Been waiting for this
Nice job Mike that little trailer is killer man. Would love to have it. Can't wait to see it done man. Thanks for the video bro 👍
that's a fortified little camper Mikey... your stove will give out some good warmth
That stove is going to cook him out of there!!!!
@@HotRodMonza1776 haha yes it will
If your roof welds crack/break because thin metal thick pipe... Turn a metal coffee can upside down and cut a hole in the bottom to match the stack OD. Then cut the sidewall of the can to a one inch height (like angle) and that's your rain cap. Then cut a one inch band from what's left of the can, then crimp the band again so it's smaller diameter than the cap and fits loose inside it. Now weld the ring to the top of the roof to seal the roof, and then weld the rain cap to the stack so they overlap. The cap makes the rain go onto the roof, and the ring keeps the roof water from coming through the hole. It's how you run a hot stack through the roof of an industrial building, only we do that with bar stock and plate, and some kind of guide. A little drafty, but allows for expansion.
Cool little camp trailer. Really like the way you are setting it up
Take the chimney part that was cut off, cut a hole in the side to make a Tee across the top to keep water out and even out exhaust flow. Great job Mike!!!
one thing about the location of the stove is that its next to the exit door you need a other escape hatch in case of a midnight fire just a thought otherwise its shaping up very nice keep on truckin
"Plumb Bob was never my friend" - Mike
100% lol
I always found him to be a straight shooter. A real stand up guy.
Good job bud.
Good job Mike.
I worked a summer at a place that scrapped GE Lexan sheets... it was all defects (or bundles that were marked as defect by QC) and we'd run it through shearing machine to cut full sheets into something like 8" strips... and then we'd peel the paper off. The point was that GE could melt down and reuse it but only when it was narrow strips. Also, the shearing and stripping was done at a rehabilitation facility where a relative managed. A friend and I helped run the night shift... anyway. stripping the PAPER off was a nightmare... the older the Lexan was, the hard it was to peel off.. and some of it was nearly a decade old. The newer stuff (this was long, long ago, late 90s I think) had plastic film - white with blue printing showing the GE Lexan name.... and then the thickness info... The plastic film pulled right off of there but doing so caused a lot of static electricity... with lots of loud pops and cracks and also a lot of people getting really shocked by it... and then we'd have static in our clothes and hair. Even so, getting shocked all night and dealing with the film was a billion times better than dealing with the paper which tore off in tiny little bits and it seems like some of the sheets took days to clean up. I know it is a budget build, but I think I'd buy some sheets with the white or clear film instead of the paper... if that was possible. Home Depot and Lowe's have a different brand that has the clear film. Anyway, good luck peeling that paper off, you still have a long way to go. :)
During those years, my uncle and my Dad were also involved with that place. It's kind of strange how everyone was making all sorts of stuff out of free Lexan around that time. :)
Thank you for showing me it… really cool to see the process of how it became that here. Outstanding work!
Your camper is coming along nicely
Nice dude, that thing is going to be sweet
Just watched it !! Looking good
You guys are one of the very rare channels that I actually watch *all* the ads. I haven’t encountered one of the three minute ads for ear wax removal though.
No that's a wood holesaw you need a bimetale holesaw
now you need a tig welder from harbor freight. that way it would be alot less worry of setting floor on fire.
A slant cut on that chimney, like a stack on a big rig woulda been
bad a$$
Like what yer do'n. So, just a couple of todo's ... Valspar varnish inside and out. You need to seal up the wood. Get a top cone that you can use to seal out water where you welded the stack to the roof... I actually liked your idea of a precision cut and tube with a wide base to seal up.
Looking forward to the podcast in the Trailer.. OUT SOMEWHERE in MOAB country....
Hi Mike and Shawn I have been watching all of your show 3 times now ok please 🙏 be safe 🙏 ok love Lorilee xoxoxoxox 🙏 😊 😘 💖 ❤️ 💕 🙏 😊 😘 💖 ❤️ 💕 🙏 😊 😘 💖 ❤️ 💕 🙏 😊 😘 💖 ❤️ 💕 🙏
For a very robust & permanent seal of the plywood upgrade to a roofing supply or lumber yard and get a roll of bituthene and stick that on there. It’s a peel & stick material. Bullet proof for your application and you’ll never have a problem, ever. It’s approx $150 for the roll, but cheap insurance considering the cost of the plywood & your time to replace it when it delaminates from water damage…
On your window paper glue issue use GOOF OFF liquid in a bottle
spritz the window with goo gone its made to take glue and stickers off you can get it at wally world ec
Lighter fluid for charcoal works great at getting adhesive off windows and anything too.
Ordinary clear plumbers silicone is incredibly heat resistant. You can use it to seal up any of your chimney joints and gaps. I use it on air cooled motorcyle exhaust headers, if it'll cope with that, it'll take anything a wood burner will throw at it.
The taller the chimney, the better the draw. Don't throw that cut off bit into the scrap bin, figure out how to hinge it or something so you can flip it up once you get to camp.
You're for sure getting there!
What keeps rain out of the chimney. That round hole will create an mess when it rains and the water washes the ash out onto the flor
every great master piece takes time!!!!!
Will you put any insulation in it? Looks good what you have done so far.
Nice cutn Mike! And cool tabs! Great TV!!
It looks great keep up the good work Mike!!!!!
I wish I could hit the thumbs up multiple times . Looks great!
Hi, don't forget to put it rain deflector on top of your chimney. What will the weather stove will fill at all water? Call wayne faceu in your camper on the trail brilliant
Goo Gone will work on cleaning the windows..
Looking good , Mike 👍🏻
..Im down with DBD......ya u kno me!!....(Dirt Billy Deluxe...DBD)...❤️🇺🇲
How will you keep the heat from transferring from the stove to the frame of the camper?
That trailer is awesome. Can wait for you to put it out in the wilderness. Great job Mike 👍
Idea 💡 if you take that pice. Of pipe you cut off the smoke stack and cut the ends off at 45 degrees then notch your stove pipe and place the pipe you just cut on top like a T it will rain proof your stove and look cool in the process
And you probably seen how fabrats spray foamed their Willy’s
That would really help your camper stiffing up the walls and seal it up nicely
You are super cool Mike. Thanks for your content 💯
My Cheap 500 Horsepower Box-Truck Powered Corvette is SCARY Good!!!
Those screws are definitely going to back out and onto the trail, 😢
Double nut down
Looking good. Thanks, Mike.
Structural fireplace.
Mike please paint under the timber with bitumen paint for the best protection
It's about time Mikey!!!!!
looking good mike
Got it how about removable cap to us while traveling and another cap with spark arrestor to put on when stopped camping? You can do it you good 👍 😊❤
Once you get your floor, finally installed, you should like tip it up a bit and rhino line the other side
That's why they made plumb-bobs...thousands of years ago (But it only works if the floor is level)
Mike is on track for a Christmas camper special 😂
Definitely New Years party house out on the trail.🥳
I was thinking... Ut..oh..
Probably could hollow out a huge fuel cell or 3 -1000 lb propane tanks and conjoin them into a three compartment camper.
This is going to be epic❤
Use plumbing bob piece of string with a note on it😊
You should have grabbed some large cardboard boxes and used them to get your layout for the floor!
You should mount the hydraulic tank on the tongue of the trailer not in the trailer where it's taking up space.
Looking good Mike little buy little good show ty..💯💪✌️
Marine grade plywood would be an upgrade if ya ever have to redo the floor
Looking good !!!
3/4 c/d plywood i see you bought, nice enough, costly stuff now days. weather seal the under side of plywood and paper seal top with some cheap stuff like deck paint seal.
don't forget room for insulation pipe wrap through roof and don't cut it off , you need drafting
Been waiting for a camper update
I hope you are going to seal the plywood from underneath so it doesn't rot out. I wonder how well bedliner would be and would flexible enough to fully seal the bottom of the camper. Fun if it worked to well and made the camper float across the first river. Anyway looking good. Needs a purple paint job by Robby Layton. :P
Good job Mike, looking good.
use the shaft of a Philips screwdriver for a pilot bit, That will not make the saw walk so much.... Looking good
Can of undercoating?? May save wood longer, they also sell treated plywood for water resistance..
Next Time To Find Dead Center Take A Piece of String & Just Use A Bolt Nut or Something On That Order From The Ceiling & Move Till It Lines Up With The Center Of The Stove Pipe & Mark it & Drill it TA- DA
Welding pipe to roof🤔 is it stupid if it works? I love it
remove the tape on the window with turps, let it soak, apply again and soak then scrape, please wear gloves in doing so. i probably would hose the top of the camper to see if your welds are water tight. awesome build. @Merv-Bob comment 100%
Thanks for another great video
Mike, all of the stove chimneys that I’ve seen were 6”, but I’ve only seen the commercial ones and in Arkansas. 😕
MIKE!!! You have so much knowledge it's scary. Watching you work on that project is totally satisfying. I'll stop now before all this praise goes to your head and you won't be able to live with yourself. 😂😂😂
Looking Good 👍😎✊
It should be named "Stormtrooper"!
💀
P.S. Please get a carbon monoxide detector...
Good job 😊
Need to make a cap for chimney, gonna be neat rig, keep it up , foam insulation?
Looking good. 😊😊😊
>Something that isn't going to cost me money.
I feel ya Mike, I feel ya. If it ain't the driver's CV, it's the tailpipe, insurance is due, it's christmas, etc etc etc. Blech!