73 D18 roof replacement

[demon]

Got the driver side wall board installed! all covered in fiberglass resin so should last a life time. Looks great! The roof trusses or whatever you want to call them are another story. I bought 2x6s because they were the straightest pieces of wood they had and figured i could cut 2 out of each one. so thats what i did but after i cut them the bowed all different. the bottom side that needs to be straight bowes down. Thats not gona work !. Ive wetted them down and placed a piece of wood thru the center with parking stones on both ends to bow them .I would be ok if the headliner was bowed up a little but it cant hang down. Any advice ?? I should have just built all this out of metal. Im a metal fabricator so I wouldn't have had any prob but just figured I can just have fun and do this at home and it would be straightforward....Nope! the wood has been killing me!!

[demon]

oops! yea i ment straitest boards and even these are not great. kinda bummed about it

[khantroll]

I think maybe "straight edgy" or straight-est?

[stanDman111]

strategy boards ?

[LJ-TJ]

Koo-doe's to yeah mate, your doing a cracker jack of a job. Looking good. Well done.

[demon]

I actually used 2x6 because they where the strategy boards they had. I was able to cut 2 out of each one. Thanks!

[stanDman111]

are your stringers cut from 2x2 or from 2x4 ? lookin good

[demon]

well finally gave up trying to straighten out the 3/4 plywood for front wall .I tried everything. Just bought a nice strait piece of good plywood from a cabinet maker by me. Perfect! of course i didnt have enough resin to put it up so that will have to wait till mon so i cut some of the stringers for the roof. its 1" higher in the middle than the ends. I think it will look perfect like this. i just thru them up there to get an idea how its gonna go

[demon]

Haha yes! Grabbed every clamp I had!

[Rickf1985]

Did you ever notice that you just NEVER seem to have enough clamps? N:(

[demon]

First piece of wood in !!! finally! fiberglass resin all over the board and i brushed it on the aluminum on the winni so i wouldnt miss a spot. put a board across the back so the clamps wouldnt mar that fine finish! plus to even out the pressure of the clamps. happy day!

[demon]

Good news in the rear! The section of wood that I need to replace before the roof can go on is only this strip across the top about 4" high.  Hopefully I can find a straighter board for this!

[khantroll]

Thanks guys

[stanDman111]

yep, same with mine exactly

[demon]

it is 3/4 up there. that brings it out even with the foam and then luan wood is over all of it so where your looking it might just be the luan wood over the foam. look closely at the pics and you can see the different levels of foam in this area. Im thinking te 3/4 is there cause this is where the bed attaches

[khantroll]

Hi Stan,


Was it that size throughout? Because mine looks like Luan

[stanDman111]

 been there  done that  & mine was 3/4 inch plywood

[khantroll]

I'm surprised that was 3/4. Is it only that big at the top (where the bed mates)? I ask because I am going to be doing something similar a little later, and the wood at the base of the chairs doesn't seem to be that thick on mine

[stanDman111]

its a slow go,but your doin a fine job= keeper going

[demon]

almost flat!

[demon]

well while i let the wood for the front side flatten out i started pulling everything out of the rear .

[Rickf1985]

Gotcha, Didn't realize that was what came out and yes, it probably is for strength.

[demon]

No it was 3/4 here. That makes it flush with the rest of the foam. I guess its that thick  because the bed is attached to it

[Rickf1985]

3/4" inch plywood? Don't you think that is kind of thick? Very heavy once you get the whole job done and high up so your center of gravity is going to move up quite a bit. What was originally up there would have been no more than 1/2" or probably 3/8".

[stanDman111]

nice job