Anyone interested in 83 Pace Arrow Tear down and Rebuild?

Strapping up really helps to bend the plywood around the corner and hold it reasonably in place, to glue it into place.

Speaking of adhesive..........

Ok, tonight it is time to strap up!








I mean really strap up! Lol.

Adding a second piece of plywood on the passenger side.

Here's a couple of pics of yesterday's work. I decided to add another layer of plywood to the roof.

I am using 1/8" ply as it bends much better than the 1/4" thick stuff.

Also, I am using the Great Stuff Pro adhesive to secure this layer to the layer beneath it. Talk about "sticky" stuff. Wow!

I managed to get some on my fingers, and didn't get it cleaned off right away, and later, could not remove it. It will be worn off in a couple more days. Lol.

Anyway, here is the beginning of putting the first piece in place.

Got some work done today, but had no time for posting. Update tomorrow night!

Update tomorrow night, I think. Life got in the way today.

My wife's cousin is moving, and we spent some of the day helping.

Life happens.

I went to the local Home Depot today to pick up some plywood for the roof. The local Lowes did not have what I was looking for.

Home Depot's website gave me the location in the store of the plywood that I wanted, so finding it was easy.

When I got there, what was on the shelf was not what I was looking for. ... My mistake.

I looked up on their app what I wanted and realized I had read the website wrong, and the plywood that I wanted was about an hour away.

Ok. Well, I need it to proceed, so away we went, trailer in tow. 3 hours later, and near dark, we arrived back home with the plywood.

I unloaded it, and that was the end of today's work. I hope to get some of it glued in place tomorrow.

Another shot from the end. Not as well in focus as I would like, but you get the idea.

I can't say I was all that pleased with the result. I didn't try adding additional cuts, (yet).

It did allow the plywood to bend, and would have worked for the curve that I have in the roof.

I tried to bend it a little too far, and it broke, not surprisingly.

I may try adding extra kerf cuts, a little closer together, and see how far that can be bent.

Hopefully, I'll be able to get a picture before it breaks next time.

Here's a pic of a test I did on some of the 1/4" thick plywood that I have. I wanted to see how well it would bend by adding some kerf cuts in the plywood.

I used my portable circular saw and cut about 1/2 way through the thickness of the plywood, and about 1/2" apart.

I didn't measure these, it was just a rough estimate.

PastorCharlie wrote:
Have you ever considered a second story?

Wow, what a concept! Lol....

I can't imagine that would work well in an area with high winds. Oops!