Anyone interested in 83 Pace Arrow Tear down and Rebuild?

There is an old saying ... When you finish your construction job, you have finally gained the knowledge, that you should have had when you started.! Lol.

I think I just hit that milestone.

I created another corner for my sink today.

I used extra shrink tape, more than just the rounded corner.







I ran the tape, again, sticky side up, facing the strips, and taped the ends down to the pattern, at the end of the strips.

The red arrows indicate where I put the glue to add the second layer of strips.

This pic is only of the first layer, and it was a breeze to put these together, as opposed to not having the tape there to hold the first layer in place.

Since no one want to venture a guess as to what these are going towards, I will end the suspense. (for those inquiring minds) Lol.

This is part of a kitchen sink. SAY WHAT? Why not just buy one and be done with it?

Well, if you are old enough to remember the old Apple Computer commercials, they used to say "Think Different"!

Well, I did.

2 things that have always annoyed me with sinks is this. Number one is the drain is always in the center, which really messes with the space under the sink, to be able to be used for a drawer or something else, because of the drain and trap.

Second, if the rig is a out of level, the sink doesn't drain properly, and some water will remain in the sink.

I can fix both of those, (I think).

First off, I want to put the drain in one of the rear corners, so the trap underneath, will be well out of the way.

Second, I plan on tapering the bottom of the sink towards the drain.

Figuring out the slope is fairly easy.

The wheelbase on the chassis is 159", or 13.25 feet. If we are out of level 1" per foot, that would amount to 13.25 inches for the length of the wheelbase.

Ah, yea. I don't park, being that far out of level.

So, the sink will be about 22 inches long, which will be front to back or inline with the wheelbase.

Therefore, at 1" per foot out of level, for the 22 inch length of the sink, would amount to about 1.8" for that length.

Since I won't be parking that far out of level, 1.5" for the 22" sink should be more than plenty, and still allow the sink to drain if we are out of level, front to back.

Sideways, 1" per foot for an 8' wide motorhome out of level, would be way excessive, so tapering the bottom of the sink to the rear and towards the driver side, should allow it to drain under normal circumstances, even if we are out of level somewhat.

I can't imagine that I would park being that far out of level, but we are not always 100% level, and this should take care of any draining issues if we're not fully level.

I hope that makes sense, If not I'll try to explain it better if it's confusing.

These are the first 2 that I pulled off of the pattern. They are not finished yet, but with 3 layers glued together, they are holding their shape pretty well.

Only the rounded area is glued, at this point. The longer sections will be integrated together later.

All of these are made up of Oak, Cherry, and Poplar wood, and they are roughly a little less than 1/16" thick.

Ok, after that, it's time to add some clamps to keep everything following the pattern while the glue dries.











Nothing like using a bunch of clamps to hold everything together.

Here you can see that I have 5 pieces down side by side next to the tape, and then added 4 strips for the next layer, and after that I added another 3 pieces for the 3rd layer, obviously, straddling the joints to increase strength.

After slightly gluing some of the small strips of wood to my pattern board yesterday, (no, I didn't know until today), I decided to take a little precaution to stop that from happening again.

I tore off a piece of shrink tape and laid it sticky side up, so any glue that may squeeze out between the strips, will stick to the tape instead of to the wood.

Fortunately, the first one, since it has 3 layers, is holding it's curved shape really well, as I add a couple of extra strips, one on top and the other on the botom.

Somedays, ya just gotta use a bunch of clamps to make the wood do what you want it to. Lol.

sundancer268 wrote:
I must have missed it, but what will these bent strips be used for or you going to hold us in suspense for a while longer?

You did not miss it. I haven't revealed it yet. Anybody want to take a guess?

I must have missed it, but what will these bent strips be used for or you going to hold us in suspense for a while longer?