Anyone interested in 83 Pace Arrow Tear down and Rebuild?

This is another one, that was about 9 months in the making. This is a piece of copper tubing. I spun it in a drill, and cleaned it with sandpaper to take off tarnish look.

I then coated this with 3 coats of (drum roll please), yes, you guessed it, Por 15. This is the clear Por 15 rust preventative.

That the stuff they claim completely seals out moisture.

After letting this sit for about 9 months in the moho, with no heat, nor ac, with plenty of humidity during rainy times, and it still looks just like it did when I coated it.

No areas showing any discoloration from moisture. SOOO,,,, that opens up some possibilities for using copper inside, and still maintain the non-tarnished look! Wahoo...

Here is a shot of the end of the wood and the aluminum angle.











As I said, this was 3/16" thick aluminum, so if I had used 1/8" thickness, I could have saved about 1/3rd of the weight.

Obviously, that would also mean less strength, so it depends where it's being used, as to whether it would be safe or not.

Since I used a couple of pieces of aluminum angle to help secure the counter in place, I wanted to check on any potential weight savings, instead of using wood.

Here is a pic of a length of aluminum angle, roughly about 18" long. Just a guess, I did not measure it. This is 1.5" x 1.5" x 3/16" thick.

Weight is 420 grams.







Here is a piece of wood, a 2 x 3 that is the same length, which also weighs, 420 grams.







For those of us who still don't use the metric system, that amounts to 14.80 ounces.

This piece had Tropicool applied to both the insulation and to the plywood.

After sitting the same year or so, this was VERY difficult to pull apart, and I could not pull a large piece off at a time.

It came apart in small bits and pieces.

Neither of these samples showed any degradation of the insulation, so as far as I am concerned, it won't damage the insulation if used.

So, this was over a year in the making. I wanted to see how this would hold up over time.

This is a piece that I put Tropicool on the plywood only, and then put the 2 together and added a little weight until it cured.

As you can see, it stuck pretty well, but I was able to pull off a piece. Some insulation stuck to the plywood, and some stuck to the insulation.

Any body remember this?







Yea, I had played around with that a while back, both with plywood and with insulation.

Will have some info for tonight. :)

What a week. Dead computers. Gotta love 'em.

Stuck working on several dead ones, with no time to work on the Moho. :(

Bill1374 wrote:
Wasn't sure at first but I'm beginning to like the stone look.Doing the end of the counter makes it look much better.

I was figuring that the end of the counter would help to finish off the "look" of it, and I am happy with the result.

Adding something to the floor, should help a bunch as well. I wanted to kind of separate this area visually from the rest of the coach.

So far, I think it's on it's way to there.

Thanks.

Wanderlost wrote:
Well, that is impressive. Literally can't see the seam.

I took a good amount of time trying to get the seams nearly as invisible as I could. Getting close enough will reveal a few imperfections, but, backing away just a couple of feet and it looks pretty good.

The "rough" look of the stone helps everything to blend in a bit.

Thanks.