Anyone interested in 83 Pace Arrow Tear down and Rebuild?

fulltimin wrote:

zigzagrv wrote:

fulltimin wrote:

zigzagrv wrote:
my wife!

I hope your couch is comfortable. You will need it if she finds out you called her an applicance Lol.. :)

Thanks for the laugh.

The love of my life (notice how I get back on her good side;) ) is currently being my caretaker, after I had a run-in with my table saw. After 60 years of this woodworking thing, I finally had a serious accident with a power tool. I cut the tips of 2 fingers off Saturday a week ago. Get the bandage off today to see the damage. Wish me luck!

BTW, this is rv related as I was cutting the frame of the tv cabinet to accommodate a larger tv.??

How are the fingers doing? Inquiring minds want to know......

Thanks for asking. They're coming along just fine. My index and middle fingers on the left hand (I'm right-handed) are about a 1/2" inch shorter (don't have to worry about trimming fingernails on those two). My butt has healed well also from where I had been kicking myself.

Good to see you're back on the 'PROJECT'. Just be careful with them wicked power tools!;)

fulltimin wrote:
After some consideration, I also decided to modify the rear window bracket for the slider.

I figure if I ever want to remove the slider, I need a way to do so without taking the entire bracket out.

As a result I have to modify the top bracket.

Isn't that going to rattle like crazy driving down our "fine" roads ?

zigzagrv wrote:

fulltimin wrote:

zigzagrv wrote:
my wife!

I hope your couch is comfortable. You will need it if she finds out you called her an applicance Lol.. :)

Thanks for the laugh.

The love of my life (notice how I get back on her good side;) ) is currently being my caretaker, after I had a run-in with my table saw. After 60 years of this woodworking thing, I finally had a serious accident with a power tool. I cut the tips of 2 fingers off Saturday a week ago. Get the bandage off today to see the damage. Wish me luck!

BTW, this is rv related as I was cutting the frame of the tv cabinet to accommodate a larger tv.??

How are the fingers doing? Inquiring minds want to know......

After some consideration, I also decided to modify the rear window bracket for the slider.

I figure if I ever want to remove the slider, I need a way to do so without taking the entire bracket out.

As a result I have to modify the top bracket.

What I did was to use a small round over bit in the router to correct that situation.

I wanted just a small round corner, so I used a 1/8" rounding router bit.







This is the bit I used, and it created just a small round corner.







The plywood here is only 1/2 inch thick, so you can see the round corner is not very large.

Finally! Managed to make it to the motorhome today.

If you remember, I was working on the shelf below the rear window.







One of the things to watch out for is the corners of said shelf. Anytime wood has a square corner, it is very easy for the wood to be chipped off.

The solution is to round off the corner just a little bit. It will take a much better beating without chipping, than a square corner.

Nothing like having computer service calls interrupt you when you are trying to get work done. Ugh! The good news is, that provides more funds for buying goods for the moho!

Ah, yes. The wife was right. I needed a little time off.

Back to work this week. Wahoo!

Ah, yes. The best laid plans.........

I was informed yesterday that since the New Year is upon us, that we would be having a movie marathon New Years eve and New Years day.

Oops, my bad.

Then again, maybe it's the calm before the storm, before I get locked up in the motor home to finish it..... Lol.

Well, Happy New Year to Everyone. Hope your Holiday was a great one, and thanks for going on this journey with me...

Well, today was shot from 1 too many computer service calls. Hopefully, tomorrow.