Class C Cabover Rebuild
Hello all! I am new here but have been looking around for quite a while. My wife and I purchased a used class c, 1992 Jamboree Searcher by Fleetwood. I thought I had looked the rig over good and my wi...
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MattCrouch wrote:
Glue the joint with liquid nails and then glue a 1/4" piece on top and bottom of the 3/4" that is now glued together. Do you think that will provide enough support for my wife and I?
As someone else pointed out - and as a woodworker, there are much better glues. I too like the Titebond's. Titebond III is (for all intents and purposes) waterproof.
I'm not sure about the support structure but I wouldn't put that much weight on any sheet of plywood spanning that distance without supports.
I'm doing a bunk bed for my 150# son and the bed is 3/4" plywood and 74x36". If I can elegantly create some cross supports for it, I'll do so. If I can't then the fallback approach will be something based on the notion of a torsion box.
A master craftsman, David J. Marks, and host of the TV show WoodWorks aired an episode on torsion box construction. (https://vimeo.com/5082731) Very strong for the weight.
