Wooden fail safe camper alignment tool
I wanted something that keeps the truck camper aligned in the bed and prevents the camper from sliding sideways in trucks bed The main advantage is that the tiedowns aren't pulling the camper too m...
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Note: we are all different and we approach problems differently:
After a lifetime of designing and building experiments for a living I have found that the simpilist design that functions properly is always best.
Each added unecessary component or variable is another opportunity for fsilure.
To keep my illustration impersonal I'll use an example that we are all likely to have experienced.
I had a single shot, bolt action, 22 cal rifle with iron sights when I was a kid. It was trouble free and with a little practice help feed our family.
Over the years... I got a rifle with a magazine that held multiple rounds of ammo... then a scope... and a few years ago... even a LASER
The simple rifle still works perfectly after me using it for more than 65 years (it was old when I got it)
The magazine on the "more advanced" rifle jambs occassionally... just when I need it... always.
The scoped rifle has to be baby'ed... if it gets tapped it won't aim well enough to hit anything and you can't see around it to get a shot off either.... Uggg!
I thought the LASER would be nice... just put the red dot on the racoon and squeeze the trigger... no real sighting needed. Oops! the battery was dead when I grabbed it... the racoon had another litter of babies before I found the special batteries in the LASER
IF it can fail at a crucial point in time it will... on vacation or a camping trip?
Keeping things simple has always worked best for me and I find that this works best for me when I do truck camper projects too
Form follows function, think about it. (learned it from Industrial Design engineers)
Chet
After a lifetime of designing and building experiments for a living I have found that the simpilist design that functions properly is always best.
Each added unecessary component or variable is another opportunity for fsilure.
To keep my illustration impersonal I'll use an example that we are all likely to have experienced.
I had a single shot, bolt action, 22 cal rifle with iron sights when I was a kid. It was trouble free and with a little practice help feed our family.
Over the years... I got a rifle with a magazine that held multiple rounds of ammo... then a scope... and a few years ago... even a LASER
The simple rifle still works perfectly after me using it for more than 65 years (it was old when I got it)
The magazine on the "more advanced" rifle jambs occassionally... just when I need it... always.
The scoped rifle has to be baby'ed... if it gets tapped it won't aim well enough to hit anything and you can't see around it to get a shot off either.... Uggg!
I thought the LASER would be nice... just put the red dot on the racoon and squeeze the trigger... no real sighting needed. Oops! the battery was dead when I grabbed it... the racoon had another litter of babies before I found the special batteries in the LASER
IF it can fail at a crucial point in time it will... on vacation or a camping trip?
Keeping things simple has always worked best for me and I find that this works best for me when I do truck camper projects too
Form follows function, think about it. (learned it from Industrial Design engineers)
Chet
