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09-13-2014, 04:26 PM
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Senior Member
Name: David
Trailer: 1998 Casita 17 SD
Alberta
Posts: 786
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Pictures from the casita sawdust mill
Finally getting new doors for the Casita(hate mdf oak). There are a lot more doors than the old Ventura and a big pile of sawdust to show for it. Going to knotty pine again. Only the bathroom door and the roof support/room divider to go. The rest of the doors have had 2 coats of polyurathane so far.
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09-13-2014, 05:11 PM
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Senior Member
Name: David
Trailer: Former 13’Scamp, now Snoozy
Arizona
Posts: 2,316
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Very nice. It really changes the look for the better.
Dave & Paula
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09-15-2014, 11:11 PM
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Senior Member
Name: David
Trailer: 1998 Casita 17 SD
Alberta
Posts: 786
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Here are a few picture of the new doors in the trailer. Sorry for the poor pictures, will get better ones tomorrow
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09-16-2014, 12:04 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 2000 Burro 17 ft / 2001 Toyota Tundra V8 2wd
Posts: 339
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Could you describe how you built the doors? Is the center a single panel or assembled from strips? I'd like to upgrade my doors as well to nicer and lighter ones, and yours looks really good.
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09-16-2014, 01:35 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Ted
Trailer: (Dark side)Crossroads Now
Glade Valley, North Carolina
Posts: 990
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I really like the looks of that. I will show my wife tonight. Future change is a coming.
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09-16-2014, 04:14 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Trillium 2010
Posts: 5,185
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Very nice, and lighter I'm sure. I'm guessing you used a knotty pine wall panel with the frame No2 pine boards??? Raz
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09-16-2014, 05:49 PM
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Senior Member
Name: David
Trailer: 1998 Casita 17 SD
Alberta
Posts: 786
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The doors are just b grade 5/16 tongue and groove pine panelling and the outsides are cut from 3/4" pine boards. I used 3 packages of the pine panelling and 3 8"x 6' boards and that did the whole trailer.
The instructions are here
The weight difference is crazy, probably less than a third the weight. My 98 used the old style latches so they also got painted flat black. I also had to fix the pin on the washroom door as its a 1/4" thicker and the latch would not open from outside.
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09-16-2014, 06:10 PM
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Senior Member
Name: David
Trailer: 1998 Casita 17 SD
Alberta
Posts: 786
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BTW I am not a carpenter by any means and I used a cheap 10" table saw, a 10" power miter saw and a router table (to round over the outer edges. Of course there was a fair bit of sanding by my wife and 4 coats of satin water based polyurethane. This was my second time doing this so I had a good idea how to get it done.
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09-16-2014, 08:50 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1988 16 ft Scamp Deluxe
Posts: 25,697
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I'm continually amazed at the effort and wonderful MODS that folks do to their all molded towables. LOVE IT
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Ten Forward - 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Double Yolk - 1988 16' Scamp Deluxe
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09-16-2014, 09:15 PM
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Senior Member
Name: kootenai girl
Trailer: 1976 Trillium 1300
British Columbia
Posts: 1,411
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Looks great, I hate the mdf wood ones.
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09-16-2014, 09:29 PM
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Senior Member
Name: David
Trailer: 1998 Casita 17 SD
Alberta
Posts: 786
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here are a few more pictures, still a bit fuzzy. Hardware all back on and just the draw front to do, ran out of pine . Knobs have been replace with handles, wife has arthritis and was having a hard time with the knobs.
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09-16-2014, 09:37 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1988 16 ft Scamp Deluxe
Posts: 25,697
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ooooooh BEAUTIFUL!
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Ten Forward - 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Double Yolk - 1988 16' Scamp Deluxe
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09-16-2014, 09:58 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Casita
Posts: 651
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Looks great! Good job. Glad to see it went to a good home. Enjoy!
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09-17-2014, 02:33 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Trillium 2010
Posts: 5,185
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The handle appears to be part of the latch? Since you've positioned the doors to swing down, they must be very secure. Are they a latch designed for RV's? Raz
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09-17-2014, 04:19 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Carl
Trailer: 2014 16 scamp side dinette/Rav4 V6 Tow pkg.
Pennsylvania
Posts: 578
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I like the way the white FG cabinet accent the doors, nice contrast. No sense in having heavy wood cabinets, when only the front shows. I plan on doing this on my new 16 scamp standard. 10 days till i depart for MN. Carl
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09-17-2014, 07:14 AM
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Senior Member
Name: David
Trailer: 1998 Casita 17 SD
Alberta
Posts: 786
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The cabinet latches were the original positive door latches that where in the trailer just painted them flat black as they were very faded and the finish was worn out. They cost about $20 each to buy new ones so I found some surplus latches for $3 new and stripped the plastic latch part to rebuild mine. Yes I am a cheap old fart.
The first picture is the latch used by casita and the second one is a Jayco latch that I used for the plastic parts. When I bought the jayco latch, I only received the latch portion without the parts that it latches into. The darn things will last forever if you could just buy the plastic bits that wearout.
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09-17-2014, 07:52 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Dave W
Trailer: Escape 19 and Escape 15B
Alberta
Posts: 523
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Great job on the new doors!
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09-18-2014, 10:26 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Conrad
Trailer: Bigfoot 3000 & Barth "slide-in" truck camper
Connecticut
Posts: 958
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They look fantastic.
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09-29-2014, 08:24 PM
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Senior Member
Name: David
Trailer: 1998 Casita 17 SD
Alberta
Posts: 786
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Here are the table and room divider as of tonight and the last part is a panel for the fridge door from the 5/16 pine(will have to router out the edges to fit the door.
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09-29-2014, 09:21 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Scamp 19 ft 5th Wheel
Posts: 1,861
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Dudley
Really looks great. I recently took the slanted wire chase cover out between the side dinette seats and put in a little shelf with a front and lip on it. It comes in handy for charging stuff and setting stuff on it. Might want to look at that while you have the saw out.
The P.O. had made a set of narrow shelves with drawers which hung from the seat table slots between the side seats for storing small stuff. Just an Idea.
Eddie
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