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05-31-2012, 04:15 PM
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Member
Name: phil
Trailer: 1973 trillium
Ontario
Posts: 30
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Porta potty under front bench seat
Here is a couple of pics of the portapotty with moulded base under the front bench I made up. The above bed has been removed as we never use. There is a drain to clean the sand and dirt off your feet. There is a curtain for a little privacy. Need to find more pics.
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05-31-2012, 04:24 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Ron
Trailer: Trillium 13 ft (green grape)
Ontario
Posts: 442
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Looks great, nice job Phil
Ron
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05-31-2012, 04:25 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Dave W
Trailer: Trillium 4500 - 1976, 1978, 1979, 1300 - 1977, and a 1973
Alberta
Posts: 6,926
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Where did you get the moulded base?
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05-31-2012, 05:10 PM
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Moderator
Trailer: Fiber Stream 1978 / Honda Odyssey LX 2003
Posts: 8,222
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PhillyPhixy
...with moulded base under the front bench I made up.
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AWESOME!
You molded the interior of the bench?
(Do you still have the mold?)
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05-31-2012, 05:12 PM
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Moderator
Name: RogerDat
Trailer: 2010 Scamp 16
Michigan
Posts: 3,744
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That is nice, have been looking at the front couch mods since it's just the DW and myself and that mod would be most welcome.
Combined with the half gallon milk jug hand held shower idea someone posted that would be a great way to cover our boondocking needs.
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05-31-2012, 05:28 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: No Trailer Yet
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Awesome. I'd love to hear more about the molding process.
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05-31-2012, 05:34 PM
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Moderator
Name: RogerDat
Trailer: 2010 Scamp 16
Michigan
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Thomas G.
Awesome. I'd love to hear more about the molding process.
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Ditto!
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06-01-2012, 06:23 AM
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Member
Name: phil
Trailer: 1973 trillium
Ontario
Posts: 30
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Thanks
If you look closely, you will notice that the floor is a fiberglass food serving tray, the type they use in cafeteria`s ( ..and prison fights)
I used the potty base itself to create the “socket” for it. Just waxed it up and glassed over it. The rest of the lower base is a lattice of ply that is fit to the floor of the trailer and chopped parts of more of those trays to create some surfaces. Quite a bit of piecing here as well as filling. Some of the curves were created by hot gluing polyethylene to the front and glassing behind it. The upper walls are pcs of .125” ABS cut to shape. Some had to be heated with a hot air gun and formed by hand to shape, then let cool. They are screwed to the lower base and a wood rail on the top. The paint is Klenks epoxy for tubs.
Hope this helps.
If I had to make another, I would use this as a plug and vacuum form them. ..similar to the way they make tubs.
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06-01-2012, 08:28 AM
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Senior Member
Name: john
Trailer: scamp 13
Michigan
Posts: 1,318
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very nice work. really shows the wonders of fiberglass. great stuff to work with, and everyone should experiement with it a little. its like paper mache,,but stinks more,,,lol.
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06-01-2012, 09:54 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Fred
Trailer: 1978 Trillium 4500
Washington
Posts: 232
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Very nice build.
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--Fred and Natalie
1978 Trillium 4500 "Bernerwagon"
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06-01-2012, 10:09 AM
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Member
Name: Willis
Trailer: Beachcomber B15
Kelowna, B.C. Canada
Posts: 83
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Nice job! I really like this idea. If a mold was available, I would buy it.
I might just have to build this myself I like it so much, Although I do not fiberglass, so mine will be stainless.
Willis
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06-01-2012, 10:27 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: No Trailer Yet (want 13 ft fiber glass
Posts: 2,316
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porta potty under front bench seat
Very nice work. If you do start production of this unit, I would really like one.
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06-01-2012, 12:54 PM
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Member
Name: kathy
Trailer: 1972 Boler 13
New York
Posts: 55
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Me too me too. Ontario is not that far away. Maybe you have started a whole new business!!
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06-01-2012, 01:58 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1972 Boler American and 1979 Trillium 4500
Posts: 5,141
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PhillyPhixy
If I had to make another, I would use this as a plug and vacuum form them. ..similar to the way they make tubs.
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Could you do that with the propane tank cover on Joanne T's Trill 5500?
She recently had it listed for sale and is nearby in Ancaster.
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06-01-2012, 02:44 PM
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Member
Name: phil
Trailer: 1973 trillium
Ontario
Posts: 30
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Hi Roy
Do you mean cut a mould and glass or Vac form the cover (nice cover by the way)
Either way the answer is yes.
I doodled up something like it when I first started to "pimp" the Trillium
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06-01-2012, 03:00 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1972 Boler American and 1979 Trillium 4500
Posts: 5,141
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Nice sketch!
I was thinking mold and glass, that way people could choose a colour or paint to match.l
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06-01-2012, 03:04 PM
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Member
Name: phil
Trailer: 1973 trillium
Ontario
Posts: 30
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Sure but you can paint ABS as well.
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06-01-2012, 05:11 PM
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Senior Member
Name: jen
Trailer: Casita Spirit Deluxe 2003
Georgia
Posts: 256
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Very clever.
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06-01-2012, 05:59 PM
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Junior Member
Name: Frank
Trailer: shopping
Utah
Posts: 6
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Loved the insert. I've been contemplating making a walkin space for the porta potti in my Trill 1300 with the gaucho's existing fiberglass top and front cabinet door hinged and swinging up and out of the way (as one piece) for use. It's only been designed in my brain so far but will probably model it with cardboard to see the feasibility. As I now use it, I have a shallow bus tub that the porta potti is in that I slide out through the cabinet door for use. Haven't yet gotten around to the pivoting handle on the bus tub I can use without the need to bend over too far.
So many projects - so little time! Be still my fevered brain.
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06-01-2012, 06:25 PM
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Member
Name: phil
Trailer: 1973 trillium
Ontario
Posts: 30
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Thanks bern
I still have a few details to add to this such as a support bar to keep the top open. I originally was thinking a gas strut but now I think I`ll use a simple articulated bar like on a step ladder. What you can`t see is the wall that was created beside the stove for some privacy as well as the curtain on a rail above Used the same shower fittings that were on the Gaucho bed.
I mock up stuff in cardboard all the time. Great way to go. It is how I started with this . The idea in my head was very "origami" but the cardboard version told me I was being "overkill Phil"
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