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Old 05-31-2012, 04:15 PM   #1
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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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Old 05-31-2012, 04:24 PM   #2
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Looks great, nice job Phil

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Where did you get the moulded base?
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...with moulded base under the front bench I made up.
AWESOME!

You molded the interior of the bench?
(Do you still have the mold?)
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Old 05-31-2012, 05:12 PM   #5
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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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Awesome. I'd love to hear more about the molding process.
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Awesome. I'd love to hear more about the molding process.
Ditto!
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Old 06-01-2012, 06:23 AM   #8
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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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Old 06-01-2012, 08:28 AM   #9
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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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Very nice build.
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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.

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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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Old 06-01-2012, 12:54 PM   #13
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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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If I had to make another, I would use this as a plug and vacuum form them. ..similar to the way they make tubs.
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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Old 06-01-2012, 02:44 PM   #15
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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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Nice sketch!

I was thinking mold and glass, that way people could choose a colour or paint to match.l
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Old 06-01-2012, 03:04 PM   #17
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Sure but you can paint ABS as well.
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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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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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