Otis24's Otisbound Outdoors Bodonkadonk Supercharged Twin Locked Micro Camper Build (OOBSTLMC)

Good idea. I just put everything away too. next time.

 

Got a bigger spring for the foam cutter. I didn’t really test it well but the little I did test it seems much improved.

 

Good idea on the foam cutter. I have a old FWC that I am rebuilding and need to insulate. I may try heating it with a map torch instead of a battery.

Why did you use osb instead of ply(AB marine)?

 

I don't really remember why I used OSB over plywood. I know I didn't use marine because I couldn't find any thinner than 3/4" in my area. 3/4" would be way overkill and too heavy.
I did buy some Latvian Birch with waterproof glue and no voids. I decided not to use that because it's super heavy and $105 a sheet. I'm saving it for other things like the stairs and for the upstairs platform.

Regarding the cutter. The wire I used is nichrome so it gets hot when you run a current through it....like a toaster. It's cool to the touch seconds after removing the current. You can also use other methods for current but I'm only using this a little so my car battery set up works well.

I'm thinking if you heat the wire with a torch it's going to cool down too fast to be useful for cutting. I'd give a shot anyway. Let me know how it goes.

I just had a thought. I wonder if actually using a toaster would work. That way I wouldn't need to use my car battery...which sketches me out a little. I'm going to pick up a cheap toaster on my way home.

 

Yup, here's one with a toaster. It might be too hot though. I found I can control the heat by attaching the power further along the nichrome wire. The longer the wire the cooler it gets. I don't want to burn the foam or have smoke come out. It smells bad and make the foam too smooth so the glue doesn't stick as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcY7isdU-hc

 

Using a toaster is a pretty badass trick. Thanks for the info about cutting the foam, that will save me a bunch of trial and error. Didnt even consider it being too smooth.

 

No problem.

Oh yeah, I bought a wall paper perforator to create more surface area for the glue to stick to. I'm roughing up/removing oxidation from the aluminum with a worn out flap disc on an angle grinder.

$36 Warner Manufacturing Warner Tool 250 Wallcovering Perforator, Multicolor

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000I6JLAQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

For glue I'm using loctite PL300. I made a test panel a while back and this stuff seemed to hold up well.

$15 Loctite PL300 Foamboard Adhesive, 10 fl oz, Cartridge

https://www.amazon.com/Loctite-Foam...ords=loctite+pl300&qid=1578695129&s=hi&sr=1-13

Also nice username btw.

 

Back to work! Got this for my back yard and camping

 

Installed the fuel filler doors today. After I put some gas in the tanks and know I can actually put gas into them I’ll box out the hoses where they go through the camper to isolate them from the interior

 

https://youtu.be/kprXa0C5hgk

 

Now that I've been thinking about it I remember another reason why I used OSB.

When I started this thing I was in a real time crunch. I had to be ready to go to Baja in 5 months and I was having surgery 2 months after starting the build....I'd end up losing a month all together and another few weeks of working very slowly. Also once I started I would no longer have access to a truck to pick up things like plywood. As it was I borrowed a friend's Ranger to get the OSB. I went to 2 home depots and all the 1/2" plywood was shit so I settled on OSB. I did a little research into OSB vs Plywood and decided I could compromise.

 

Took a break from foam and mocked up some stairs from foam core board.

 

Odd question do you have an Instagram for your build?

 

Nope
I do have one for me and one for canned fish.
markwucher (that’s me)
Cannedfishbroughtbackbyfriends (I ask friends to bring back canned fish when they travel and we eat them and take pictures)

 

*Grunts in Tim Allen

 

I'm pretty happy to be back on 255 85 16 mud terrains.

 

It kinda sucks when you have a car, a truck and a motorcycle and all three need gas within 2 days of each other. $151!
At least I’ll have a total range of almost 1200 miles.

 

Bondonkadonk in her natural habitat.

 

A friend sent me this. I like the innovation.