Welcome back pods8, looking forward to your progress.
Me too! Yours is one of my favorite build threads ever. Good job on getting the crossover back on the road!
POD: Homebuilt foam core fiberglass skin pop-up camper build thread
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, Mar 28 2011 03:13 PM
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Posted 07 February 2017 - 11:14 PM
Curious if this ever got finished?
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Posted 25 November 2019 - 01:57 AM
Pods8, você já terminou seu projeto ? Pode colocar mais fotos? / Pods8, have you finished your project? Can you put more photos?
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Posted 25 November 2019 - 02:00 AM
Pods8, have you finished your project? Can you put more photos?
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Posted 25 November 2019 - 04:54 AM
From my memory, pods8 did not finish the project and had it for sale in the gear exchange sub forum about a year ago. I did a quick look to try and find the listing but I did not.
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Posted 28 April 2020 - 08:35 PM
From my memory, pods8 did not finish the project and had it for sale in the gear exchange sub forum about a year ago. I did a quick look to try and find the listing but I did not.
I just gave it away, the blend of materials didn't work out, the shell didn't want to stay stuck to the core when CO sun hit it. After accepting the emotional blow of massive wasted time/effort/funds on materials I'm finally back at it but with aluminum frame this time.
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Posted 02 May 2020 - 03:41 AM
It was fun following along while it lasted. There's been a few cool composite panel projects I've seen since your experiment.
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Still super curious what the solution is to keep the glass laminated to the foam. I’ve seen foam designed for bonding with fiberglass but it didn’t have the R value or the low price of the stuff you can get lowes or Home Depot. I’ve wondered if perforating the foam before laying the fiberglass and risen would be enough to solve delaminating. Just know delaminating is the challenge with foam and fiberglass construction.
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Posted 02 May 2020 - 08:13 PM
Still super curious what the solution is to keep the glass laminated to the foam. I’ve seen foam designed for bonding with fiberglass but it didn’t have the R value or the low price of the stuff you can get lowes or Home Depot. I’ve wondered if perforating the foam before laying the fiberglass and risen would be enough to solve delaminating. Just know delaminating is the challenge with foam and fiberglass construction.
The foam was heavily roughed, XPS just wasn’t a good solution (or the resin I used go softer at a lower temp maybe?).
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Posted 02 May 2020 - 08:14 PM
It was fun following along while it lasted. There's been a few cool composite panel projects I've seen since your experiment.
Lol learning experience... I am buzzing away in the garage with the welder, hope to have something to show for that soon.
2022 F350 7.3L; family trailer at the moment and some aluminum stuck together to eventually form another truck camper
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