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Workshops for RVs and Sailboats
"Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message
... I am looking for ideas and examples (with links hopefully) to how others include a workshop in both their RV and sailboats. General metalworking and woodworking as the goals. The examples can be of either type or a combination of both. Also discussions of having a shop (tools and stock storage) within a small space and alternative power sources come to mind. Thanks TMT Think small and think minimalist. Lugging a whole machine shop around with you is a lot simpler if you've restricted yourself to a mini-mill/-lathe, especially if you're driving a 1-ton dually and dragging a large-sized fifth-wheel RV. For the U-Drive-It crowd [Class "A", "B", and "C" motorhomes] a modest shop can be set up in a cargo trailer. Sailboats are a whole 'nother world: far more limited space, far more limited weight-carrying capability, a virtual absence of electricity, and the simple fact that sailboats travel on their sides... When on the road with my dually/FW combination [21' of truck and 38' of trailer], I limit myself to hand-held power tools and hand tools. These I carry in a set of 4 Stanley tool boxes [used as organizers] within a cross-bed Al tool chest. They are organized as: Pneumatic Impact wrenches Impact sockets Die Grinders Air Brush Supplies, etc. Wrenches Ratchets & Speedhandles Breaker bars Sockets Extensions Adapters Box-end Open-end Combination Woodworking Saws Screwdrivers Hammers Files & Rasps Chisels Spade and Forstner bits Sandpaper Squares Filler Putty Misc. "Stuff" Metalworking Hammers [Ball Pein, Drilling, Sledge] Files Drill Bits Cold Chisels Punches Carborundum stones Diamond Hones "Stuff" Between the Stanley boxes, the Al box also holds a hand-held electric drill, a "drill press attachment" [that actually works reasonably well], a Dremel Detail Sander, a couple of 4.5" grinders, an electric circular saw, and a bunch of other "stuff" including a 10'x13' screen tent. grin In a rear storage compartment of the trailer is my Dremel gear including several grinders with most of the available "goodies" from plunge router to drill press, planer to saw. Oyea, my compressor [Porter-Cable C3151] rides by the truck's tailgate. When "Shore Power" isn't available, I just fire up the 7KW Onan generator mounted in the front of the trailer. Hopefully this may give you a few ideas... |
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Workshops for RVs and Sailboats
"RAM³" wrote in message m... Sailboats are a whole 'nother world: far more limited space, far more limited weight-carrying capability, a virtual absence of electricity, and the simple fact that sailboats travel on their sides... If it's on it's side, it's either broken or at the hand of a non-sailor. Ed |
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Workshops for RVs and Sailboats
Ed Edelenbos wrote:
"RAM³" wrote in message m... Sailboats are a whole 'nother world: far more limited space, far more limited weight-carrying capability, a virtual absence of electricity, and the simple fact that sailboats travel on their sides... If it's on it's side, it's either broken or at the hand of a non-sailor. As for "limited weight carrying", most of the ones I'd be interested in carry a big chunk of lead or iron or on a few gold platers depleted uranium on the bottom. -- -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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Workshops for RVs and Sailboats
"Ed Edelenbos" wrote in rec.crafts.metalworking:
"RAM³" wrote in message m... Sailboats are a whole 'nother world: far more limited space, far more limited weight-carrying capability, a virtual absence of electricity, and the simple fact that sailboats travel on their sides... If it's on it's side, it's either broken or at the hand of a non-sailor. Ed Nope! Only motorsailers under power and sailboats with furled sails will be upright. Otherwise the wind pressure against the sails cause the mast(s) to lever the boat towards the downwind side. About the only time a sailboat can remain upright while under weigh is on a downwind reach - usually with the sails at right angles to the wind and the skipper praying that the wind doesn't suddenly increase sharply. grin FWIW [metal content] that wind-pressure-lever force is what prompted the invention of the Lead Keel to counterbalance that force... |
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Workshops for RVs and Sailboats
RAM³ wrote:
"Ed Edelenbos" wrote in rec.crafts.metalworking: "RAM³" wrote in message m... Sailboats are a whole 'nother world: far more limited space, far more limited weight-carrying capability, a virtual absence of electricity, and the simple fact that sailboats travel on their sides... If it's on it's side, it's either broken or at the hand of a non-sailor. Ed Nope! Only motorsailers under power and sailboats with furled sails will be upright. Otherwise the wind pressure against the sails cause the mast(s) to lever the boat towards the downwind side. About the only time a sailboat can remain upright while under weigh is on a downwind reach - usually with the sails at right angles to the wind and the skipper praying that the wind doesn't suddenly increase sharply. grin FWIW [metal content] that wind-pressure-lever force is what prompted the invention of the Lead Keel to counterbalance that force... Heeled a bit is not "on its side" except to a lubber. -- -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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