This past weekend, Senior Management treated me for my birthday. She made a spectacular breakfast Saturday Morning & scheduled the rest of the day just for the two of us. It was my first day off in 18 and a welcome change from daily life. Sunday morning was spent with family & then we all […]
I hadn’t thought of making a performance teardrop until seeing this video clip. I’d like to pull one with a high performance vehicle just to say I’d done it. Caravan Racing
Christmas afforded little time for work on the jPod but some work was accomplished. With about 5 feet of snow in a week, I spent most of my spare time shoveling the driveway, street, roof, other people’s driveways & roofs, pulling people out of the ditch, & generally wishing I could move without aching. Plus,
I just got back from a camping trip for a week. While I was gone, Sr. Management & one of our neighbors continued priming the jPod (see Body:External). While I was gone, I tested out the Camp Chef Camp Oven. Nathan and I made Tea on the stove top while baking cinnamon rolls & gluten
I have had to develop many of my methods for construction. I have also had lots of input from other tear builders. However, I think the most innovative craftsman out there is a guy named Joe Harmon. He is building a car out of wood that will go 240mph. The jPod is not a car
One of my fears became a reality today. I fear making a major mistake that requires the entire US gov. to help cover up. Today was somewhat productive. I managed to work on the jPod between yard-work and other duties. I did some follow-up sealing work underneath the trailer where the walls attach to the
I have updated my favorite teardrop links page. There is so much information out there it was hard to slim it down to just the bare essentials. I hope these links are interesting and helpful. I may add to the list more in the future. Today, I plan to keep fiberglassing. It is a messy
I had great plans for yesterday but not much happened. That lurking beast (work) needed some attention so I did my website development thing for about 10 hours. Senior Management and I did get the floor on the trailer and I got some paperwork taken care of for tomorrow’s inspection. Today, I got my temporary
My blog has seen a dramatic increase in traffic since last Thursday. This is because I finally exposed myself to the largest forum of teardrop builders in the world. Welcome to all of the mikenchell viewers. This forum has been invaluable in the planning of the jPod and I thought I’d share it with the
Yesterday I shopped for all sorts of supplies. I live an hour from town so I wanted to get everything I’d need at once. When I start my build of the Body, I don’t want to have to worry about supplies. I also think I have figured out a way to make my Jeep hubcaps