Whats Required to Build a Teardrop Trailer from a Plan?
The traditional teardrop building method is “stick and skin” construction. Wooden framing is screwed-and-glued, then covered with a thin plywood interior skin and a plywood or aluminum exterior skin. • A workshop or covered work area is advised. • Welding – helpful, but this can be outsourced, and some kits use a bolted frame • Patience is a big help (typical construction time, working weekends and evenings, is up to six months) • Ability to read and follow complex directions, step-by-step • Basic carpentry skills – ability to measure, read diagrams, lay out parts • Basic power tools (table saw with regular and dado blades, jig saw, drill; router, belt sander, others) and ability to use them with reasonable accuracy • A lot of clamps of various typesVintage or Modern Teardrop Plans Many plans offered online are simply reprints of old articles from magazines printed in the thirties or forties. These vintage plans may refer to vintage materials and vintage construction methods. Some incl
