The Custom Canopy is finished…

The custom canopy is finished.

I started out by making the roof and proceeded to make measurements from this point much like draping fabric for a dress over a mannequin and pinning and tacking the fit.

  

I am laying out the roof on a large brown tarpaulin in the grass outside of my temporary shop which you can just see in the background.

 

All the roof seams were made by gluing a 1 and 1/2” overlap. here is a close up of the double weld at the point where the roof attaches to the camper. There is a 1/4” rod of nylon in the sea that is pulled through a complimentary channel attached to the camper.

 

   

 

I have clamped the roof to the frame and Alana is sitting under it and attempting to imagine life after the canopy is finished.

 

    

 

For all the seamsters out there here are some close-ups of the stitching attaching the mosquito netting windows.

 

 

Here the canopy sides and front are on. It still needs a lot of finishing work from here including adding a zip in double door

 

It is done!

 

 

I added an access panel so that i can reach the outdoor shower. His Lordship, Junior figures its his personal entry way to his private resting tent and uses it as a cat door. He loves the new canopy and has not left it since it went up.

 

 

 

Finally the whole tent packs down poles and all into the lockbox I recently added to the front of the camper.

 

I must say i am pleased with the fruits of my labor. It rained last night and I confidently left my laptop out. It is very stable and does flap or leak (the canopy tent that is, not the laptop)

Alana loves it and it adds a whole extra dimension to the camper.

I had some distractions during the making of the canopy. I discovered some rotting wood in the flooring, made a Lambs wool custom seat cover for a Harley Davidson, finished the electronics shelf, added a new sliding shelf, finished the the fold away solid Oak cutting board, and installed an under the shelf toaster oven and coffee maker…

Being unemployed is proving to be a very busy experience!!!