Bombsight Build Thread

[Bombsight]

Here's my latest mod on the FWC. I needed a place to hang my wetsuit after a surf and it not drip salt water all over my rig.

 

[ckent323]

The wetsuit drying rack is a nice idea!

Put one on the front lift bracket, attach two crossbars front and back, tie a tarp over it and have an awning.

Likely other uses like hanging a lantern etc.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[longhorn1]

Very nice.

 

[Bombsight]

Thanks, 323 & Longhorn.

Wont be long before I have a couple more mods to view (Quick pitch shower and mold elimination).

 

[ckent323]

Bombsight,

Do you have sketches or drawings with a material list for fabricating the wet suit rack?

I would like to make a couple for our camper. My thought is to modify the fold out direction and put one on each rear corner of the camper. I could then use a removable crossbar between them with an awning track attached to the wall above the camper door so I can easily and quickly hang a tarp and have an awning over the rear door.

I think that may be a lot cheaper than buying a rear door awning (I have looked at Fiamma F35 as well as Carefree of Colorado and a rear door awning is around $500 or more.

 

[Bombsight]

Bombsight,

Do you have sketches or drawings with a material list for fabricating the wet suit rack?

Sorry, I don't. I just went to my local hardware store and bought some aluminum. It all just fell in place after that.
Here are a couple of photos if that helps any ...

 

[ckent323]

Bombsight,

It looks like you used 1-1/2" or 2" square Al tubing and 1/4" x 1-1/2" (or 2") Al bar stock plus a solid block of Al for a spacer.

Is that about correct?

Is there anything you would do differently if you built another?

Regards,
Craig

 

[Bombsight]

1" square Aluminum tubing & Alum. bar stock.
Spacer is the same with stainless hinge and aluminum rivots.
Teflon washers at pivot points and all stainless hardware (3/8" bolts w/teflon lock nuts).

Cant see how I could have done better at this time. The hardest thing is matching all of the holes up properly. A punch is a must.

 

[pvstoy]

Looks awesome! Something like that would work great for waders to dry out. I would be worried that the wing nut would vibrate loose, if so would drilling a hole in the bolt and adding a small hitch pin keep it captive? Or just tighten and have a spare in the camper? You have done very well in your design, thanks for sharing!!!

 

[Bombsight]

Looks awesome! Something like that would work great for waders to dry out. I would be worried that the wing nut would vibrate loose, if so would drilling a hole in the bolt and adding a small hitch pin keep it captive? Or just tighten and have a spare in the camper? You have done very well in your design, thanks for sharing!!!

Thanks, pv.
I have a spare or two in camper. You could use a lock washer but its something else to drop and loose. I don't think it's going anywhere if tightened well.

I thought about using something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GAZ5TLY/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

 

[Bombsight]

So Stoked!
Just got home from work and found the Quickpitch en Suite Shower on my front porch!
Surpasses my expectations in every aspect and then some. The aluminum is much thicker and more robust than I anticipated.


Heck yea!

 

[Vic Harder]

Delivered cost?

 

[doc]

Nice! Looks interesting. Curious how you will mount it.

 

[Bombsight]

Installed the Quichpitch shower today. Not an easy job but really happy now that its done.

 

[Bombsight]

8 second deployment. Gotta love it.

 

[ckent323]

NIce!

What was the cost with shipping? Did you install it yourself? Wondering how it is attached?

I would like to put one on our camper. The pop up shower surround we have now is no good in even a light breeze so I have to jury rig bars off of the Yakima racks on the roof to support it using bungies
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[PaulT]

Thanks for the photos. Nice to see it installed on a pop-up. Am very curious about price and how it handles a breeze.

I had looked into making a similar overhead support to attach to our factory roof rack but a design that would work well with top either up or down & could be put up when the top was already up didn't come easily to mind. Already had a similar issue with the factory rear awning.

We bought a Zodi i.hut shower enclosure.
http://zodi.com/accessories/ihut-shower-enclosure

It has some similarities in design but is self-supporting. There are stakes to hold it down & attached to its ground cloth. I have put it together as a test but we haven't used it for a shower yet.

Paul

 

[Timothy McGowen]

I'm impressed. I wish I was that talented.

 

[cwdtmmrs]

It is clever, but I still prefer an inside shower set up.

cwd

 

[Bombsight]

Project complete for now. Still want to make a fold up roof for the shower.