The Handmade Teardrop Trailer: Design & Build a Classic Tiny Camper from Scratch - Softcover

Berger, Matt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1940611652 ISBN 13: 9781940611655

Publisher: Spring House Press, 2018

Synopsis

<p><strong>Hit the road in style and comfort you built yourself...</strong></p> <p>The road trip has been a celebrated American tradition for as long as there have been roads on which to travel. Combined with our love of the great outdoors, hitting the road in search of some peace under the stars&nbsp;is&nbsp;a goal for anyone old enough to drive -- even more so&nbsp;in today's hectic, wired world.&nbsp;Millennials and retiring boomers want to take a break,especially one that reflects&nbsp;their ever increasing&nbsp;simple and minimal mindset. Enter the Teardrop Trailer. First designed in 1930's for cars lacking power, they've remerged as a smart, aerodynamic, and eye-catching option for seeking out the quiet beauty that camping offers...but with plenty of comfort. Think of the tiny house movement going camping...</p> <p>Matt Berger&rsquo;s book&nbsp;<em>The Handmade Teardrop Trailer: Design&nbsp;&amp; Build a Tiny Classic Camper from Scratch</em> hands you the keys to craft your own stylish adventure. <em>The Handmade Teardrop Trailer</em> guides you through the journey from sketchbook to first road trip, and will prepare you to design and build your own comfortable pull-behind Tiny Trailer. And, to achieve this you don&rsquo;t need much space, just a garage bay or shared workspace,&nbsp;and the most&nbsp;basic tools and materials available at your&nbsp;nearby hardware store or home center.</p> <p>Because we all have our own "get away from it all" road-trip fantasies when it comes to comfort, style, and purpose, <em>The Handmade Teardrop Trailer</em>&nbsp;will train you up like a pro on the basics of trailer design, backed up by deep research and experimentation. Illustrations provide measurements and construction details that are easy to adapt for variations in size and configuration and more than 100 step-by-step photos illuminate every detail in the design and build process. With this handy guide leading the way, you&rsquo;ll be shutting&nbsp;down the computer,&nbsp;storing the cellphone, and hitting the road to find some peace&nbsp;in a classic tiny trailer camper you built by yourself.</p>

About this title

About the Author

Matt Berger is a designer and builder of everyday objects, and the author of The Handmade Skateboard (Spring House Press, 2014). A lifelong hobby enthusiast and workshop adventurer, Matt makes a living creating digital products, and makes a passion out of building physical products in his garage workshop and local maker spaces. Matt earned his stripes in the woodshop as an editor at Fine Woodworking magazine, where he launched FineWoodworking.com, and produced and starred in how-to videos for the website. Matt applied all the skills learned and practiced at the Fine Woodworking shop to create a series of workshops teaching students of all ages how to build a handmade skateboard. That turned into his first book and the DIY brand SK8Makers. With his second book, The Handmade Teardrop Trailer, Matt is expanding his DIY ambitions to a much bigger project: a Tiny Teardrop Trailer.

Edition details

• Publisher: Spring House Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1940611652
• ISBN 13: 9781940611655
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 192