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Found a use for those ventilation slots in the cabinet doors! But first, lets finish the kitchen counter area and get more wood out of the garage. Contrary to what many believe, having too much wood in your garage can be a negative thing. This tool is wonderful for these funny angle...

More nausea-inducing holes and cabinet doors! Measured a brazillion times here, trying to match the outside to where the hole is supposed to end up on the inside. Ah, it worked! Got the hole right where we thought the water fill would end up during our planning stage before insulation...

Seat belts? Yes, seat belts! Oh yea, and power baby! Bolted some seats to the floor and needed to run them unobstructed up and over the seat. so we removed pieces of the top horizontal supports and made slots for the belts. Now you can store them under the seat. Or pull them up, close the...

Thanks! We're figuring it out as we go. Our plans are kinda written on a napkin.

Holy drawer slides Batman! Those are gonna be awesome when fully functional.

Working on more framing and cabinet stuff. Rear drivers side behind the wheel well we insulated the floor a wee bit more and framed for a sweet cabinet we found at an estate sale. More neat notching and framing. Now we have this awesome cabinet and work table! We sealed and taped the...

People have been complaining that there are only 2 seats in the rig. Everyone wants to go for rides. I guess we need to build more seats... Can't stop making cool stuff with other cool stuff! Some lightweight seat framing. We'll skin the frame with some 1/2" birch plywood later on. Oh that...

3-5amps is manageable in a vehicle fridge. Anything higher than that is not going to work in our applications. Not sure what Dometic is doing. The other companies have figured it out decades ago. The fridge only produces heat in the back, where the condenser coil is. The company probably just...

Yep, insulation is a huge chunk of the efficiency that allows us to run a fridge on wheels. Put a fridge in a vehicle? Add more insulation to it! But I think the whole cold air thing falling out is negligible. Fridge full of just air? Yes, a problem if the cold air falls out. If your fridge is...

Oh I'm going to love having ice cubes! The Unique fridge came with a small ice tray. We're thinking ice making will have to be done when van is parked and nobody is inside rocking the van about. ?‍♂️

Lots of motivation to get things out of the garage, like that stupid big fridge. It's big indeed. But it fits in the spot we framed out for the fridge. It will probably sit something like this. Got tired of the pocket door flying open while driving. So we got a really strong rubber covered...

Same fridge, the UPG-170 thing. Oh right, your crazy ambulance build. Been watching your progress on that. Yea, I'd say you have enough room for it, especially with all the headroom you have now! The bottom of that fridge has many factory bolt holes underneath. I'm going to utilize those to make...

Oh boy! $$$ What model did you get? What vehicle is it going into?

Yes, it's a Canadian company and took a few months to get it here in the USA. I think it all comes down to what your needs are. I plan on needing food for several weeks without stopping somewhere, so I opted for capacity. My rig is big enough to accommodate though. We're gonna make it fit. I...

Polyurethane is all dry, time to start framing and fitting components. Cleaned up some of these sections of old pool decking. Many years of chlorine all up on the aluminum created a mess. Nothing a wire wheel couldn't fix. Do this outside with good ventilation so people don't think you have...

Amazing what you can get done when there is a pandemic and you no longer have hobbies or a social life. And sauna? Hmmm, maybe we should put that hot tub back in the rig...

Lockers are relatively inexpensive, compared to an entire 4wd conversion. You would be surprised how much more traction you will get with both rear tires spinning than just the one. If I had to choose between a rear locker or conventional open differential "4wd", I'd pick the the rear locker...

Oh boy, it's starting to look like something on the inside! But it's kinda dark in here... Ah! That's much better! Fixing odds and ends. Some spots the edges of the plywood didn't sit perfect. But nothing a flush trim bit on a router can't fix! Tacked up the inside corners of the...

Finishing up some odds and ends on the walls and getting the ceiling up! Got this sticky back Frost King insulation from the store. We'll use that to cover all the exposed aluminum to reduce condensation buildup on the cold metal. Made it long enough to overlap onto the 0.25" XPS foam we put...

Eh, you don't really "need" sway bars, they are just suggested. Kinda like a GPS, as they give you "suggestions" and not always directions.