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Quick reply on the seat cushion... I fully agree... The existing bolsters were simply recovered as was the bed cushion...No changes there... I had the new jump seat back cushion built as a wedge... Photos tomorrow...

#29 (above) With the electrical wiring 99% done, with only extensions of the battery leads to be made, the focus was now on finishing up the kitchen cabinet and making the upper cabinet end panels and cabinet trim...The drain valve and elbows for the holding tank were hand tightened on...Mike...

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#27 (above) The 110 volt AC overhead lights were wired and tested...Love these things...Thin, light, broad light dispersion...Mike picked these out and he couldn't have made a better choice...!!!... The undercabinet lights were installed and combined with the entirety of the design choices...

#26 (above) Getting the ceiling done was high on the priority list...The pre-wiring for the lights was covered with 1/4" ply... (above) If some wiring needs to get pulled, later, there's blue conduit with a pull wire in it... (above) Keeping the curve thing going, bending ply was fitted...

The tanks are made by Pellandent... The blue water tank is model # 09-RV68W with a capacity of 20 gallons... The grey water tank is model # 06-21521 with a 6.7 gallon capacity...

(aBOVE) Still deciding which camera for Japan...I'm leaning Panasonic over Nikon...???...\ (above) Underside of table... (above) Thinking ahead to the ceiling... (above) Up to now, the doors were simply rounded over MDF...The Engal Fridge vents got me thinking another way...Close tolerance...

#24 (above) Instead of the barbed hose connections, threaded, braided stainless steel rubber hoses were installed... (above) The cover plate for the primary kitchen outlets got labeled...Each circuit is separate... (above) Another duplex AC outlet was cut into the end panel of the kitchen...

Most of the time, the design evolves from basic spatial requirements, and the client's preferences for materials and of course there is the budget considerations... For instance, the upper cabinets needed to be as tall as possible for maximum storage...With a square edge on the bottom front...

My 'day job" varies...Some months it is vehicles, some months it's building furniture, some months it's remodeling homes, some months it's building wood surfboards and some months it's teaching how to build wood surfboards...Until the Sprinter is done, this is what I'm doing... Then it's off to...

#23 (above) Today, the goal is to get this cabinet jammed full of stuff and connect that stuff to other stuff... (above) The water tanks will take up the bulk of the space... (above) Tank fittings, drain and fill lines, etc... (above) Before the tanks go in, some electrical wiring needs...

#22 (above) That hour to fine tune the driver-side upper cabinet was used to sand, drill for lights and spray on a final coat of paint... (above) Reading lights...Nice that the switches are on the fixtures...There will be three over the bed/sofa, and one over the fridge... (above) Got the...

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They will get end panels that cover the unfinished ends...

I notice that too... The thing is, I try to exceed my friends expectations...I really don't plan too much into it, it just happens and those like Mike appreciate the time invested and offer me the opportunity to do it like this, once... I've done simpler and to do it like this is just as easy...

#21 (above) In between work, I'm configuring an I-pad...This is a test screen shot... (above) The driver-side uppers are in place...It reveals the fine tuning that needs to happen...Sliding doors in contact with the steel ribs...Fabric will cover the ribs... (above) Upper cabinets almost...

#20 (above) Next up, the driver-side wall cabinet roll-up doors... The goal is to have the doors slide up and down smoothly...to do that better than painted wood on painted wood, plastic countertop (Formica) scraps (P-lam) are contact cemented to the inner door wood face...A plywood lower...

That would be sensory overload...I advise against it...

#20 (above) The bed / sofa cabinet is next... (above) The big drawer gets two sets of self-closing drawer slides...They are not designed for lateral drawers but work fine when paired... (above) Box jointed 1/2" plywood drawer boxes, with 1/4" plywood stapled and glued to the...

#19 (above) The 10'5" driver-side cabinet that I hand-hold out with an extended arm...Getting ready to be wired... (above) The roll-up doors on the curb-side were one slat short of moving smoothly, so the driver-side tambour doors get one more added... (above) Easy enough with fabric and...