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The upper cabinets go from the ceiling to 1/2" above the windows...14" overall...The depth is 8.5", about the same as the old cabinet that came out...The door openings are about 12" high...There is full access to the lower rounded part of the cabinets below the door opening...3" deep is what it...

#12 (above) The cabinets with the second of three coats of primer...Puttying and fine sanding between each coat, of course... (above) The shadows tell of the complexity of the kitchen cabinet... (above) In the shop, the roll-up doors and other bits get primed too... (above) The bed/sofa...

Yesterday it was mostly a tool-less decision making day... First, it was a trip to the local RV shop to see who they would go to for custom sized water tanks...I had already talked to the sheet metal shop about it and got a price in the $300 range for something out of aluminum...After that...

#11 Since I last posted, Mike has returned the van, the tambour doors were fitted in the upper cabinets, the 'table-in-a drawer' was designed and tested, the upper cabinets got more fiberglass reinforcing, and the kitchen design and build is close to completion, and the paint progress is well...

#10 Progress has moved along fast for the complexity of some of the details...I'm stoked to be this far along...Onward... (above) The bed/sofa platform...Really early in the day...A rough layout of the plan... (above) A screw box works as a mock inverter... (above) I shot these then sent...

#9 (above) With the roll-up doors built, the guides for the tambour needed to be designed...I made a small test strip of tambour to figure out the curve at the top... (above) The lines will be something like that...The dashed red line represents a cut that needs to be made at the top plywood...

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Just this thing made from a Hobie Cat and a canoe...

#8 With the lower curb-side case mostly resolved, the progress moves to the upper cabinet doors... (above) I've thought a lot about the best way to access the cabinets... Mike brought me an Ikea cabinet with a very nice Blum lift-up mechanism...Bulky but nice...It turns out that you can buy...

#7 Not much has happened since last Thursday when my knee went 'POP'...Turns out it was a sprained ligament...Doctor said "stay off of it"...I did until today...It's much better now... Mike came up yesterday to take the van to have the 'big cable' electrical work done by Upscale Automotive in...

Yes, the stock console was normal van plastic... It's always a good idea to scuff-sand any plastic to as rough as you can get it...40 grit works great...So far I've had no delamination issues on non-stress interior parts... On the type of console you are talking about, I now build the boxes...

#6 Today the goal is to get the upper cabinets fully built and ready to install... (above) The pattern for the end panels and center dividers is finish nailed to the stacked 1/4" plywood panels... (above) Following the edge of the pattern with a rub-collar edge guide on a router with a...

5 (above) Today's goal...Lower cabinets on the curb side... (above) The plan is... (above) At the end of the day it looked like this... (above) It was a struggle to get the space optimized...Involved re-sizing stuff on the sink side too...The Fridge determines most of what happens on...

Never heard that, but I'm not tuned in to all the forums... I've been doing residential remodeling and construction since the 70's and I've never seen fiberglass insulation look any weirder than when it goes in... Carpet pad, yes, fiberglass insulation, no...

4 New day, same plan: More cabinets... But first... (above) The driver side upper case face/bottom were popped from the gluing form... (above) It came out clean...The plastic tape is the key... (above) Light too...I can easily hold this with one arm fully extended...I wasn't expecting...

No...Steaming works OK with some non-plywoods...I still would have had to make a curved form even if I used bending plywood...this way is vastly faster...

It's an ongoing project, but for now it's quiet...

No way, I'm making this stuff up as I go along...I have no idea what I'm doing....

#3 With the front cabin headliner sorted out, the process moves rearward...Today the focus is building the driver side, upper wall cabinet... (above) The starting point... (above) This is what was up there... (above) 3/4" birch ply, brackets, a few nails, no glue... (above) My idea is...

I like the shower pan / mortar mix pan...