Weather broke long enough for 2 days of work
Posted 12-05-2009 at 05:19 PM by Bowmans
It was quite nice out Thursday and Friday this week so I was able to work some on the camper regardless that it is snowing today?!? I did finish the hall cabinet shelving and separation walls this weekend (my weekend was Thurs. Fri.). I still need to frame in the front of the cabinets but am very pleased to be this far.
Since the last post, I put together the last cabinet area toward the bedroom. This consists of 1/2 being a wardrobe hanging area and the other half is shelves and a hide-away TV/DVD for the bedroom.
The first part was to get the last separation wall in place which faces the bedroom and put in a custom door for the TV/DVD area. The wall is floating panels except the one center panel which was cut to fit the hole but not into a groove. I then got 2 drawer slides, cut the end of the slides off about 1/2 way down and attached a 3/4" X 5.5" board to those. Next I framed the back of the paneling door and hinged it to the 5.5" inch board so it folds down. Then put it all into place with Beth's help getting it all lined up. We then had a closet wall with a small door in the side.
Next was to build the frame for the TV to mount to and a shelf for the DVD player which would be underneath a shelf in the closet to not take up much closet room. Then a false floor was added about 5" off the floor covering copper water pipes and wiring as well as the end of the wheelwell. I reused 3 of the metal cabinet handles, sanded and painted black and put them on the false floor panels.
Then I rewired the 2 thermostats so the wires will reach the bedroom overhead compartment. They will be mounted on the front face of the cabinet once it is built. I also cleaned up the 110 fuse box and other wiring showing in the closet using black wire wrap.
Lastly, I put 2 coats of polyurethane on everything.
Here is a photo of the end cabinet with the door closed:
Here is a photo with the door open and pocketed:
False floor in the wardrobe area:
False floor over the water pump and wheelwell closed position:
Open position:
Here is the close hanger bar in the wardrobe area (original mounting hardware and bar, just cut shorter):
Here is a shot from the living room area back toward the bedroom:
Also made new handles for the Vista View window slides. The original plastic ones were mostly broken when we got her so I made some simple ones from pine:
I can’t wait to get the face framing and doors on it but that will have to wait until another break in the weather or spring since we don’t have any covered (or warm) area to work.
Since the last post, I put together the last cabinet area toward the bedroom. This consists of 1/2 being a wardrobe hanging area and the other half is shelves and a hide-away TV/DVD for the bedroom.
The first part was to get the last separation wall in place which faces the bedroom and put in a custom door for the TV/DVD area. The wall is floating panels except the one center panel which was cut to fit the hole but not into a groove. I then got 2 drawer slides, cut the end of the slides off about 1/2 way down and attached a 3/4" X 5.5" board to those. Next I framed the back of the paneling door and hinged it to the 5.5" inch board so it folds down. Then put it all into place with Beth's help getting it all lined up. We then had a closet wall with a small door in the side.
Next was to build the frame for the TV to mount to and a shelf for the DVD player which would be underneath a shelf in the closet to not take up much closet room. Then a false floor was added about 5" off the floor covering copper water pipes and wiring as well as the end of the wheelwell. I reused 3 of the metal cabinet handles, sanded and painted black and put them on the false floor panels.
Then I rewired the 2 thermostats so the wires will reach the bedroom overhead compartment. They will be mounted on the front face of the cabinet once it is built. I also cleaned up the 110 fuse box and other wiring showing in the closet using black wire wrap.
Lastly, I put 2 coats of polyurethane on everything.
Here is a photo of the end cabinet with the door closed:
Here is a photo with the door open and pocketed:
False floor in the wardrobe area:
False floor over the water pump and wheelwell closed position:
Open position:
Here is the close hanger bar in the wardrobe area (original mounting hardware and bar, just cut shorter):
Here is a shot from the living room area back toward the bedroom:
Also made new handles for the Vista View window slides. The original plastic ones were mostly broken when we got her so I made some simple ones from pine:
I can’t wait to get the face framing and doors on it but that will have to wait until another break in the weather or spring since we don’t have any covered (or warm) area to work.
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Your progress is tremendous, great looking trailer. I got a shower pan from Colaws and Por-15 white paint from VTS and I'm going to do basically what you've done. (to my '65 Overlander) 6" of snow last night and blizzard conditions forcast for Wed. and Thurs. so my progress will be slow.
Ron
RonPosted 12-06-2009 at 04:09 PM by Ronald D 
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Yeah... lots' of snow... no progress... I'm bored and want to finish... UGH!Posted 02-11-2010 at 05:02 PM by Bowmans
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What is the drawer slide in the above picture for? Is is some sort of pocket door? Could you provide a better picture? I am almost up to this stage in my renovationPosted 02-26-2010 at 10:25 AM by erock53
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Sorry for the slow response Erock53.
It is a pocket door in the bedroom that opens into the closet. We are mounting a small TV and DVD player in there. Closed, it looks like a paneled wall. To open, it swings from the bottom out into the room. When it hits 90 degrees open, it slides back into the closet right underneath the shelf above. The drawer slides are attached to a piece of wood a little longer than the opening width and then typical hinges attach the piece of wood to the door allowing the mechanics. The wider piece of wood allows the door to come out of the closet just far enough to swing down and click a magnetic latch at the bottom. I don't have many shots of it but here is the stages of movement:
Closed:
Swinging to 90 degrees with typical hinges:
Slid back into the closet:
In this photo, the TV mounts to a cross board (not shown) and fills the upper area. The DVD player is on the lower most shelf that you can see through the opening. The shelf just above the DVD one can be used for storage but will be right behind the TV. I have since mounted the TV and player and watched '2012' in there while working one day.Posted 04-18-2010 at 08:22 PM by Bowmans
