Kitchen cabinet built and Magic Chef thermostat all over the camper
Posted 05-01-2010 at 06:08 PM by Bowmans
I'll start with the Magic Chef. I mentioned in my last post that the oven was refurbished except the thermostat copper wire broke. I tried to solder but the nub was too short out of the housing so... I opened it up. Mistake.
Parts flew out, one hit my forehead and no idea where they all came from. I also still couldn't get to where the copper wire ended.
I made a call to Magic Chef parts in Canada and a young gentleman answered. He asked for the model number and after the 9th or so digit, I could feel he was confused. When I got done rattling the digits off he asked if it was an older unit. I replied 1979. He then said he had to put me on hold and speak to the older employees that worked there... lol. He kept coming back to the phone and asking another question, then he would go off again. After an hour, he came back with a part number and said this was what I needed. I had him describe the connections, locations, size, etc. and felt comfortable it was correct so ordered it. $110 with shipping and it is the whole oven knob unit and thermostat wire. Hopefully in 5-7 days, I will know for sure.
Oven slid to the side and on to the woodworking, next to tackle was the kitchen cabinet. Due to the number of items to build into this, I started with the face frame. Here is it assembled:
Then I built the drawer area sides, shelf for oven over the heater, separator wall between sink and oven and shelf under the sink.
The drawers were also built:
We ended p buying a countertop instead of building one from wood since it would be so hard to seal from standing water. It is a granite textured look with a dark blue tone:
Here is the right side of the cabinet complete except for the doors, drawer faces and countertop:
Left side:
Had to trim the framing for the countertop to accommodate the sink and hold down bolts:
Close-up of the drawers closed:
Open:
The wall at the right end of the cabinet (facing the doorway) was a challenge. We wanted to put the little storage area that was behind the oven back in, it also houses the heater vent and CO2 sensor. Here is the outcome:
Close-up of the custom heater vent opening and CO2 sensor and mount. The old heater vent is mounted on the reverse side with the ductwork:
Here is the little storage area behind the oven with the door open. It is large enough to store flashlight, awning rod, keys, stuff like that.
Overview of the whole kitchen area as of now:
Will cut the countertop and fit next weekend, maybe get the oven fixed. All of the wood needs sanding and polyurethane sealing before the countertop, oven and sink get put in.
Parts flew out, one hit my forehead and no idea where they all came from. I also still couldn't get to where the copper wire ended.
I made a call to Magic Chef parts in Canada and a young gentleman answered. He asked for the model number and after the 9th or so digit, I could feel he was confused. When I got done rattling the digits off he asked if it was an older unit. I replied 1979. He then said he had to put me on hold and speak to the older employees that worked there... lol. He kept coming back to the phone and asking another question, then he would go off again. After an hour, he came back with a part number and said this was what I needed. I had him describe the connections, locations, size, etc. and felt comfortable it was correct so ordered it. $110 with shipping and it is the whole oven knob unit and thermostat wire. Hopefully in 5-7 days, I will know for sure.
Oven slid to the side and on to the woodworking, next to tackle was the kitchen cabinet. Due to the number of items to build into this, I started with the face frame. Here is it assembled:
Then I built the drawer area sides, shelf for oven over the heater, separator wall between sink and oven and shelf under the sink.
The drawers were also built:
We ended p buying a countertop instead of building one from wood since it would be so hard to seal from standing water. It is a granite textured look with a dark blue tone:
Here is the right side of the cabinet complete except for the doors, drawer faces and countertop:
Left side:
Had to trim the framing for the countertop to accommodate the sink and hold down bolts:
Close-up of the drawers closed:
Open:
The wall at the right end of the cabinet (facing the doorway) was a challenge. We wanted to put the little storage area that was behind the oven back in, it also houses the heater vent and CO2 sensor. Here is the outcome:
Close-up of the custom heater vent opening and CO2 sensor and mount. The old heater vent is mounted on the reverse side with the ductwork:
Here is the little storage area behind the oven with the door open. It is large enough to store flashlight, awning rod, keys, stuff like that.
Overview of the whole kitchen area as of now:
Will cut the countertop and fit next weekend, maybe get the oven fixed. All of the wood needs sanding and polyurethane sealing before the countertop, oven and sink get put in.
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Comments
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Oh, nice work! I have this still before myself...Posted 05-02-2010 at 04:12 AM by cruiser54 
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Very nice work. My compliments.Posted 05-02-2010 at 09:10 AM by Riverrat6270
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That is fabulous looking work! A couple of questions, if you have the time. Did you peg and glue the face frame members together? What type of wood did you use?
JimPosted 05-02-2010 at 02:40 PM by Jim & Susan
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All,
Thanks for the great comments.
Jim,
We didn't use any pegs to connect the wood. All of the face framing is put together using tongue and groove. We used a table mounted router with a 1/4" bit for the grooves and a table saw with a dado blade setup for the tongues (1/4" spacers between the blades). The face frames and just about all of the tongue and groove joints are glued with elmer's wood glue, paneling floats freely. To cut the sides of the tongues, we used a regular table saw blade.
The wood is a yellow pine boarding and yellow pine paneling from Home Depot. We are going for a simple cabin look inside and like light woods so pine was perfect. Below is a shot of the making of the face framing. You can see the tongues in the picture:
For the drawers, no tongue or groove, just 3 screws at each joint and the paneling for the base is set in a groove.
The inside framing for the couch and inside framing walls that hold the drawer slides were made by overlapping the boards and screwing them together since they don't need a clean look and this takes much less time and just as strong.
The top framing for the cabinet was tongue and groove with the grooves a little long but no glueing. I wanted to be able to adjust the sink area during installation and since every board is screwed to the framing of the cabinet, no need for the glue.
Any more questions, feel free to ask.Posted 05-02-2010 at 05:29 PM by Bowmans
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Magic Chef thermostat
Well, the Magic Chef (Whirlpool) parts center doesn't have this part anymore. I went to a local appliance repair shop with the piece and they said they should be able to order it (they found a part number on it that they recognized) and will call me back this week. I will post the info on the replacement part on here and in the 2 other forums people were asking about it in (with the same model oven) if they are able to get it. My fingers are crossed.Posted 05-10-2010 at 04:54 PM by Bowmans
