Date:         Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:46:53 -0500
Reply-To:     Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
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From:         Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Building one's own Camping Cabinets?
Comments: To: Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM>
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Malcolm

it really depends on what you want out of life if you want mostly what the
westy cabinet system has in it then the economic choice is just to buy a
westy interior.  for me most of the stuff in the west interior is useless.
it looks cool kind of like a mini house but doesn't fit my needs.  while
i have not designed a complete camper interior i have build stuff like a
bulk head with a sliding door and modified some cabinets to fit in
addition to build a very rudimentary bed frame for a full size futton
mattress.

i will eventually build a complete interior using only the west bed
probably and build every thing else custom to fit my needs.  one design
parameter i have is that all cabinets must be detachable and removable in
about a hour to half hour.  i have build some custom work truck interiors
like this in the past for companies that i worked for.

food for thought might be these interiors:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jfarrugi/images/vanagon/hightops/adventurewagen/sonny/

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jfarrugi/images/vanagon/hightops/euro/EMCinterior.JPG

as many have said there will be work involved and if you haven't done
some thing like this before there will be a learning curve.  also alot of
it truly depends on what finish level you desire ie the whole form over
function thing, and what you want your interior to do for you.

jonathan

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006, Malcolm Stebbins wrote:

> I have the opportunity of either buying a Weaty camping interior  or building a camper interior
> from scratch.
>
> I have searched the archives for: (building making) cabinets, and found no entries.
>
> I'm looking for ideas for buidling LIGHTWEIGHT cabinets out of materials that is readily
> obtainable (Home Depot etc. stuff).
>
> I do have 'an order' in for a westy interior (late model, gray), but I'm also interested in what I
> could use to build camping cabinets.
>
> Thanks.  Malcolm
>
>
>
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