Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 17:12:14 -0800
Reply-To: "Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow" <rummaging@YAHOO.COM>
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From: "Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow" <rummaging@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: storage box
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I'm not talking about just camping.
Why burden a household with laundry on the weekend?
If anything. That prevents camping.
> On Feb 28, 2015, at 11:56 AM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
>
> I suppose this is a joke. Maybe not.
>
> At any rate, I do laundry in a bucket when camping.
>
> mcneely
>
> ---- "Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow" <rummaging@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>> Since you've put a fridge in the rear hatch. It would be interesting to have a micro clothes washer, to the left of the refrigerator, behind the smaller door, closer to the hatch door.
>>
>> If you could wash one pant and shirt. Then let them dry flat in the hatch.
>>
>> Commenting would be doing your daily laundry.
>>
>>
>>> On Feb 28, 2015, at 10:55 AM, Abel Longoria <houstonphotog@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>
>>> I agree sliding door are much more efficient... but... I wanted to match
>>> the inefficiency of the stock Westy cabinetry. I added a fridge door to my
>>> rear closet.
>>>
>>> http://dasmotoclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/vanagon_closet_mod-06.jpg
>>>
>>> Im a stickler for details... prolly more so than others and I wanted this
>>> new cabinet to look and feel much like the stock westy cabinetry. I wanted
>>> to match the inefficiency so it looks like it came from he factory =)
>>>
>>> the dimensions of the cabinet now are 2'-6 3/4" Wide x 1'-5 3/4" Deep x
>>> 1'-8" Tall
>>>
>>> The width of the cabinet protrudes out into the aisle way about half way,
>>> the small cabinet door under the kitchen drawer just barely has enough room
>>> to fully open.
>>>
>>> Abel Longoria
>>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Mudd "Not Jack" Sparrow <
>>> rummaging@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> There are advantages to sliding doors.
>>>>
>>>> Like Frank G made his rear hatch cabinet into a sliding door.
>>>>
>>>> What is the depth of you cabinet?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> On Feb 28, 2015, at 9:09 AM, Abel Longoria <houstonphotog@GMAIL.COM>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I was storing the Thetford where the stock fridge used to be and got
>>>> tired
>>>>> of it using up valuable storage space so I began to look at different
>>>>> options. Not finding any that I liked I decided to build a cabinet
>>>> myself.
>>>>>
>>>>> I originally wanted more storage so this is my first mockup i made with
>>>>> 1/2" insulation foam board from the local hardware store. This was just
>>>> to
>>>>> a cabinet and base or my Norcold fridge.
>>>> https://igcdn-photos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t51.2885-15/10802551_1004618506220964_1388766186_n.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> Then I began to think, what if I made it taller, so it could house the
>>>>> Thetford marine toilet and house false floor so my Webasto heater could
>>>> be
>>>>> installed behind the passenger seat. I'm a 3d cad designer by day so I
>>>>> modeled up a cabinet design that can cover those items.
>>>> https://igcdn-photos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t51.2885-15/10860169_375827052586431_703602767_n.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> After I modeled it I laid out a cutsheet and took it to a local sign
>>>> maker
>>>>> and for $40 he CNC'd all of my panels out of 1/2" birch plywood. This is
>>>> my
>>>>> "usable mock up" that I assembled. I've camped with this version for a
>>>> few
>>>>> times and have decided what I like and don't like about it so I plan to
>>>>> make some revisions to the design and have it recut.
>>>> https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xfa1/t51.2885-15/10853060_575272589270874_1875694596_n.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> The front main door cut outs are the same size as the Westfalia flat
>>>>> cabinet doors so I plan to install an extra pair of doors there. I plan
>>>> to
>>>>> laminate the entire box with the same shade laminate and edge trim that
>>>> is
>>>>> used in the rest of the van so that the final product can look just like
>>>>> factory. I have a Westy kitchen drawer that I plan to tweak a bit in
>>>> order
>>>>> to have it reside on the lower left front of the cabinet for small item
>>>>> storage.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is prolly way overkill than what you're thinking of but so far the
>>>>> usable mockup costs me about $95. $55 for the sheet of plywood and $40
>>>> for
>>>>> the CNC. The final version will run me that PLUS the additional cost of
>>>>> trim, laminate, hinges, latches etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> Once I finalize the box I plan to post the DXF file online so others can
>>>>> download it for free and have the panels cut out by their local sign
>>>> maker
>>>>> if they want to replicate this cabinet.
>>>>>
>>>>> Abel Longoria
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 9:08 PM, John Dillon <johndillon@johndillon.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I’d really like to pick up a storage box/toilet box thing … like
>>>> gowesty’s
>>>> http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=23278&category_id=&category_parent_id=
>>>>>> <
>>>> http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=23278&category_id=&category_parent_id=
>>>>>>
>>>>>> but that seems over priced and shipping to Canada would cost a ton i’m
>>>>>> sure … what have others been doing?
>
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> David McNeely
>
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