Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 20:34:13 -0600
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From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: storage box
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Mr. Mud Bird, I camp for 2-3 weeks at a time. Washing out the undies and a few other things is just part of being there. Use a bucket, rub a dub dub, hang 'em on a line. Just takes a few minutes, and means I have to take fewer clothes.
Being retired, there are no weekends. mcneely
---- "Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow" <rummaging@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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?
> >
> > --
> > David McNeely
> >
> >
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David McNeely
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