Date: | Sat, 28 Feb 2015 13:56:59 -0600 |
Reply-To: | mcneely4@COX.NET |
Sender: | Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> |
From: | Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> |
Subject: | Re: storage box |
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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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