Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 09:40:07 -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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Ah. You have Das Mule Sliders.
And a nice floor too,
> 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
>
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> 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?
>>