Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2015 10:08:58 -0600
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From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: storage box
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Good grief! Have you ever camped, really camped? We're talking about a few undies, a shirt and pants, kitchen clothes. The clothes line is up for swimming gear usually anyway. This minor chore almost does itself.
Lord A'mighty!
---- "Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow" <rummaging@yahoo.com> wrote:
> You could be doing something else with that time. And it's not very slick because you have to pull the bucket out. Strikes me as awkward and inconvenient.
>
> Doing large loads with a machine is also inconvenient. Too much time. And it's never fun with the obligation to dry and fold a big pile.
>
> A tiny load could be dryed flat with minimal space.
>
>
> > On Feb 28, 2015, at 6:34 PM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
> > --
> > David McNeely
> >
> >
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David McNeely
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