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headcold
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Topic: Cabinets Posted: 16 Apr 2014 at 3:46pm |
Great plans, pictures, and explanations. Before I launch into this project, I need to figure out how to anchor and support the long end of cabinet in my 177, which is configured differently than the 172 that has that useful partition on which to anchor the long end of the cabinet.
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marwayne
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Posted: 16 Apr 2014 at 5:00pm |
The stain is my own concoction. It depends on what kind of wood you use because every wood has it's own color.
This is the shelf from the cabinet I took out, as you can see the shelf has a support on the back and on the right side, those have to be glued to the shelf to become one, then you put the strip on the right side and on the ceiling. When you glue the front into place the whole thing becomes one. It's not going anywhere, my cabinets have bin in our trailer for 3 years and nothing has moved.
The front is 1/4" oak plywood with a frame around the door on the inside opening to stiffen it up. Most of the material for my cabinets is 1/4" plywood.
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techntrek
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Posted: 16 Apr 2014 at 8:17pm |
I did see the supports above, I was only questioning if they were supporting the shelf via a few screws, or screws + glue. Only screws and I'd worry about failure in a camper.
Headcold, when I added shelves I used Molly bolts to secure to the walls.
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marwayne
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Posted: 16 Apr 2014 at 8:28pm |
No glue, just a few drywall screws into the wall
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Posted: 16 Apr 2014 at 9:17pm |
I'm talking about the interface between the support and the cabinet floor, where vertical forces will pull on the screws as the pod bounces.
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Lefty
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Posted: 17 Apr 2014 at 7:38am |
Marwayne,
Beautiful work. How did you get the curve for the ceiling fit so accurate?
Thanks, Lefty
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marwayne
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Posted: 17 Apr 2014 at 1:38pm |
Lefty,I made a rough template out of cardboard, transferred it on to the plywood but made it about 1/2" wider and 1" longer than you need. Now you hold it in to place and scribe the vertical side and plane to fit, then you scribe the curve and fit. Once it fits mark what is hanging over on the bottom shelf and trim. Make sure you take everything out for staining.
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Posted: 17 Apr 2014 at 4:06pm |
Thanks Marwayne
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Two Peas in a Pod
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Posted: 19 Apr 2014 at 4:17pm |
Did you use a saber saw to follow a pre-made template for the panel that follows the ceiling line? Seems it would be difficult to make it so perfect.
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marwayne
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Posted: 19 Apr 2014 at 5:00pm |
I transferred the template onto the plywood and cut it out with a saber saw, then I fine tuned it with a sanding disc on the table saw, then for a little more fine fine tuning I used a sanding block with sandpaper.
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