Top cupboards

Here are a few pictures of how I build the top cupboards. They are not very big/large, but will be handy to store little things in separate compartments.

Work in progress, rear storage space:

Side cupboards:

Using contact cement to glue finishing material inside cupboard

Front:

All done !  Rear

Side

Front

Paint drama...

I had left a plastic can of paint towards the front of the truck, which was parked on the incline of my driveway.

This is what I discovered next morning...

Water tanks

Installed fittings on the 3 water tanks (70 liters each).

The tanks will be on top of insulation.

Fitting the water heater

To have hot water, I fitted a "heater" which will warm the water either from the truck's engine or from AC power (if I'm hooked up to the grid).

It's positionned at the back of the truck, inside the cabin.

Glue and pop rivets to fasten support on side wall

Bloc for cooking with ceramic top (diesel powered)

Next job was to build the cabinet for the cooking top. I had bought a Webasto X100 diesel cooker with ceramic top. It has an air tight box under the ceramic top, with air inlets for a fan; two concentric pipes will take out exhaust gases from the combustion chamber within an air cooling tube.

The cooker top will be in the front right corner of the truck, next to the door.
The bloc will have 2 low drawers for cutlery and 1 deep drawer for pots and pans.

Drilling a hole in the floor for the 2 concentric pipes

Above - Below, floor of cabin

Each millimiter counts: here, I need to remove the extra thickness for ends of drawer slides

Glueing first "spacer" to side of cabin

 Glueing another spacer to left side

 Testing assembled bloc (boards are not yet glued): looking good

 One of the drawer's face has been removed to show drawer

Drawers need to have a cut-out for exhaust pipe

Winter is coming... That's it for 2015!

Left and Right Blocs/Cupbords

To create the "furniture" for my cabin, I wanted to find a lightweight and resistant material. After careful analysis of various options, I bought my supplies from http://www.4x4-innenausbau.de/ and placed a large order of boards some time ago (7 mm thick: one is side bright yellow, other side is grey). After many hours spent finalizing details of the best layout, I drew my plans and started to assemble the left bloc.

1/ Left bloc (which will be mainly used to store clothing).

In the garage, construction of the first bloc

Testing if it fits... YES!

Lifting the bloc to glue the back panel onto the aluminium T which is glued to wall of cabin

If needed, the whole bloc could be unscrewed and removed. It is NOT glued to cabin!

The 2"x2" wood is glued to the wall of cabin - It is NOT part of the bloc.

Creating supports that will hold a "top level" plastic tray.

This tray will be placed above storage space underneath.

2/ Creating the covers (with wood inserts)

to go as lids on top of blocs.

All done with the covers/lids on the left bloc!

3/ Right bloc which has the fridge, the safe, with a sliding drawer underneath, plus a small storage space

Double checking construction details during lunch break...

Adjusting screws are placed under the fridge in order for its cover

to be at the EXACT heigth where it should be!

Because of the safe, the right bloc is glued+screwed to the cabin.

=> The idea is that it CANNOT be removed!

Original cover of the fridge, before finishing lid is glued to it

Compressor sits on top of a small shelf which will be above water tank

1/ If needed, an outside went will be created. But I worry that dust could be coming in...

2/ The fridge and compressor could be removed in case repairs are needed one day...

General view while the blocs are being created...

Right bloc is done!

Bottom drawer: Closed - Open

Center section of "lid" (above the safe) is not a lid and CANNOT be lifted up

To the right of safe (above water tank), is another small storage space 

The fridge: top lid, Closed - Open

The safe: cover door, Closed - Open