Campervan Build

A beautiful day for working on the van. I started out by installing the microwave cabinet into the van with help from Elizabeth. It sticks out from the wall a little farther than I would like, but I’m going to let it go for now. It’s really solid in there. You could hang from it. […]

Took yesterday off for my anniversary and today I was tied up most of the day and didn’t get to start working on the van until 3:30 in the afternoon. I was able to pick up some aluminum extrusion fasteners from the Grainger warehouse in Charlotte this morning, so I’m back in business for working

I was busy most of the day and didn’t get to work on the van until after 3:00. But I still put in almost three hours. I started by gluing the second, and last, piece of backsplash onto the countertop. The first piece held great with just glue, so I think that is all I’ll

It was beautiful weather today and I was able to spend some more time on the van. I am very low on fasteners for the aluminum extrusions, so I was focused today on tasks that didn’t require any of these fasteners. I began by working on the last two wall panels. I cut out the

Took yesterday and most of today off for some family visitors and some personal stuff. I didn’t get started working on the van today until 3:30. But it was a cool and overcast day, so I didn’t want it to go to waste. I started by cutting the hole in the butcher block counter for

I put two coats of the finishing oil on the top and sides of the butcher block counter yesterday. This morning I put a first coat on the bottom. I’ll put a second coat on the bottom before I go to bed tonight. I also put a coat of Minwax paste on the three boards

I worked some more on the galley this morning. I cut out six wood panels for around, and inside, the galley fabrication out of Baltic Birch plywood. I used 3/4″ for the two panels that were around the sliding door and 1/2″ for the rest of the panels. Here is what the panels looked like

I was too busy yesterday to work on the van, but I was back at it today (even though I didn’t have a lot of time). My focus was on creating the galley for the van. I used my detailed plan to cut the aluminum extrusion pieces that I needed. Then I drilled holes and

The wire lugs that I needed arrived last night. So, today I created the last two wires that I needed to connect power to my electrical system. I flipped the big red switch to turn the sytem on, and it worked!! Super excited!! I checked out all the electrical devices, and they all worked. The

Another nice day to work on the van, but time with the family limited me as to the amount of time I had. I also continue to wait for some wire lugs and aluminum extrusion fasteners that prevent me from doing quite a bit of work. The wire lugs should be here later today (I