These two router cabinets are the last of the major furniture for the shop. There will always be more tinkering of course, but probably no more big cabinets. I'm out of room!
Here are a bunch of photos and the design drawings.
Stay tuned!
These two router cabinets are the last of the major furniture for the shop. There will always be more tinkering of course, but probably no more big cabinets. I'm out of room!
Here are a bunch of photos and the design drawings.
I decided I needed a couple little cabinets...
...in the bathroom, so I whipped up this pair.
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Pretty tricky, huh? |
100 Degrees is no fun
I'm so lucky to have an air conditioner out here, but it's not "central air" - it's a mini-split in the front of the house that does a good job on the living room but doesn't always make it to the dining nook at the other end of the house. And if I'm baking in the kitchen, forget it.
So in my eighth year here, I finally got around to installing a small unit in the dining room.
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The special tools were the gauges and a vacuum pump - the thing with the red handle next to the yellow bucket. |
This would probably be considered tacky in the city, but city folks have nice two-car garages...
Somewhere in there, a break for an outdoor concert with friends:
Walt Disney is supposed to have said that Disneyland would never be finished as long as there is imagination left in the world... That could be true of van projects too.
In case you don't remember my last post on the subject, Muzzy is the Dodge van my daughter Jami uses for work travel and to get away from work when she can. She rented one just like it during Covid and had Old Dad throw together a removable interior for an epic 6000-mile trip across the country. Muzzy was her grandmother's nickname.
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Van 1.0 "Betty" |
Over the last couple of years she has left the van here for anywhere from a weekend to three months, and after the last sprint, we are declaring her finished. Except for that imagination thing...
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Muzzy got a solar panel |
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A new home-made toilet covered in white plastic |
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And a half-door on the bathroom |
We had originally planned a full door to match the closet door, but decided it would make the van too claustrophobic.
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Original plan was for a full door on the bathroom |
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A half-door is enough privacy for a solo.. |
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..But there is a pull-down shade |
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Swing-out monitor bracket and pull-out keyboard tray |
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Home-made roll top |
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The bunk pivot got redesigned so the top bunk can now be a backrest. |
Happy trails Jami and Muzzy!