Bruce and Jean's
Teardrop Trailer Millwork
10/18/04
2/15/05
Cabin electrical. This is behind the middle bottom door of the cabinet. I can
set my laptop on the pullout slide and plug in behind it.
2/13/05 Galley
skins. It would have been a lot easier to do this if I had put the skin
on before the bulkhead (hint, hint...). Next time, I'll skin the galley
before I install the bulkhead.
2/27/05 Galley
cabinet frames sitting in place. Here's where I departed from the
Kuffle Creek design. I've never been able to get sliding cabinet doors
to work well, so I'll be using swinging cabinets and drawers on the top
cabinet.
Update: I should have used the sliding doors. You have to move everything off the counter to open the cabinets.
2/20/05 Galley cabinet frames with doors. Lots of urethane to finish (sigh).
This part of the project sure is taking a lot longer than I thought it
would.
3/3/05 Another
test fit. Now to add the cabinet hardware and install the frames in the
galley. I'll have a big drawer making party later. You might have
noticed that the cabinet frame is different from what is shown in the
picture above. I forgot the stove slider and had to tear the lower
frame apart and add it. Another oops.
3/6/05 Here's the fuse panel. I'll skin over the framing and add an access
panel to get to the fuses. This will be a chase for wiring access.
Outlets, meters and fans
will be located in the framing. You can also see some cabinet hardware
and framing for
the drawers. I used window sash locks for cabinet pulls.
Here's a closeup of the fuse panel. The strip across the top of the
fuse panel is a shunt
resistor. I'll be using it to measure current flow from the battery.
3/13/05 Electrical
stuff installed behind the skinned frame over the wire chase. I
still need to finish the door over the fuses. This was the hardest
thing yet to build and I'm glad its finished.
3/13/05 Here's
the galley with the counter and sink in place for a test fit. The
stupid sink isn't square but I guess I'm probably the only one who'll
notice. Update: the sink went in square. I don't know what I changed
but here we are)
3/19/05 Here's
the drawer making party. This is slow, persnickity work. I hope they
come out square and the right size. I'm using 1/2" baltic birch plywood
for the drawers. Its great stuff; light, strong, routes well
and is much more stable than solid stock.
3/21/05 All
the drawers and the pullout for the stove. I used regular slides for
the drawers instead of the full length slide I used for the stove
pullout. The regular slides are much easier to align. The full length
slides pretty much need to be perfectly aligned to work properly.
3/26/05 Finally,
all the drawers are built and installed. I used 3/4" maple for
the drawer fronts. Best of all, they all fit. It took awhile to get all
the sliders aligned. I had to use shims to get some of the fronts flush
with the cabinet frames. It only took me about 3 months to get to this
point.
4/2/06 Its
been a long time but I'll have plenty of storage. Now I just need to
apply the finish to the drawer faces and the counter. More urethane
(sigh).
2/15/05
Cabin electrical. This is behind the middle bottom door of the cabinet. I can
set my laptop on the pullout slide and plug in behind it.
2/13/05 Galley
skins. It would have been a lot easier to do this if I had put the skin
on before the bulkhead (hint, hint...). Next time, I'll skin the galley
before I install the bulkhead.
2/27/05 Galley
cabinet frames sitting in place. Here's where I departed from the
Kuffle Creek design. I've never been able to get sliding cabinet doors
to work well, so I'll be using swinging cabinets and drawers on the top
cabinet.
2/20/05 Galley cabinet frames with doors. Lots of urethane to finish (sigh).
This part of the project sure is taking a lot longer than I thought it
would.
3/3/05 Another
test fit. Now to add the cabinet hardware and install the frames in the
galley. I'll have a big drawer making party later. You might have
noticed that the cabinet frame is different from what is shown in the
picture above. I forgot the stove slider and had to tear the lower
frame apart and add it. Another oops.
3/6/05 Here's the fuse panel. I'll skin over the framing and add an access
panel to get to the fuses. This will be a chase for wiring access.
Outlets, meters and fans
will be located in the framing. You can also see some cabinet hardware
and framing for
the drawers. I used window sash locks for cabinet pulls. 
Here's a closeup of the fuse panel. The strip across the top of the
fuse panel is a shunt
resistor. I'll be using it to measure current flow from the battery.
3/13/05 Electrical
stuff installed behind the skinned frame over the wire chase. I
still need to finish the door over the fuses. This was the hardest
thing yet to build and I'm glad its finished.
3/13/05 Here's
the galley with the counter and sink in place for a test fit. The
stupid sink isn't square but I guess I'm probably the only one who'll
notice. Update: the sink went in square. I don't know what I changed
but here we are)
3/19/05 Here's
the drawer making party. This is slow, persnickity work. I hope they
come out square and the right size. I'm using 1/2" baltic birch plywood
for the drawers. Its great stuff; light, strong, routes well
and is much more stable than solid stock.
3/21/05 All
the drawers and the pullout for the stove. I used regular slides for
the drawers instead of the full length slide I used for the stove
pullout. The regular slides are much easier to align. The full length
slides pretty much need to be perfectly aligned to work properly.
3/26/05 Finally,
all the drawers are built and installed. I used 3/4" maple for
the drawer fronts. Best of all, they all fit. It took awhile to get all
the sliders aligned. I had to use shims to get some of the fronts flush
with the cabinet frames. It only took me about 3 months to get to this
point.