I have to confess that I've been stalled on my build. I wasn't sure how to proceed with the galley since I couldn't picture what size the shelves and compartments should be. This is what happens when an over-enthusiastic, inexperienced builder flies by the seat of her pants without a firm plan.
Where should the power center go? How much room should I leave around it, around the battery, around the Camp Chef?? Where should I put the water spigot??? SHOULD I put in the water spigot???? What would it all LOOK like????? Aargh!!
So, when in doubt, AVOID. I did laundry, weeded the front flower bed, did a little organizing and sweeping in the garage, moved the 4 big 4x8 sheets of 3/4" extruded polystyrene out of the teardrop, and once again scolded myself for buying 3/4" instead of 1-1/2". Tried propping up the pieces of plywood I'd cut and finished last fall (lower bulkhead, countertop, galley shelf front) to see how they looked. They kept falling down. Frustrating.
Then it dawned on me
Since I plan on making the walls and shelves out of 3/4" plywood, I could use the 3/4" polystyrene sheets to make a mockup of the galley/bulkhead/inside shelves. After all, it'll just been insulation that no one will see, and I'd have to cut it 58.5" wide anyway. I was an art major in college. This would be like an art project with posterboard...REALLY THICK posterboard.
I assembled my tools...
Used the drywall square to measure and make the first cuts with the rotary cutter...
Then finished the cuts with the filleting knife.
Here's the mockup of the already finished pieces (the ones that kept falling down)...the lower bulkhead and the piece that makes up the galley countertop and the lower sleeping compartment shelf...
Then I cut the lower galley vertical partitions, the backsplash, and the piece that makes up the upper galley shelf and the bottom of the sleeping compartment shelf...
I'd like to put two drawers in the galley (wish me luck)--one above the battery and one in the space to the right of that. The area below the middle drawer will be for the water container and other bigger galley items.
Here's what it looks like from inside the sleeping quarters. Lower shelf fits DVDs perfectly
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Here's the last vertical piece in place. I left it too tall because I'm not sure where to cut it...
View from the inside...
The upper cabinet will be framed with two doors and an open space in the middle for a TV & DVD player.
Galley shelf with finished piece on front. I left the support on this side of the WFCO power center too wide in order to hold up the finished front piece of the shelf...
Here's the battery compartment and power center mockup. How much room should I give the battery? I'm planning on venting it out the side.
Any thoughts on mounting the water spigot on this side (above battery compartment and drawer, and in front of power center) as opposed to the side with the Camp Chef oven? Speaking of which, I have the oven on a pull-out drawer.
Can I mount the full extension drawer slides on the bottom of the drawer instead of the sides? Then I could move the oven to the left enough to mount the water spigot on this side. I'm not going to have a sink, just the tap for potable water from a container in the middle compartment.
Does this look right as far as the hatch spar goes? I just have it wedged in there, not screwed in yet...
I'm not sure if the wall should come up to the bottom of the hatch spar or behind it. Any suggestions? I left it long on purpose (since I really don't know what I'm doing.
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Thanks for your suggestions, and thanks for making it to the end of this long post!