Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

I was thinking... Of building the Galley Cabinets outside of the teardrop..
meaning away from it... and when done sliding it in after it would be completed.

Is that an ok idea or no? And if so, how many of you have done it that way?

Classic Finn

Classic Finn,

I heard of people doing it this way on purpose, that way they could take out the cabinets to put in their mattress or take it out for cleaning.

Of course this brings in to play the proverb of measure twice, cut once and you would have to build your galley light enough that you could move it.
I would also think that most people build their galley before skinning so that they can secure it from the out side, but I gues if you glue and pocket screw you should be okay. Trying to remember what your galley looks like now.

Heikki... That is definately how I do it. Just makes it a lot easier to build a cabinet or two working inside the shop on a workbench. I have even been thinking about mounting the galley unit on drawer slides so the whole thing can slide back about 18 inches when camping. This would make more room inside and a very convienent galley to reach... Just thinkin about it at this point.

That is my plan! I got in to a motorcycle accident about 4 years a go and can’t lift more than 30 lbs above mid chest. So I am building the bulkhead and cabinets first. Then building the sides and roof around them. That way I can use a lifting device to handle the weight of the pieces. The inside cabinets and bulkhead will be there to keep everything square.

Chuck

Heikki,
I started mine in the galley. It is proving to be a pain to keep everything square with everything else. Doesn't take much to get the parts out of whack. I'm using pocket screws and I find it real hard to keep some of the pieces exactly flat when they are in the air. Clamped to a flat surface would be easier.

measure twice, then think about it again.

Since this is my first project I opted for kitchen cabinets from the box store so it certainly works. They slid right in.

Go for it.
Barb

I have built all mine to go in sections, but removeable. If I want to make changes down the road I don't want my cabinets trapped in the tear. The outside and inside walls are all done before assembling the galley parts into the tear.

Classic Finn wrote:I was thinking... Of building the Galley Cabinets outside of the teardrop..
meaning away from it... and when done sliding it in after it would be completed.

That's how I did mine. Just make sure it fits before you get too far along.

Bruce

I guess I'm in the minority. I built mine, and the interior cabinets, in place piece by piece. I was afraid that if the TD was just a little out of square it would not fit.

The main components of the cabinets: top, face frames, backs (which were the bulkheads) were all made and prefinished, then screwed in place in the frame up process.

I prefinished everything possible.

dave

Thank You for the nice replies and informative too.. Well looking at the outdoors... and the wife going to visit grandma for 3 days....

I reckon I will do some building of the frames in house...

But of course all will be returned and cleaned to normal before she gets back home..

PS Danny yup I do know.... and by the way I found the equivalent to the handy pocket screw device that I was looking for earlier.. it under a different name or brand... similar anyway...cool...

Found it when I wasnt really even looking for it here... surprise...

Heikki

built mine on the bench so they are removeable.........

Gerdo....you and I are the minority...I built the cabinet face frames on the bench...then stuck them in and built all the rest of the cabinet in place...just used cleats and 1/4" ply...epoxied and air nailed in place...My thought was that the structure epoxied into the body gave the bulkhead more strength, than if it were removable...as there would have to be some play somewhere to get it to remove without marking up all the other finished materials...how you do it all depends on what your needs are...Doug

...we made templates and built the face/doors out of a single piece of 1/2"birch ply using a plunge router...the back/inside portions were built in place using 1/2"birch and 1/2" Al angle for cleats...however, building them on the bench and installing them to the sides/bulkheads is a very good way to doit and we plan on doing that in the furture.........
madjack