TwilightLane Cubbie Build

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Well let's move on to those sidewalls!!

I sketched out my profile using google sketchup. I'm basically using the same backend of the cubbie design. But I'm using a different front profile. The overall length is 8 foot, 9 inches. But the base is still a standard 8 foot. If you want my plans/drawings, just shoot me an email.

I used a piece of foam molding to help me create/draw the front profile. Very helpful. I also tacked in nails at the various intersections. I didnt match exactly to each intersection. I just found a curve I just liked.





You can see the head of a screw in the second pic. I screwed both sheets of ply (both sidewalls) together. More on that in a bit.

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Here is the back upper corner of the hatch. I've started the curved cut with the jigsaw.



You can see some more of the screws holding the two sheets together.

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Before I finished that cut, I screwed in a support to hold the cut piece. That way it wouldnt tear off at the end of the cut.

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So here is the profile. I'm planning on using a lap joint to add the last 9 inches to the back/hatch profile. Both sheets still screwed together.

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Here is a shoutout to my buddies Joe & Jimmy. They are each working on a ginormous teardrop. Jimmy built these stands to hold the walls vertical. On loan from him.

These made the sanding much much easier.

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Once I got the outer profile sanded and where I wanted, I wanted to layout the shelves, door, etc. I used blue painters tape to mock things up.

The overview:


The shelves:


The door:


That blue stripe along the bottom is the overlap of the wall against the floor decking. You can also read my pencil marks. I marked up everything - where the vertical spars will run in the wall, where the ends of the spars will meet the wall, etc. I made a lot of marks, as you can see.

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Here is a detail of the front shelf.

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After being so careful laying out the elements, I needed to transfer the marks and measurements precisely between both sheets of ply. So I made a bunch of holes.

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Time to pull out the jig saw again. I peeled off the tape where I had made my lines. I used a 1x3 as a straightedge to keep my cuts straight as possible. Still had a little trouble with the blade wandering, but worked pretty well.



Here is how I braced the cutout so it would cut cleanly.

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Now that's a door!

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Once the doors were cut I separated the two sheets of ply. Here is one:



Here is the other. I kept the sheet with all the markings face up so I could transfer info to the blank face on the other sheet.

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I cut and laid out the spars to make sure I had all the pieces. (This is actually the second wall. I didn't take a pic of the first wall.)

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Here is everything glued and screwd to the wall. Looking sharp.

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Here is a detail of the curved top of the door. I'll use my router to cut the shape.

[grizz]

Awesome build.

Love the use of tape.

I also rarely draw and plan to such fine detail, I tend to just make it up as I go along.