Cider House...some finishing touches, 9.27.10

[vrodjason]

Way cool build! Keep it up!

[Jiffypop207]

Have continued to plug away and managed to define the galley and separated it from the cabin with the installation of the completed bulkhead. I stained the oak cabinet faces to contrast with the birch sidewalls. I think i came out better than I was expecting. First experience making drawers. Not to bad and I am very pleased with the outcome. I still need to finish the upper cabinet, but no rush on that. It's far from perfect but very functional. The intention of the lower doors is to put some sort of support (most likely chain) to hold them parallel to the ground to act as mini end table if you will when they are open. Flooring will be VCT and the counter tops will be mil finish aluminum to match the TD exterior. Here are the galley shots with some soon to follow after the three coats of poly have been brushed on.







Adam

[Jiffypop207]

Well, despite a long break from my build to do a few other projects...I got back into the garage over the last few weeks after work and managed to get some stuff done. I finished the interior cabinets at the rear of the cabin.




I got a little overzealous in the sanding on the middle panel and went through the oak veneer, but it will be covered by the 19" Naxa TV I am putting there. It has a built in DVD player and digital TV tuner, plus it comes with both 110v and 12v power cords...sweet.

I also finished the upper shelf at the head of the cabin, the headboard storage area, as well as the housing for my electrical center. You can see I started running my wiring.







I mounted the speakers for my sound system which will consist of speakers, amp, and stereo mini jack so that we can plug in whatever source we feel like listening to.

I need to touch up the poly around the speakers as the jigsaw scratched the surface a little from the angle I had to hold it to make the full cut. The spot was a little tight and I really should have cut the holes prior to installing the board, but they made it in despite.



Here is a picture of an outlet and a blank plate that will house some 12v switches in the galley area.



Some pictures of my wire routing...daunting to some, but I find it relaxing.






Here is a close up on a porch light location on the side of my trailer showing how I marked the location to put the wire to line up with the corresponding hole in the outer layer of plywood when it finally goes on and you can see the number wrapping I put on the wire to keep track of what wire goes where when I finish up the connections.



And here is the bible, my list of what number wire is what.



Just a few wires left to pull and install the interior lights so that I can do that, but first I need to finish my ceiling. So that will be my next update. Hello again and that is all I have for the moment.

Adam

[2bits]

Hey Adam, I can totally understand what you mean about the wiring being relaxing, once you have it all laid out, it's nothing but laying it in place and you get into this Zen thing after a while.

I can't get over how cool your galley drawers and cabinets look! Excellent use of space and artistic too! Your front cabinets look great too along with your front storage box. You are gonna have a really nice teardrop! I correct myself, you already DO!

[Jiffypop207]

Thanks for the kind words. It is hard to keep my mind current on the task at hand as it tends to plan out the following steps all be it they are weeks off....I have to stop thinking about cutting my aluminum and finish my wires lol.



Adam

[bve]

Adam, good to see you back at it. Like Thomas has stated you have a nice build going on. I like your choice of hardware in the galley - I don't suppose you can post a close up photo of the handles eh?


Burke

[synaps3]

I agree with the past few posts. That is some awesome wiring.

I like the profile too -- it looks cool to me.

[Jiffypop207]

Adam, good to see you back at it. Like Thomas has stated you have a nice build going on. I like your choice of hardware in the galley - I don't suppose you can post a close up photo of the handles eh?


Burke

Will do

[aggie79]

Looking good, Adam!

[Jiffypop207]

Adam, good to see you back at it. Like Thomas has stated you have a nice build going on. I like your choice of hardware in the galley - I don't suppose you can post a close up photo of the handles eh?


Burke

Here are the close ups of the galley hardware. Don't mind the stripped out screws.





Adam

[Jiffypop207]

Got some more work done on the wiring. I voted against putting a speaker for the sound system inside (will probably here in inside anyhow) so that means to be able to insulate and put on the outer sheathing of my walls and ceiling I only need to pull wire runs for my electric brakes. I want to keep all wires hidden in the walls plus less exposed to corrode. I got a couple interior lights mounted and my interior ceiling partially finished (hope to button that up tonight) but did not snap any pictures of that.

I did get some of my 12v switch mounted up in there plates. I think they turn out real nice. Here are two for inside mounted from the good side of the plate


And from the backside


And a bant of three in place




A dremel cutoff wheel to cut (melt) through and a utility knife for clean-up and proper precise hole sizing worked fantastic.

I had to order two more switches because somehow things got added along to way......don't know how that happens.

'til later,


Adam

[bve]

Thanks for the close-ups Adam, appreciate it.

Burke

[AussiePeej]

Those switches look tickety-boo. Look very professional. Great work

[S. Heisley]

Looking Good!

[Jiffypop207]

A little here and a little there allows things to progress. I got the wiring terminated. I am at the point that I am ready to insulate and then put the outer plys of sheathing on.

Here are some pictures of the wiring terminations. I still have to build and install the runs to link all wires together on there respective circuits, but that is no a top the priority list at the moment.




Hooked up my netbook to the stereo mini jack I put in the galley and used a temporary battery to test the sound system and adjust the gain on the amp. Those 2 6"x9" speakers sound pretty sweet and can put out some decent volume.





Here are some pictures of how my finished ceiling turned out.



I vacuumed all the areas in between the spars on the roof so that I can start insulating when I get a chance.

That's all for now. More to follow when time permits.

Adam