New build, a standrop....Update 11-28-17

[Woodbutcher]

I am using 1/2" Baltic Birch for doors and drawer fronts.

[Kim Armstrong]

How about an update?

[Woodbutcher]

I didn't get much done last week. Paying work got in the way. I did get the cabinets coated with conversion varnish and installed the doors and drawers.





I used Knape & Vogt 8400 RV slides. They act like soft close slides with the spring closure, but these have a very positive "snap" shut. These should work for heavy drawers.

[KCStudly]

I'm always impressed with your work!

[Woodbutcher]

I'm always impressed with your work!

Thanks, I just wish I could work straight through on one of my builds. Starting and stopping slows down everything.

[OP827]

You made the soft maple and baltic birch look amazing in these cabinets. Thanks for sharing !

[Woodbutcher]

Got a little further. Paying work keeps getting in the way.

I installed the floor to the frame. Put up both walls and installed the back wall with a new skin.



Put the back section ceiling up. I struggled with that since I work alone. When I went to do the front section I tried a different method. I assembled the skin and the spars on the bench. Then the side trim. With a few removable cleats I could put the whole 4X5' piece up with ease. Screw in the spars and side cleats and remove the tabs. Could not have been easier.





I then installed the spars and support framing in the nose of the trailer.



I did manage to get the skin on the inside in the tight front corner. The radius is only 9" so it took some effort to get it up tight. The blocks were screwed in to pull the ceiling tight to the framing. They get removed and the ceiling will get a thin accent piece to cover all the seams and screw holes.



Tomorrow I will install the last piece of skin on the inside. Then some work in the galley area. Right now a blank canvass.



Here is where I am now. The little plywood discs are necessary to fit out the shop door. I will have a hole inch to squeeze it out.

[aggie79]

Very nice!

[Mr. Lahey]

Looks great!

Have to admit my favorite part is your low profile plywood Flintsone's looking wheels!

Great solution to get the tall trailer in the shop.

[Woodbutcher]

Looks great!

Have to admit my favorite part is your low profile plywood Flintsone's looking wheels!

Great solution to get the tall trailer in the shop.

Thanks, it is a pain, but the only way I could work indoors . Gotta do what ya Gotta do!

[Philip]

Looking good.

Do you have a link for those handles you used on the cabinet doors?

[Woodbutcher]

Looking good.

Do you have a link for those handles you used on the cabinet doors?

They are NOS. Vintage stuff. I was lucky my wife found these in her Moms basement. They do have them on Ebay if you search. Just very pricey.

[Kim Armstrong]

What kind of galley door in the back are you planning?

[Kim Armstrong]

Oh yes great craftsmanship!

[Woodbutcher]

I will have a traditional teardrop galley that is hinged at the top with gas props. I'm thinking of only making it 4' wide even though the trailer is 5' wide. I have some tail lights I would like to put on the body and I'll have a 6" section that does not open on both sides. I'll make some storage accessible from the inside when the galley is open in that 6" space. But things could change. Got to seal up the inside tomorrow and then on to the galley.