Need to get some more wood, so I took a break & worked on the stove installation today. I got a Camp Chef 2 burner stove top with the bottom oven. Took off the 2 side carry handles & rubber feet it sits on, since they're just a waste of space. I don't want to run the oven with it sitting in the cabinet base, so it's being mounted on full extension drawer guides. I don't mind cooking on the stove (set in the counter), but I'm concerned about heat from the oven in a confined area, so it needs to track out for pizza, bread, sticky buns or cookies to vent properly.
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Next made a couple of aluminum angles. These took a bit of work & thinking. I decided to drill out for the existing round-head screws which attach the stove bottom to the sides & avoid using them for a mount since they're so small. Instead I used #8-32 flat head machine screws to fasten up from the bottom and attach the aluminum angle to the stove. There are 4 screws on each angle from the bottom, drilled & tapped holding the angle in place, along with some blue lock-tite since it's just tapped into sheet metal. With the weight of the stove pushing down into the angles, it should work fine and be strong enough.
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Here's the angle looking at the lower right corner, where it fits against the stove. The aluminum is a bit heavier than necessary, but I'm using up what I have as I go.
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The inner drawer guide is fastened through the aluminum angle & into the stainless steel sheet metal with 7 round head #8-32 machine screws & blue lock-tite per side. Hopefully that's enough to hold the stove in place (total of 14 screws in shear when we're driving down the road or about 2.5# per #8 screw into the sides, 35# stove). Biggest concern is on bumpy roads and lots of rocks & ruts. Will have to see how it holds up over time, but so far so good. It works just fine sitting on the bench. These are 100# guides, since that's all I had access to from a local supplier. I guess I could always make some wood or aluminum shims to set under the stove, to keep it from working loose and hopping up & down from the bumps. Will have to think about that one a bit. (After edit: The stove is still as good as new after 20,000 miles of towing)
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Finally, here's the right side guide assembled & attached to the stove. It slides very easily, so I'm happy with the way it's going. The stove is 12" deep from front to back, so it will have a cut-out in the counter to nest in and stow while travelling.
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I'll do the same type of thing for the ice chest, only it will be a regular drawer body made from 1/2" baltic birch. It sits under the counter (no cut-out), so I have enough room to prepare meals & work. Once I have both things made & working, I'll think about the small, narrow center section which goes from the floor to the counter & acts as a partition between the stove & cooler to mount the guides. I don't want to do a layout & rely on a tape measure, rather have the assemblies made first, then build the center pull-out section to fit (safer that way). The center drawer will be pretty narrow, but it will hold something, so no wasted space.
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Back to work tomorrow, ugh!