Rose Rolls - The unathorized Compass Rose autobiography

[Sparksalot]

:o The Little Princess's mom is gonna have a talk to you about paintin clothes. She is so cute!

Um, Er, that may have been discussed before.

I claim amnesia.

[2bits]

I started my Teardrop One year ago this month!

[Sparksalot]

I started my Teardrop One year ago this month!

What's the holdup? We need to see that beautiful tear in the wild.

[Sparksalot]

I decided to add some interior door pulls to help close the doors.



The PrincessHelper gives it a test drive. We really have to do something about the painter tape curtain rods.



More play time, or is it teardrop time. I can't keep it straight.

[Sparksalot]

Galley space for the stove drawer. If you happen to look closely at the right slide, you can see the shim. The vertical support went in slightly crooked. I didn't use any ole wimpy door shim either. Nosiree, I got BUILDING shims for this tough job.



Drawer side of the drawer slide. I remembered to remove the stop (black bit over pencil here) from the body side slide this time. The stove drawer is removable. I can't say that yet for the cooler tray.



Measure twice, cut three time??? When I dry assembled the drawer, it fit the slot exactly. I had left off the width of the slides, so had to cut it narrower. So the new narrowed, by one inch (for the 2 half inch slides), is now 1/4" too narrow. Good thing I had some 1/4" oak strips laying around doing nothing.



Looking like my vision.



Twins!



Vee-oh-lah.



Where's the steak!

[aggie79]

Sweet!

And by the way, do we need to resurrect the messy garage contest again?

Gig'em

[Cliffmeister2000]

Sweet!

I wanted to do that, but I also wanted the counter to be somewhat near kitchen counter height. Ended up compromizing with just enough room for a 15" tall cooler, of which I have 2. No room for drawers, it barely comes out now. I should have made the counter an inch higher and put the drawers in!


Edit: Copying of aggie79 with the Sweet! purely coincidental!

[Sparksalot]

Sweet!

And by the way, do we need to resurrect the messy garage contest again?

Gig'em

Messy?I'll have you know it's very organized chaos.

[Sparksalot]

Sweet!

I wanted to do that, but I also wanted the counter to be somewhat near kitchen counter height. Ended up compromizing with just enough room for a 15" tall cooler, of which I have 2. No room for drawers, it barely comes out now. I should have made the counter an inch higher and put the drawers in!


Edit: Copying of aggie79 with the Sweet! purely coincidental!

I'll let you in on a secret to counter height. I was considering all along the height from floor to counter. I completely brain farted the ground to counter height.

All in all, it turned out quite nicely.

[Cliffmeister2000]

Sweet!

I wanted to do that, but I also wanted the counter to be somewhat near kitchen counter height. Ended up compromizing with just enough room for a 15" tall cooler, of which I have 2. No room for drawers, it barely comes out now. I should have made the counter an inch higher and put the drawers in!


Edit: Copying of aggie79 with the Sweet! purely coincidental!

I'll let you in on a secret to counter height. I was considering all along the height from floor to counter. I completely brain farted the ground to counter height.

All in all, it turned out quite nicely.

Actually, I designed this on paper, and was measuring the counter top from the ground. However, I built the cabinet facing and installed it rather permanently, and another factor was if the counter top were any higher, it would overlap the doors.

[Miriam C.]

What a great use of space. Wish I had done that. Might still do it someday.

[Sparksalot]

I trimmed the edges of the stove drawer. I hadn't planned to trim the opening, but it looked a bit funny. I had just enough trim left, so...



After some finish. A view from the ugly end.



Time to start working on practical hatch supports.



Rose has been officially Lab inspected.



The renowned Inspector Kilroy of Liberty Ship fame made a surprise visit.

[2bits]

I started my Teardrop One year ago this month!

What's the holdup? We need to see that beautiful tear in the wild.

Thanks! I agree, I had been working on my truck since my daily driver went down and then I bought a new car so things are settling down now. Just need the

[Sparksalot]

The stove drawer is done. Yay.



Inspector Kilroy's mark.



Load 'er up.



There was just a slight bit of interference between the hatch and the stove drawer. A few minutes with a drum sanders cured that.



Among the other little details we've been working on. The edge of the shelf got trimmed in oak. Note The Princess has created a new playhouse.

[2bits]

Man that is looking good! You know, after I bought a little heater from Wally world the other day, I looked in my closet and I already had one, and it is the exact same one you have in that pic! I like the stove slider!