Today was the day to rebuild my electrical cabinet. As I mentioned yesterday, we decided version 1 was a little too small. Somehow I think I have now made it too big, but we will get it in the van tomorrow to test. I don’t know what we are going to do with the first one. Let us know if you want it!
Building this size cabinet is pretty much an all-day project for me. If I had a larger table saw it might be easier, but any cut over 23 1/2″ I have to make with a circular saw and it takes a lot more time to set up and try to get it square and straight. This box is probably the least square thing in the van but I just didn’t care any more. Nothing I cut seemed to come out quite right but even with some extra trimming it wasn’t getting much better. We can figure out a way to clean up or disguise the edges if they are not quite flush. It just needed to get done.
It is the same stair-step design as before and it will have a lid that hinges from the back. The batteries will sit on the right side and everything else will get arranged on the left and/or above the batteries. It takes a few days to finish the cabinet with stain and poly so I won’t be able to start putting things in for at least a couple more days. Plus, a lot of the install has to be done in the van because so many of the pieces are fixed in place.
We also spent a little time on other projects. I cleaned up the galley cabinet under-sink doors and started to put them in. The galley extends well into the sliding door opening so we have designed the outer door to fold down so it can act as a small outside counter when we are camping in good weather.
This evening we also watched the women’s half pipe at the X Games. Those ladies absolutely rock! It would have been nice to have the van done so we could be in the audience at Aspen, but it still feeds our stoke to get out there and start snowboarding full time. As my best trick in the half pipe was forgetting my name for 5 hours, I guess I will have to pass on any half pipes we encounter on our travels.