2nd Time Lucky?

[Wissel]

Nice one! Are you doing this along side a day job?! Well impressive... Give us a hand ?

My day job is online, so I have a laptop with me while working on it. Although not much work to do at the minute as people aren't spending due to the current situation.

I'm going to help build a few vans for someone else in another week to plug the financial hit. I prefer building vans anyway

 

[Minxy]

I was wondering what the funny 'lever' was in this photo then realised its a hand-brush ... you paid too much for it!

 

[Minxy]

Forgot to ask - assuming the right hand 'slot' is the dogs bed area where's the fire going?

 

[MANGOFORTH]

Fill that hole mate! I've been working on a container home. Fabricating window frames for it.... Anything to bring in the monies

 

[Wissel]

Forgot to ask - assuming the right hand 'slot' is the dogs bed area where's the fire going?

Where the overpriced brush is

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[Minxy]

Where the overpriced brush is

Which is where? I thought it was going to be opposite his bed but that's where your gas taps are ... do you have a step elsewhere?

 

[Wissel]

Which is where? I thought it was going to be opposite his bed but that's where your gas taps are ... do you have a step elsewhere?

Yep. It's the step down from the cab area

 

[Minxy]

Yep. It's the step down from the cab area

I thought it must be ... no wonder I couldn't see it in the back!

 

[Vipar]

I envy your talent.??

 

[Wissel]

Well, had a fair day today. I finished the plumbing, tested the gas and started wiring.

The wiring on our van is a little different to the norm, so not the quickest of jobs. But going well.

Tomorrow we are out of here before Jekyll or Hyde turn up, then off to Middlewich where I'll spend the next few days getting the van right. Didn't take a lot of pictures today, but pleased with the PC cupboard.

The little box above the PC is a fan controller with temp sensors. It controls the fans for the PC and the fridge. Not sure why I bothered - even on full the fans are almost silent standing right beside them (rated at 6.8Db)

The printer will slide out to use. Soon lol.

Then find somewhere close and quiet for the weekend and chill out for a few days

All of the doors are finished, but waiting on handles (EvoMatic). Be glad to get the battery and inverter running tomorrow

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[Minxy]

How about one of these for the printer slide? Its a shelf for the old CRT TVs that is meant to slide in/out of a cupboard?

 

[vin0114]

might get away with it but door hinge would have to be raised without fouling the shelf above

 

[Minxy]

might get away with it but door hinge would have to be raised without fouling the shelf above

... bad planning on his part then!

If the printer can be turned 90 degrees it may still fit in the cupboard but allow sufficient space to pull it out as they tend to be wider than deeper.

 

[Terry]

I think the printer will move to the left of pic and slide out ? Pretty confident that David knows what he is doing ?

 

[Wissel]

... bad planning on his part then!

If the printer can be turned 90 degrees it may still fit in the cupboard but allow sufficient space to pull it out as they tend to be wider than deeper.

It is turning 90 degrees
Wouldn't be able to load the paper otherwise

I think the printer will move to the left of pic and slide out ? Pretty confident that David knows what he is doing ?

It would Terry. But it was designed to be at 90 degrees. Thanks for the vote of confidence though

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[Minxy]

I think the printer will move to the left of pic and slide out ? Pretty confident that David knows what he is doing ?

 

[Minxy]

How's the refit going Wissel?

 

[Wildweasle]

Some might remember our first foray into full-timing. It didn't quite go to plan. Here's the original thread for anyone interested:
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Anyway, fast forward a year.

We have lived in the blown up van on my Dad's drive since the last thread, helping look after him while he dealt with Cancer. Sadly, he lost his battle in October. Awful of course, but something we all have to deal with at some point.

Now it's time to get our life back. Time to get this van working again

I have today stripped the van of most of it's interior and moved into the Summer house I built for my Dad for a while. The van is being collected tomorrow and taken to a specialist to fit a fully re-manufactured engine. Not a cheap option, but the new engine is classed as zero miles and well guaranteed.

I did consider just going for another van, but the thing is, ours has only done 80K (2010 L3H2 Boxer) and most 3 year old vans have done more. I'm hoping with the new engine it should be great for a good few years. Really hoping

Once it's back I'll fit a new interior. Then off we trot

Second time lucky?

So sorry to hear this, may I wish you well and a happier future.

 

[Wissel]

How's the refit going Wissel?

Amazingly, pretty good

It would have been finished a while back if I hadn't kept "tweaking" the design (plus I've built another 4 vans lol). I did most of the bodywork (flaky paint) at the weekend and the van is looking pretty good. I've slightly changed our charge system, which I'll fit tomorrow, then it's a lot of small jobs. Hoping to have it completed by the Overland show in a few weeks

 

[Minxy]

Did you managed to sort the bed-head lifting?

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[Wissel]

Did you managed to sort the bed-head lifting?

I did, with linear actuators, but we changed our minds
(this happens often)

Did go with the Ottoman hinges on the lift up wardrobe though, which I think was your suggestion?

Didn't go with the slide out knife rack in the end, but did make a wall mounted one: