Campervan Overhead Cabinets (Spacious & lightweight!) - Part 1 | Transit Van Conversion E40
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2023
- We're making our campervan overhead cabinets to give us some essential storage space for our clothes, with a built-in bookshelf too! We wanted our van cabinets to be roomy but lightweight so we built them using thin birch plywood and pine strips.
It's another very DIY project to scribe everything to the curves of the van, but we're happy with the result!
Now they just need some doors... next time!
Thanks for watching! Any comments or questions? Let us know below!
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Humour and a chuckle plus cute baby animals x
That's pretty much what we're going for, with a bit of van building thrown in for good measure 😄
Always enjoy the nature scenes peppered throughout. Quality work, as always.
Thanks! Glad you like them, we like to add a bit of variety 😀🐑🐥😺
The lambs are so cute bouncing around!
@@alanmoore2197 Yeah they are! If a tad noisy at times too 😅
DEAR TIM AND ABI 💑 .. ALWAYS IN SUPPORT WITH YOUR PROJECT. . KEEP IT UP. .👍❤
Thank you as always! 😊
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Whaaa? That washer bit is genius 😊. This Tim is always taping a sad little piece of wood to my pencil. 😂
Yep works great! And can use different sized washes depending on how far away from the wall you're scribing 😀
Great job Tim & Abi, I've always loved your approach to your build and it's coming along beautifully,
I may have been tempted to hang the cupboards using a long single french cleat and then just a fixing at the bottom inside the cabs, that way you could've had swappable cabinets and easy to remove if needed for wiring plumbing or needing more space for carrying a load etc. Anyway enough of my ramblings, thanks for the update and cant wait to see the 2nd part 👍
Thank you very much! That's an interesting idea, we've not gone down that route but are setup is sort of similar. We've added a long rail to the back of the cabinets and then bolted the whole thing onto the van wall, then secured with a few screws in the bottom to stop it moving laterally. So we can remove the whole cabinet structure as one unit if we ever need to, unlikely for us on a casual basis but possibly if we need to do some extra wiring or something like you say. Cleats aren't something we've seen much before so thanks for the comment, could be a cool way to make a modular area too 🙂👍
I just love watching you two build stuff! Beautiful and functional, as always
Thank you very much! 😀
Wonderful job once again. Patience...it definitely shows with those intricate pieces. I would have had already been on...TAKE 3 minimum 😅.
Cheers! Yeah it went pretty well for those ones thankfully, think we only had to redo one bit in the end 😀
Guys you both are doing an amazing job it's looking brill
Thank you very much! 🙂
I watch a Japanese carpenter's CZcams channel called Shoyan (@ShoyanJapaneseCarpenter) and I admire his skills and precision with the woodworking. You two are nowhere near close to his precision and skill (wait, this is not a criticism), but I am in awe of how clever and attentive to details your van build is. That cabinet is just next-level excellent work. That groove on the table saw fitted like a glove. Congratulations and looking forward to the next video.
Thanks for the content.
Thanks, yeah there's some amazing master craftsmen out there that are almost mesmerising to watch. We've enjoyed developing our woodworking skills pretty much from zero at the start of the build and it's really satisfying when something comes together that you've made yourself 🙂
Beautiful as always xx
Thank you! 😊
Lovely work as usual.
Thanks a lot 😊
Perfect timing, I have the same van and have just started building my overhead cabinets.. I also have wooden strips bolted to the wall like you have, but I've made the back of the cupboards out of 12mm ply so I can screw it to those strips in loads of places. Bit concerned about the weight though (I've used 34x34mm for the frame), yours looks much lighter! All your videos have been so helpful, thanks for taking the time to make them!
Awesome, and no worries thanks for watching them! 👍 And yeah it's amazing how quickly weight can start to build up when it feels like you're just working with a few scraps of wood. We tried to make them as light as we could, which ended up being around 11kg for the complete piece with all the doors and hardware. We have ours bolted to the van walls so they're nice and secure, they've been very handy to have. Good luck with yours!
Awesome it is great fun to build ,many problems to solve lol
my van is just finished,waiting for the matras to sleep on
Good luck
Yep every project on the van has it's own unique quirks 😀 Awesome, enjoy your van!
Nice job guys
Cheers! :)
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At the end of this build you can both get a job in carpentry.
Haha, cheers 😄
Hi you two ,I've just binged watched your build videos ,,,, wow by far the best I've seen your skills and attention to details are just amazing . Not only that your videoing skills are top class aswell so clear pictures and you both explain everything so well I've have learnt loads
Can't wait for the next one
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Hey! 👋 Wow, thanks a lot! Glad you're enjoying them and hope the future videos don't disappoint 🙂👍
BTW, more cute animals, please 😇
Should be some more soon! 😀
I'm watching in order and wondering if youd put anti-theft glass film on the windows to stop them smashing through and metal lock protecting plates on all the doors? It's something that concerns me with all the van thefts of late.
It's something that we've thought about, always good to take extra precautions 👍
That looks just awesome, you two. And your craftmanship is outstanding as usual. Did you find the spraypainting saving you some time during the build or did you get a better finish? Was one run with the spraygun enough or did you give it an intermediate sand and second coat?
Looking forward to your next instalment!
Cheers from Canada and stay safe! 🚐☁🍀
Cheers! We found it saved time once we figured out how to use it properly 😛 It was a bit of trial and error at first to get the right consistency of paint so it wasn't either too watery or too thick clogging up the gun, but once we hit the sweet spot it was great and made it much easier to get a good finish in all the inside hard to reach areas. But we found for small flat things it was still quicker and easier to roller most of the time, with the faff to have to setup and then clean the sprayer afterwards. So we reserved it mostly for the bigger 3D things. And we did a coat of primer and then one possibly two top coats, can't remember now! Enjoy Canada!
I was thinking of convertering a van but am a bit put off seeing it took yee over 2 years
Don't film and edit it or take multi month breaks and you'll be done 5x faster 😉
Great video mate, can i please ask where did you buy your wood from and what type of wood is it please? And did you experience any warping in your wood after purchase? Cheers
We used a mixture, 6mm birch ply for the sides, 3mm regular hardwood ply for the bottom, and redwood pine for the framing. Also used up some of the existing ply that was in the van when we got it for the middle divider. And we got most of our wood from www.totemtimber.co.uk/ in Plymouth which is great, with some bits from Wickes etc. 👍
@@SelfBuiltStories amazing thanks matey! We are not far from Plymouth, down in falmouth 😁👍good luck with the rest of the build i look forward to seeing the finished product 😎
No problem! We've actually finished the build earlier in the year but are still catching up with editing all the videos, our instagram is more up to date though! Good luck with yours 😀👍
@@SelfBuiltStories thats cool, thanks mate! 😎👍
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What paint did you use for overheads and kitchen cabinets?? 😊
Hey, we used Dulux eggshell for the overhead cabinets and Rustoleum kitchen cupboard paint for the kitchen cupboards 😛 There should be a link to the ones we used in each videos description 👍
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Jaysus, campers take so long to build.. 😢
Does take a while, but you can save a large chunk of that time if you don't film or edit it 😛