StumpXJ
SE Expedition Society
After attempting to get a "Drifta" kitchen shipped to me from Australia, I decided to make my own. The Drifta kitchens are extremely nice, and I would have purchased one on the spot if it was easily shipped to me, but its not. I sent an email to the company asking about shipping out of the country of Australia, got one response asking me which kitchen I wanted, then I heard nothing back from them after letting them know what I wanted. This was about 8 days ago, so I figure it would cost a small fortune to ship, probably close to what the kitchen actually costs.
I am by no means a carpenter/cabinet maker, and my finished product will probably reflect that, but it will work for my needs, atleast until Drifta gets a US or European distributor. I really like the quality of Drifta's kitchens, and I borrowed some of the design for my build. I am already at about 150 dollars into material cost, about 4 hours of actual work, and countless hours of dreaming up the "perfect" layout. Here is where I am so far:
The stumptaco kitchen is 48 inches in length, 17inches tall, and 16 inches deep. It is made of birch ply, for strength, lightweight, and looks. It will be clear coated with a UV protectant polyurethane when its finished. I am making the grill cut-out section so that a Partner steel 2 burner stove fits in it with the lid closed. I have a white laminate top that is going on it, and lots of other bells and whistles planned, but that will come later. Here are the preliminary build shots.
Outer shell together, trying to figure out the drawer placement.
First drawer hung, on roller slides.
Both drawers in.
Shelf above the drawers added.
More later, just came inside for a quick break.
~James
I am by no means a carpenter/cabinet maker, and my finished product will probably reflect that, but it will work for my needs, atleast until Drifta gets a US or European distributor. I really like the quality of Drifta's kitchens, and I borrowed some of the design for my build. I am already at about 150 dollars into material cost, about 4 hours of actual work, and countless hours of dreaming up the "perfect" layout. Here is where I am so far:
The stumptaco kitchen is 48 inches in length, 17inches tall, and 16 inches deep. It is made of birch ply, for strength, lightweight, and looks. It will be clear coated with a UV protectant polyurethane when its finished. I am making the grill cut-out section so that a Partner steel 2 burner stove fits in it with the lid closed. I have a white laminate top that is going on it, and lots of other bells and whistles planned, but that will come later. Here are the preliminary build shots.
Outer shell together, trying to figure out the drawer placement.
First drawer hung, on roller slides.
Both drawers in.
Shelf above the drawers added.
More later, just came inside for a quick break.
~James
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