Zomblance build up

[polksfinest]

R_W thanks those valves are cheaper than what I was looking at I guess that's the difference between industry grade and the other. That valve was already install in the ambo when it was made its how you turned on the heat
Flightcancled wood is a very good insulator but under the wood I have a radiant barrier so no I am not worried about. As for manual valves will be installed for redundant purposes but I was planning on using a micro controller to run the systems I have plans for doing some off the wall things for the heat, water heat, air conditioner and fridge


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[flightcancled]

Can you tell me more about your insulation job?

Wood is a decent insulator, but after a winter working in my rig I know for a fact it's where I loose all my heat. I can heat the box to the point where I am sweating with a t-shirt on, and need wool socks in my work boots.


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[r_w]

Wide range of quality in those valves, but the upper end are the same as Grainger. Grainger markups are insane--you pay dearly for their service. It can be worth it for a business, but hard to justify for an individual. Amazon Prime has made things much simpler for my small business--I buy online faster and cheaper and don't waste time driving to the store.

 

[polksfinest]

R_W I will take your word on that thank you I never thought to look on there I REALLY appreciate your time thank you again


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[polksfinest]

Flightcancled what would you like to know?


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[Abitibi]

About those valves...

I've researched them for my water system but I couldn't confirm how much heat they can handle. If you plan to use them like me (for heated coolant) it might be something to keep in mind. Mine were to be mounted for my Espar system but for now I just went with manual valves...

Cheers
Mr. D

 

[polksfinest]

Abitibi Well I have not really looked at the specs for those valves I have for the ones at graingers (the ones that are 200 each ) they will handle the heat that valve in the pic is what I would like to use manual valves would suck because of where I want to mount the manifold.

How is your project going


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[Abitibi]

Project moving along, slowly but in the right direction

I use 3 way 12v solenoid valves for my veggie conversions and they seem to handle the hot oil without issues (+/- 170F) so they may work as well. You'd have to plug one port but it's no big deal.

http://www.plantdrive.com//index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19&products_id=94

Seems like I may have easy access to my valves so I might try manual first and change to 12v if that doesn't work.

Well done so far in your build, pretty fast too!

Cheers
Mr. D


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[polksfinest]

Well my trip is getting closer and I need to hurry up and finish this thing so I laid down the floor and started building the interior

I started the interior build by doing the easy stuff first( go figure) I put the far wall up where the two beds are going up. Just used simple 3/4 inch plywood and a piece of 1/8 finish grade plywood over top of that for that smooth look I painted the back side of everything that went in there so in thee event that I get a leak It will not damage the wood as easy I used kills water&stain blocker

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[polksfinest]

I decided to build the cabinets out of pine using cabinet grade plywood and pine planks to rip down to size. I was original going to use 1/2 but the price difference was about 10 bucks per sheet more than 3/4 which does not make any since. Well after a trip to Home Depot and 600.00 dollars later I was heading home to start building my cabinet ( oh I forgot I don't know how to build cabinets) so back to Home Depot to by a book and get started on my cabinets. The first one on my list was the fridge box. I choose to use a fridge-freezer combo that is 12/120/propane

Then moving to the most rear cabinet I built to have a big drawer and a big double door opening to put clothes in

Then I built the cabinet for the sink and stove

After a few coats of stain they where ready to put in

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[landcruiser40th]

Amazing work.

 

[polksfinest]

Thank you Good Sir


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[polksfinest]

Now that I got the cabinets done I can start on the sleeping arrangements I plain on having my wife and two kids with me all of the time so I went with a twin and full queen size beds

I rounded all the edges of the twin bed to keep from bumping my head

It's a fold out off of the wall that stows away nice and flat

Well as of last week that's where I am at with the build


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[cjken]

Awesome!! I've been planning on building a fold out bed/platform in mine.
I'm no quite the craftsman you are but hope to build something solid.
Keep the pics and details coming???

 

[AMBOT]

What do you anticipate the finished ceiling height to be? Did you start with a box with 5'10"?

TIA