Things are still rolling along. Got the wooden counter top installed today. Right now I am working on the under mount sink which will be followed by the stove top. Etc... Etc...
Below I have a pic of the installed counter top. It is an Aspen panel made out of 1x4 material edge glued and ran through a planer. I purchased it like this from the box store and cut it to size. I routed the edges, corners and my cutouts, then hand sanded and sealed the top and bottom with a natural sealing oil. It is glued and screwed to the cabinet frame.
There is a pic of the upper cabinet I made this morning, it runs the width of the camper and is on the angled front wall above our dinette. Its small and high enough we probably won't hit our heads on it but it adds a little more storage.
There is a picture of the dinette framing. The only thing it is missing is the slats. Notice the lower right box is open on the camera facing side, this is intentional. That space opens up to the entry way. That will be our little shoe cubby. Should have just enough room in there for four pairs of shoes.
I finished wiring yesterday, all the wires are right, everything powered up just like it should. Thats a big "check" that I'm glad to be past.
The fridge works awesome, chilled right down within an hour plugged into 110. Works as good as any camper fridge I'vehad yet. Been running for days now, no condensation anywhere.
My $20 bluetooth car stereo head from Amazon works intermittenly. Like it has a short in it. I keep having to shake the wire harness around, its definitely the head. I guess you get what you pay for. There is a Pioneer replacement coming in the mail.
The old power inverter from the donor pop up camper turned on, powered up, charged the house battery and ran all the circuits 12v and 110... BUT ... it is humming loud as hell. Like loud. You can't be in the camper with it for more than a few minutes, at least I can't. It is about to die. I custom cut the hole for it too..Ugghh! Well a new one of those is coming in the mail too. I'm glad I found out now and still have time to reinstall it. At least all of the wires are sorted, combined appropriately, and sitting right in the space. It should be relatively quick to swap out, and trim up an opening for, the new inverter.
Overall, success so far. I think the $40 counter top looks great! I'm glad I found that oil on the shelf while I was looking through my old cans of stain.
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Stumpy, Lefty and One Eye all agree: experience is the best teacher.