Finished cabinets
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Topic: Finished cabinets
Posted By: headcold
Subject: Finished cabinets
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2014 at 5:51pm
I finished building and installing two cabinets a la Marwayne in my 177. Pics attached. Now I just need to figure out a door closure. Don't look too closely at the cabinet doors. One is terribly off square .... but then trim covers any number of sins.   |
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Posted By: headcold
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2014 at 5:51pm
Posted By: fwunder
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2014 at 5:53pm
Very, very nice!! I assume there is a four bottle fine wine rack in there! 
fred ------------- 2014 RPod 178 => https://goo.gl/CV446f - MyMods and Buying Habits 2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6 Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks! |
Posted By: headcold
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2014 at 5:55pm
 For some reason the system isn't allowing me to post the other cabinet, the one next to the door. I'm a tequila man myself, but those bottles fit into wine racks quite nicely.
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Posted By: headcold
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2014 at 5:58pm
Here's the other cabinet, the one next to the door.
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Posted By: fwunder
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2014 at 6:03pm
Hey headcold. If you can resize your pics before uploading it would help. Right now that image is 1500 pixels wide. If you could resize it in somethin to 500 pixels it would be better and might solve the problem. Here's the same image @ 500 pixels wide: Got a 12v. blender for Margaritas?! fred ------------- 2014 RPod 178 => https://goo.gl/CV446f - MyMods and Buying Habits 2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6 Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks! |
Posted By: David and Danette
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2014 at 8:44pm
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The best part about doing your own work is you appreciate it more knowing all the work you put into it. Looks good and the extra storage will be great to have. ------------- 2018 Vista Cruiser 19BFD (2018- 2012 Vibe 6503 (2014-2019) 2009 r-pod 171 (2009-2014) Middle Tn 2014 Ram 1500 Quad cab |
Posted By: headcold
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2014 at 8:48pm
| I agree. |
Posted By: marwayne
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2014 at 10:05pm
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Congrats Jim, see what one can do once you put your mind to it ------------- If you want something done right, do it yourself. 2011 RP172, 2016 Tundra 5.7 Litre, Ltd. |
Posted By: headcold
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2014 at 10:30pm
| Even greater thanks to you, Sonny. I couldn't have done it without your plans and kind assistance. Now, I would dearly like to build a closet into the pod .... but where? Heh. |
Posted By: marwayne
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2014 at 10:36pm
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Jim, do like I did give your pod a nosejob and you will have a closet. ------------- If you want something done right, do it yourself. 2011 RP172, 2016 Tundra 5.7 Litre, Ltd. |
Posted By: headcold
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2014 at 10:46pm
| Heh ... that task requires finer tolerances than I may be capable of .... On that note, a friend suggested that in future projects I use a metric tape measure and square etc. to get the accuracy that I struggle for when using the fractional complexity of the American measurement system with its eighths, fourths, sixteenths, halves, and three-fourths, etc. (I mean, does anyone else in the world use this cumbersome system?). I meaning hanging on to this system of measurement does not have to be a measure of ones patriotism. So, I'll drink a half-liter of ale to your suggest and think about it. |
Posted By: David and Danette
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2014 at 4:41am
 What would we call the little inch worm!
------------- 2018 Vista Cruiser 19BFD (2018- 2012 Vibe 6503 (2014-2019) 2009 r-pod 171 (2009-2014) Middle Tn 2014 Ram 1500 Quad cab |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2014 at 9:22am
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That would be the 2.54 centimeter worm. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: headcold
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2014 at 11:15am
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Posted By: marwayne
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2014 at 1:18pm
These little pistons don't only hold your door open, it also hold's them shut.
  ------------- If you want something done right, do it yourself. 2011 RP172, 2016 Tundra 5.7 Litre, Ltd. |
Posted By: headcold
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2014 at 2:17pm
| I previously ordered one of these pistons from Amazon (shipped directly from China) to see if it would fit and am finding that it is too large. Sonny, what was your source for the ones that you installed (and their length). They look smaller, but also better than the one that I just received. |
Posted By: marwayne
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2014 at 2:51pm
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Fully extended they are 6" long, got them at Home Depot for 3 or 4 bucks. ------------- If you want something done right, do it yourself. 2011 RP172, 2016 Tundra 5.7 Litre, Ltd. |
Posted By: headcold
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2014 at 9:51pm
| When I inquired several weeks ago, our local Home Depot didn't know what I was talking about, even after showing them pictures .... neither did the local Lowes. However, now that I know the length, I can order them from Amazon. The one that I already ordered and received from Amazon is about a foot long, probably too long. Again, thanks for the tip. |