Step one. Bought the van.
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Kitchen Cabinet, Post 6
Next up is to find where to mount the water pump. Here's the SHURflo pump I'll be using along with an accumulator. They share a common fitting. I could separate them but that would require additional fittings so I'm positioning them as a single unit.
Don't have any pictures of the next step even though I spent a good deal of time on it. I would take the pump and accumulator and see where they would fit within the cabinet frame without causing obstructions or wasting space. Tried them in all different positions.
Decided on mounting the pump and accumulator to a plywood board.
Then mounting the board to the back of the cabinet. The hose on the accumulator will go to the cold water inlet on the sink faucet.
Cut, drill and weld four tabs onto the back of the cabinet frame for the pump board.
Next add a shelf where I can store the dishpans.
The dishpans will only fit within the cabinet at this location if their lip is between the pump and accumulator. Use that as my guide for the height of the shelf.
Add a 1/2" angle iron upright to the frame. This will hold the support the right rear corner of the shelf.
Add another 1/2" angle iron upright to the front of the frame. This will support the front left corner of the shelf.
Check that the shelf won't interfere with the outlet hose from the accumulator.
For the left rear corner of the shelf support, bend and weld on a simple 1/4" rod angle.
For each of the three upright angle irons, cut a small piece of square tube and weld that on as a shelf support.
Check the fit with a piece of scrap plywood.
Found I didn't like the placement of the front left shelf support so cut the upright angle iron off and replaced it with another 1/2" angle iron piece but moved it a little bit to the left.
The length of angle iron that I cut off was placed on one of the metal shelves along the garage back wall. I mention it because this particular piece of angle iron will make an appearance again later.
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Next up is to find where to mount the water pump. Here's the SHURflo pump I'll be using along with an accumulator. They share a common fitting. I could separate them but that would require additional fittings so I'm positioning them as a single unit.
Don't have any pictures of the next step even though I spent a good deal of time on it. I would take the pump and accumulator and see where they would fit within the cabinet frame without causing obstructions or wasting space. Tried them in all different positions.
Decided on mounting the pump and accumulator to a plywood board.
Then mounting the board to the back of the cabinet. The hose on the accumulator will go to the cold water inlet on the sink faucet.
Cut, drill and weld four tabs onto the back of the cabinet frame for the pump board.
Next add a shelf where I can store the dishpans.
The dishpans will only fit within the cabinet at this location if their lip is between the pump and accumulator. Use that as my guide for the height of the shelf.
Add a 1/2" angle iron upright to the frame. This will hold the support the right rear corner of the shelf.
Add another 1/2" angle iron upright to the front of the frame. This will support the front left corner of the shelf.
Check that the shelf won't interfere with the outlet hose from the accumulator.
For the left rear corner of the shelf support, bend and weld on a simple 1/4" rod angle.
For each of the three upright angle irons, cut a small piece of square tube and weld that on as a shelf support.
Check the fit with a piece of scrap plywood.
Found I didn't like the placement of the front left shelf support so cut the upright angle iron off and replaced it with another 1/2" angle iron piece but moved it a little bit to the left.
The length of angle iron that I cut off was placed on one of the metal shelves along the garage back wall. I mention it because this particular piece of angle iron will make an appearance again later.
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