Time for some galley work.
I was working on the face board for this storage space.
I had already cut the face board to size, from more of the 'original front camper wall' wood. Then I planned out the needed size opening for the access door. The door has to be wider than the board really wants, but after doing all the figuring, I decided I could make a larger door, and still leave room for other objects nearby like: two copper pipe runs and additional exterior door framing (to beef up the strength of the plywood opening) and still be fairly confident the "looks" will be okay. Anything narrower and you wouldn't even be able to load the planned items without "squeezing the Charmin", if you know what I mean.
So I marked up the board, drilled a starter hole, and ran the saber saw around to open it up.
Then the sand paper came back out.
That piece was small enough that I was even able to dress it up on the bench sander.
Then I fully inspected the board and found where enough of the paneling was lifting from the plywood to warrant re-gluing, at least part of it. The original glue was brittle where the bead hadn't been pressed, and that popped off easy and the dried glue bead scraped off even easier. But where the proper "pressing" had been done, there was "nothing doing". The panel was stuck, but good.
A little bit of glue, a little bit of pressure and some proper clamp placement, and it was time for a break.
Once the glue was dry and the clamps removed, I cleaned up the glue excess, sanded again, and planned out the back side mounting cleats.
I chose mounting cleats on either side, and a third along the top for a counter fastener, and fastened them to the backside of the face board with staples holding glue.
Here it sits along side the door I chose out of the extra parts.
For the door, I had to shave it narrower by about 1/8" on either side to get a full 3/4" width on the face board edges (for mounting cleats and face board strength and/or looks). But a roll of toilet paper still fits through the opening. And that's an ample width for my hand and arm to reach back to where the camper corner jack mount re-enforcement and tie-down bracket will be located (I've reserved access to all four corners for that very purpose).
The door wood dimensions are smaller than the door itself, due to the absence of the plastic edge frames. The final door requires 3/16" to 1/8" space on all sides for clearance, so completing the figuring of all issues, the door wood is 5/8" smaller, than is the opening.
And again, this build will provide access to this spot - an originally "unused space" hidden to the left of a couple of galley drawers.
One more piece to place on the "to finish" pile. Just two more doors, and some additional under counter assemblies, and we'll get back into "staining and priming and painting - oh my!"
