A recent previous post here shows where I was making "outside corner" molding for the camper interior. Trying to mimic what was originally installed, but no longer available. I had ripped lengths of vinyl household siding to obtain outside corner, which I'll fasten with the black screw, brass upholstery washer method used elsewhere in the interior.
But before I could install it in the four locations it belongs, I needed to complete a wall surface in one of those places - the stove top back and side coverings - in tile. Okay, okay now, let's just hold off on judgements. :)
But before I could do tile work (which I also need done before counter, which is also ready to work on), I had to get some work done on both the uneven mating of where the two wood surfaces meet at that corner, as well as decide definitively on the range vent opening. Let's work out the latter today.
The kids gave me their 1995 (I think) Skamper camper. It came with a truck he had bought for the wheels and tires and other stuff which he fixed with this and that and sold - which netted him profit. The camper structure is more work than he or I wanted, so I'm using it for a shed and for spare parts.
One of the parts is this Ventline Range hood with fan/light. Might it work well in Lil' Queeny? I had to find out.
Here you see it side by side with the little avocado colored manual unit that came originally. Note the differences in dimension.
The newer is about 1/2" wider. Under cabinet depths are different, smaller guy is for a deeper cabinet, newer guy is a shallower cabinet, but with a flare that "sticks out into the room" further.
The newer unit is also taller, making it closer to whatever you have on the stove top. And if you're a tall cook - which we are, that makes you have to bend further and work harder to put your fork up in the pan.
I sort of test fit the bigger unit and it really felt cramped in the galley. But what about fitting the fan/light box to the original hood?
Hmmmm. Well, let's see how it feels in the camper!
Yeah - I don't know. Naw!
Let's stick with manual. The original unit works on convection. Hot over the stove - open the (inside available) sliding vent door and let the heat (and moisture) escape. Need more than that? Open a window, or turn on the Fantastic fan. Gotta keep in mind her small size. Can't be dressing Lil' Queeny up with too much costume, if you know what I mean.
Besides, look at the difference in vent openings! That would require structural modification, and I already closed out that chapter. ;)
I also noticed the method for telescoping exterior/interior vent parts into one another were of the exact same design, old and newer. Plus the newer would require a plastic vent cover (trying to avoid too much of that when able). I think I have my exterior vent designs already figured out. No big deal.
Incidentally, this is the extra range. Might it work best?
Perhaps, but we like this one better.
And the fridge? Well the parts camper has this cool little 4 cubic foot Dometic. Nice unit.
Might work well in future as a spare or replacement, or an outright re-sale. Because we just think we want to keep the original era Hadco 410, shown upside down in this shot.
And that grey painted metal band around the outside fridge perimeter has need for some attention. Some rust, paint pulled from the stuck fridge door seal. This is part of the fridge that when installed, will be quite visible. Yeah. Needs attention.
And DW doesn't like the avocado color on the range vent, even IF the range is avocado. I can't disagree. One is just paint, while the other is appliance epoxy (I suppose). Quite different. So I pulled the chrome band off the vent in prep for some attention on it too.
And the other old Travel Queen parts camper also gave up a folding range cover in chrome plating. But it hadn't been treated well and was quite pitted.
DW wanted to use the range cover too, but had her own ideas on finishes.
Maybe we can talk about that tomorrow in Finishes & Finishing.
