Anyone interested in 83 Pace Arrow Tear down and Rebuild?

[fulltimin]

Started to look into some water damage in the kitchen of our 83 Pace Arrow. The more I looked, the more I found. I have some pics of the damage so far. Anyone interested in following a rebuild thread?

[fulltimin]

tarnold wrote:
Pre drilling will reduce splitting and won’t leave dimples from the clamp.

Yes it will. Just another way to accomplish the same job.

[fulltimin]

zigzagrv wrote:
While I appreciate your woodworking skill and creativity in building the shelf, why not just use a full extension drawer guide? They are sturdy and have a built in stop and easy to install.

wildmanbaker wrote:

zigzagrv wrote:
While I appreciate your woodworking skill and creativity in building the shelf, why not just use a full extension drawer guide? They are sturdy and have a built in stop and easy to install.

Exactly!

I guess the short answer is .... Because I can. Lol. Do not be concerned. This drawer is the only drawer in the coach that I will use this type of slide.

One and done. (Thank goodness for that)!!! Lol.

You will not have to endure more drawers being built like this one.

Ok, ok, the cheering can die down now........

[Bill_Satellite]

If he did it the reasonable, normal or easy way this thread would have been over a year ago! This is a project by an experienced carpenter showing off his skills. It's interesting but you have to just go with the flow....or not.

[wildmanbaker]

zigzagrv wrote:
While I appreciate your woodworking skill and creativity in building the shelf, why not just use a full extension drawer guide? They are sturdy and have a built in stop and easy to install.

Exactly!

[tarnold]

Pre drilling will reduce splitting and won’t leave dimples from the clamp.

[zigzagrv]

While I appreciate your woodworking skill and creativity in building the shelf, why not just use a full extension drawer guide? They are sturdy and have a built in stop and easy to install.

[fulltimin]

I think I mentioned this before, but I'll mention it again. Using a clamp on plywood when driving Kreg screws, or other screws, will prevent the plywood from splitting.

[fulltimin]

Here is my first test fit. It's very close, but will require just a touch of adjustment for a proper fit.

It's off probably about 1/16" Once that is corrected, it will be time to finish the installation.

[fulltimin]

Now, we've gotten the first slide temporarily screwed in place for our test fit. I then repeated this on the opposite side.

[fulltimin]

Next up is to put the bottom drawer slide into place. I pre-drilled some holes for the screws to go through.

I added some extra holes at the front and near the top, to help keep the plywood from splitting from the weight of having an oven hanging on the front of this slide.

[fulltimin]

The other side was a little easier to deal with. Since this was out in the open, I could just clamp my home made square in place to mark things.

[fulltimin]

I needed the prior measurement for this. In this photo, the red arrow points to where the height of the drawer bottom needs to be, in order to allow the oven to fit here.

The blue indicates the distance in the prior photo, so I know where to put the bottom of the drawer slide.

[fulltimin]

I took a measurement from the distance of the shelf I am going to use to hold our oven, to the bottom of the drawer guide.

[fulltimin]

Today the wife and I were cleaning out/reorganizing our chest freezer. It occurred to me, that it would really be nice to have a freezer in the Moho, even if it were not nearly as large as the one we have currently in the S&B.

Most of the Refer/Freezer combo's have a relatively small freezer in them.

I have seen some of the smaller portable refer/freezer units that can be used as a combo, all refer, or all freezer.

Does anyone use a separate freezer for fulltiming or otherwise?

I thought maybe we could use a slightly smaller refer if we have a slightly larger freezer for longer storage.

Anyone using something like that?

[fulltimin]

Here's a closer pic of the joint. The top and bottom side pieces will be screwed to the side of the wall, and the drawer bottom with side pieces fastened will be the sliding pieces.