Over window cupboards for Skippy

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  1. sANDYbAY

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    This is the next little project I'm doing on the van while I've got the roof off for some welding.
    I like curves so I rejected the usual design of square cupboard and made life much more difficult for myself.
    First job was to find out what shape I needed for the cupboard supports,

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    As you can see no computers were harmed in this process, however lots of cardboard, Sellotape and bits of hardboard were.
     
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  2. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    You should get yourself a computer. ;)
     
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  3. davidoft

    davidoft Sponsor

    Or at least a compas
     
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  4. Silver

    Silver Needs points/will pay!

    Or a French curve and profile gauge.
     
  5. i like this approach ,options comes to mind , which one you going for bob .:thumbsup: ive always thought window cupboards would be good if you can get the right look , if it good i might copy :D
     
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  6. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    I like that. I tried that for my opening kitchen hinges, but had to give up eventually and use a computer, much against my will as I'm all CAD'ed out...
     
  7. sANDYbAY

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    I did try doing it with my iPad but the screen shattered when I tried to cut it into shape.
     
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  8. sANDYbAY

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    Anyway after deciding on the best shape I started working out how it would all hang together.
    I thought it would be easier to make two end supports and three central supports to give me four separate cupboards.

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    I intend to have a hidden LED strip and the curtain rail rebated into the bottom of the cupboards and wanted a clean look so started experimenting with some thin aluminium strips.

    I made a jig so I could clamp the aluminium and the gash looking spacers are in fact gash looking spacers to position the support piece exactly in the centre of the aluminium strip.

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    I'd roughened the centre of the ally to give the glue something to get a grip on.

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    I wanted all the strips to be the same thickness so the two ends needed a spacer so the ends of the cupboards were smooth and I'll probably cover the ends in headlining material.

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    And the holes are for all the wiring which will need to be run along behind the cupboards.
     
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  9. rickyrooo1

    rickyrooo1 Hanging round like a bad smell

    the wood thing in pic 1 looks like a smiling dolphin
     
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  10. sANDYbAY

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    Haha, I think you've just come up with a better name than 'over window cupboards' they will henceforth be known as "Dolphin Cupboards" :thumbsup:
     
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  11. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    I'm guessing from the screws that the glue didn't hold?

    Keep em coming, very interesting. :thumbsup:
     
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  12. sANDYbAY

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    Anyway after a few days work on the Dolphin Cupboards I now have the supports finished except for shiny black paint.

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    I finished one support with its aluminium strip and after the areldite had cured I tried to break it apart, I couldn't do it by hand but I did manage to break it off using pliers.
    As I don't want it falling apart after a year or so I decided to reinforce it using evenly spaced screws. I filled the screw heads and smoothed them off so they look nicer when they're painted.
     
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  13. sANDYbAY

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    Sort of,
     
  14. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    Apologies, cross-posted. Looks really good. I'd like some high cupboards, but with tin top not really any way without blocking the windows.
     
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  15. looking good bob :thumbsup:
     
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  16. Very nice! I'd love something like this in my bus eventually. Watching carefully :)
     
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  17. Terrordales

    Terrordales Nightshift

    Looks good Bob, I thought of doing something similar in mine but couldn't be bothered with the faffing about.
     
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  18. sANDYbAY

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    'Faffing About" is my middle name. :)
     
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  19. Cant wait to see the outcome. Looking good. In my head Ive something like that planned for mine. In reality its unlikely to happen unless i get someone to do it and to be able to point at summat and say .... do that! would be ideal.
     
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