Thank you

@blazingwanderers

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Thank you, thank you, thank you ... I've been thunking for over a year on how to do upper cabinets in my Transit. You're so right, absolutely nothing is square. And a digital level, never knew they existed, so it'll be in my Amazon order tonight. Much appreciated ... your build is excellent ... thank you for sharing your progress.

@blazingwanderers

Жыл бұрын

I’m so happy this is helpful! This kept my husband up at night for weeks! And as you can imagine, he’s a bit of a perfectionist😊

Thanks very helpful as I think ahead to this

@blazingwanderers

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

Thank you for the video. One question - with so many angle brackets used to join the extrusions, did you find it more challenging to install cabinet panels?

@blazingwanderers

3 ай бұрын

For our flat panels, we used a threaded insert in the back of the wood and fastened with T-nuts. The angle brackets work really well as they give you a lot of flexibility to make adjustment with the 8020 as you tighten down the nut. No issues and would do this again if I had to rebuild!

I really like your video's and your van build. I am also in the middle of my Transit HR Ext. build. My question is, how is using your level meter going to be accurate unless you have leveled all your wheels to make the van floor perfectly level? Otherwise you will be not getting square to the floor. I am measuring from the floor and then parallel and perpendicular to the floor.

@jlhotegaston

6 ай бұрын

Yes, we did realize that we had a slight slope in our driveway, and so we measured it (with the level meter!) and took that into account as an offset when we measured in the van . The other way around that is to use levelers under the van, but we were able to make it work!

Interesting! How are you preventing to create a "cold bridge" from the outside, as basically now the outer skin of the van and the interior cabinets are connected? or In a cold day, do you feel the outside temperature through the cabinets? Thanks in advance for your input!

@blazingwanderers

Жыл бұрын

We have only used it once in late March in west Texas where it got cold those nights-in the 40s. We did have to turn on our Webasto heater a few times during the night (on a program) but not for long. All of our walls (even behind the cabinets) are insulated with KILMAT and THINSULATE so it’s pretty cozy inside and I don’t notice any major temperature difference around the cabinets.

I appreciate the great, practical video on 8020 nitty gritty. I’m in the design phase for my cabinets and feeling intimidated. If you’d placed your plus nuts further in, would you skip the wedge approach altogether?

@blazingwanderers

Жыл бұрын

We discussed that a bit. Just like in your standard house, walls and cabinets are not square either, and a lot have wooden shims behind them. Obviously, having the plus nuts where you want them to be makes life easier! But even then, you’ve got to make sure they line up exactly with your design. once we started using the digital level and could measure more accurately, cutting shims of various degrees was pretty easy.

What size aluminum extrusion is that 10 series?

@blazingwanderers

8 ай бұрын

15 series!

I just turn off when anyone starts using any kind of level on a van build... You need to go back to school. If your van is not PERFECTLY level, you are wasting your time. And even if it were, as soon as you step in to do anything it will move because of your weight and stuff called suspension 🙄🙄 please stop making videos using a level...

@blazingwanderers

10 күн бұрын

Well, it worked for us, and all of our cabinets are perfectly straight and level. We made adjustments for when we stepped inside and on our gently sloping driveway. Lucky for us, our build turned out great and we would do this again in our next build. You don’t have to use our tips(although several folks have with lots of success) but thank you for your constructive criticism.