Very professional and well done! Thanks for showing this. You can't find this quality of work without paying big $$. Doing it yourself saved big!!!

Thank you for the video. So good to see your wife included. Genius cable management.

Another awesome video! You guys seem to provide me with more great ideas just in the knick of time. Well done!

Perfect timing! Rebuilding our cabinet in a couple weeks and we’ve been looking around for packing cubes. Those latches 👌

@EXPLORISTlife

Жыл бұрын

🙌👍🙌

It's always super clean and meticulous construction.. 👍👍👍

Another amazingly informative video. I have "bookmarked" so many of your videos and am referencing for my van build. Surprisingly, most have nothing to do with electrical as I'm using a power bank. Y'all do great work and I loved the opening of this video!

@EXPLORISTlife

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

Excellent as usual, BRAVO !

@EXPLORISTlife

Жыл бұрын

Hey vincent lehmann, Thanks so much! Cheers!

Beautiful work Nate. Very good presentation and inspiring.

@EXPLORISTlife

Жыл бұрын

Hey Clint's Tiny Trailer Conversions, Thanks so much! Cheers!

Great job! It turned out really nice. Thanks for sharing!

@EXPLORISTlife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Great informational video. Awesome job. Thanks Don

@EXPLORISTlife

Жыл бұрын

Hey, Don Davis! I appreciate that. Thanks for watching! 🙂😀

Great looking cabinet.

@EXPLORISTlife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Larry!

Respect !! good job Sir

@EXPLORISTlife

Жыл бұрын

Hey 88corinutza, Thanks so much! Cheers!

This USB cable is cool idea. I’ll use that with next project.

@EXPLORISTlife

Жыл бұрын

Nice! Yeah, it's super handy. We had one in our old sprinter for pretty much the same purpose. I'm glad I've found cable chains, though, as the last time around we just let the wires dangle. 🤷😂

As a former cabinet maker, I dont understand why your putting a toe kick on all 4 sides of a cabinet? The toe kick only needs to be set in from the front, not all 4 sides. It should sit flush with the sides and back. That would also make the cabinet more stable.

@EXPLORISTlife

Жыл бұрын

The toe kicks needed to be inset on the sides so the brackets weren't protruding and the bathroom and storage cabinets could be mounted side by side. Plus, the toe kick on 'right' side of the cabinet is nice for when I'm spun around backwards working from the driver seat. For the back, that's just how we did it. 🤷 I think there was a clearance issue with the lower L-Track and adding a toe kick on the back fixed that. I can't remember. The cabinet is PLENTY stable since it's bolted to the floor and wall L-Track and will never be used when not bolted down.

Thanks!

@EXPLORISTlife

Жыл бұрын

Hey, Will! I appreciate that. Thanks for watching! 🙂😀

Excelente!

This looks great! Top quality video too. Only detail I'm not a fan of is the gap between the toe kicks of the two units - seems like a space destined to gather dirt!

@EXPLORISTlife

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it'd be quite a bit harder to secure the cabinet to the L-Track on that side without that gap. A vacuum with a hose attachment will take care of any dirt that gets back there.

Looks great and wonderful explanation on how to build. Do you have links to the Led strips and associated components you recommend? (Track, diffuser, etc)

1 minute in, nice!

Cabinet maker at one time

A better way to attach the cable chain is ride along the bottom side of the drawer so that as the cable chain opens and closes it rolls flush against the side of the cabinet instead of making a weird loop underneath. You can even add a piece of L-bracket with a beveled edge to support as it rolls forward.

@EXPLORISTlife

Жыл бұрын

We tried that. It was not better, no. It was in the way of the cubes. The way we did it works great! 👍

Those cabinets look awesome. The looks, functionality, practicality, really rugged in combination with the L-tracks. Thanks again for making this video! But what is the weight of each of those modular cabinet? I hope your not getting bored with the weight question. 😆 Ps those bags are an excellent idea as dividers

@EXPLORISTlife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I didn't grab a final weight of our cabinets. This one, in particular, was the lightest one (except for our upper cabinets) since it only had one drawer (drawers are heavy) and no doors (although doors aren't that heavy). The Butcher block countertop is definitely the heaviest part

Another great video!! Can you please share the finished external dimensions of this cabinet? And maybe the same for the toilet cabinet too? Thx heaps!!!

@EXPLORISTlife

Жыл бұрын

Even better, you can just get the 3d models and cut list for these projects here: shop.explorist.life/shop/all-products/plans-and-diagrams/3d-files-project-templates/camper-van-cabinetry-plans-full-set/

Question: which 12 volt outlet socket do you recommend? My husband and I have built out a 2021 Mercedes Sprinter using your wiring guide. We took your advice and put in 12 volt outlet sockets and purchased 12 volt USB outlet plugs. The problem is the plugs have a tendency to wiggle when driving down the road and thus, the device we are charging does not get charged. Thank you in advance for your response. We find your videos inspiring, educational, and extremely helpful.

@tomwilliam5118

Жыл бұрын

Question I have are you using a wall adapter to charge the phone or are you plugged right into the USB socket in the wall. You may have not purchased high quality items

would you be willing to share the info on that 120v outlet with usb a and c ports? im building a camper now, and would love that style of outlets.

Great stuff - I love how you guys approach things & hiw clear you are in your documentation. Couple of questions… 1. Why use kreg pocket screws on sides of drawers yet glue/nail bottom when you could glue/nail all of it (using corner clamps to establish square)? 2. Why do your toe-kicks not go all the way across the width of each unit?

@EXPLORISTlife

9 ай бұрын

Pocket holes & glue is stronger than finish nails & glue & since the bottoms of the drawers were 1/4" ply, we couldn't use pocket holes there. Since the cabinets are modular and can be placed anywhere in the van, we wanted toe kicks on all sides so that no matter where we put the cabinets, we'd have space at the bottom.

@AsTheTreeBends

9 ай бұрын

@@EXPLORISTlife Perfect! Thankyou for explaining… I knew there would be good reasons. Makes sense using nails for the 1/4” drawer base, since the alternative traditional approach of creating a groove for it to sit in would reduce space available (works fine if you use hidden undermount runners since you need that space anyway)

Hi do you have any plans you can sell for the kitchen units ?

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Can you tell me what type of strip lighting you are using?

Do you have a link for the LED light strips you used? Thanks!

Great informative video as usual! Minute 5:29: can you provide a link to the cable chain shown?

@EXPLORISTlife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Sure! Cable chain: amzn.to/3zeKC9T

@charlevoix418

Жыл бұрын

@@EXPLORISTlife Many thanks!

You can prevent drilling blow-outs on plywood with good tape double layered or clamping a sacrificial piece of wood to the back side, check with other wood worker channels. But it does take extra time, so it's a balance.

@EXPLORISTlife

Жыл бұрын

For sure! We always do that when it's important.

@markjackson6829

Жыл бұрын

@@EXPLORISTlife cool ya it just depend upon getting professional outcomes, as you can.

@markjackson6829

Жыл бұрын

By the way I'm going over your solar stuff again and I know I will have some comments, to help you and me. No offence meant but I'm checking with many other sites and books etc., and some of your stuff is too specific to Victron, I will clarify. If you did a paperback book that I could markup, I would buy it! And I do have a lot of electrical experience just getting my mind around solar details, you've been very helpful, thanks!

@EXPLORISTlife

Жыл бұрын

Great! Yeah, I find that getting highly specific is the way I can teach the best. I'll write a book one of these days, but I just don't have enough hours in the day at the moment.

@markjackson6829

Жыл бұрын

@@EXPLORISTlife Yep , the same here, my kids want me to do some videos, but I'm not there yet with solar, and your already a step above all around in the general quality that I'm doing, lol! But, I'm doing different stuff also with hybrid solar boats and Suburbans and stuff so I may, but I have to make shure, I'm correct in my advice etc.!

Did I miss the part that shows the cabinets attaching to the floor track ?

@EXPLORISTlife

Ай бұрын

Yep. It was in there. 😉

Does it matter if the slides are mounted towards the top of the drawer rather than the bottom. Or would they interfered with what you mounted underneath the drawer

@EXPLORISTlife

Жыл бұрын

Flights?

@tomwilliam5118

Жыл бұрын

​@@EXPLORISTlifeusing Google Speech I just now reread my post it was horrible corrected it I didn't think you'd read them that fast drawer and slides

@EXPLORISTlife

Жыл бұрын

😂🤷🤣 Oh, I see. I don't believe it matters where the slides go on the drawer. Maybe actual cabinet makers have strong opinions about that, but I don't believe it matters.

shouldn't the walls have been fixed ON the bottom?

@EXPLORISTlife

Жыл бұрын

Nah. That would have looked weird.

@shuba_duba

Жыл бұрын

​@@EXPLORISTlife i'm talking about strenght . u'll see in time

@EXPLORISTlife

Жыл бұрын

I just need them to last as long as the van, which they will do. Feel free to build your cabinets however you like, though. You don't need to armchair quarterback my cabinet construction. 🤭

Why do people still use birch plywood for campervans? Too heavy. Should be using poplar light weight instead with professional veneer finishes only 23 kg per sheet vs. birch 38kg and terrible look.

@ifell3

Жыл бұрын

I think looks are subjective but I get what you mean. I've been looking into the plywood encapsulated foam boards but not to sure if they will be strong enough.

@EXPLORISTlife

Жыл бұрын

We use birch because it's lightweight, strong, looks good and is readily available. Poplar is not as strong, so we'd have to use a thicker plywood to get the same strength at the joints plus it's simply not available at our local lumber yard and if I was going to have something shipped in, I would choose something with a cooler grain pattern like bamboo. Ultimately, though, use whatever wood you like in your camper. There's really not a 'wrong' choice; just a bunch of personal preferences.

@oh2hqe

Жыл бұрын

Vote for birch as well. It do handle quite well with bending. Birch itself’s density is tight, therefore it weights as well. Some had made lighter by saw holes there. And surely a lot depend abt planning, where, how much surface is really needed and so on.

@vangeezerexperience

Жыл бұрын

If weight is your only factor, you shall not use plywood-built cabinets at all, you framebuild them with 1-1,5" sticks and use really thin sheets (appr. 5-6 mm) as a skin. Poplar is not as strong as birch and would require a thicker plywood.

@897aa33

Жыл бұрын

@Vangeezer Experience weight is always a factor when building campervan. Hence, most RVs build Co. never use birch, which is ugly looking in comparison to veneer finishes. Run a search and see how well poplar with veneer finishes hold together so good that after 20 years, people move to another campervan project.