Sep
01
2014
The area underneath the stainless steel bench has been filled in with drawers from Ikea, and we now have cupboard doors too.
I needed to fit a 'brace' in the middle of the narrow cupboard to stop the sink from flexing when weight was put on it. It had a static sag of about 5mm just from the weight of the sink and stove, so the brace brings it back to a level bench and it stops some vibration/resonance of the bechtop too.
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These are simply Ikea Rationelle system drawers, which have soft closing rails. Pretty easy to install, and although they are not the lightest solution the weight is not a huge issue when you're building a truck. If we have any problems with things breaking, we can always get replacement items from any Ikea shop around Australia.
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It is looking a lot tidier now with the cupboard doors on :)
I still need to get some latches to positively lock the doors closed whilst in transit. Even though I have industrial strength (8Kg) magnets holding the doors closed I'll feel happier with some 100% latching system for travel over big corrugations.
BTW - the little monitor on the wall in the bottom right of the photo is a gas detection meter. It will pick up traces of gas (propane or butane) and sound an alarm, much like a smoke alarm.
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