Can't stop making things!!

I'm getting more and more confident with woodwork! I've read a lot of tutorials and articles about how to make things strong yet lightweight and I think I'm really starting to get the hang of it! Here's what I've done over the last week or so: Bed (1st section) This...

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Water tank

Next was to fit the water tank. The water tank I bought came with it's own fixings. It's basically four bolts that hold the water tank into place. I had to fit these bolts to battens and then fit the battens to the wall. This proved quite awkward as there was metal behind...

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Electric hook up

Didn't do anything last weekend due to going to visit my sister in London and meet my new niece Amber. So made a big effort to crack on with things this week! The first job was fitting the electric hookup. This will be used when we are on a camp site or have some other...

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Let there be light!!!

A while ago I bought my lights for the van. I got some flush fitting LED downlights from a company off ebay. These are 2.6w each, so power drain should be quite low. They should produce a warm light. Anyway, the came with some weird connectors on the end, so I had to email...

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Oh... what a feeling.....

So it was time to try and get the ceiling in. This wasn't to hard of a job, the only hard bit was getting around the rooflight. This proved quite tricky! I cut all the cladding to size, making sure each of the joins lined up with the roof battens each side. I then marked,...

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Let the building begin...

Has been a tough few days trying to get my  head around how to build the first seat box. I made several mistakes along the way but I think I got there in the end. So I started off with a basic design using simple butt joints. These would all sit round 4 or 5 thick,...

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Controversial name change!!!

Ok, so controversially, I have decided to change the vans name. Teabag just wasn't sticking with me and Kim didn't like it. It also didn't really follow on from my old van very well (Arthur). Me and Greaves named Arthur after a guy we met when we did our coast to coast...

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Sunday - The day of Varnish

We nipped to Screwfix and Homebase to pick up some varnish and a couple of other bits. The wood needed sealing in order to protect it. So I used a water based varnish on all the ply, I'm not bothered how this looks because it won't be seen, it's purely for protection. I...

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