Building Upper Cabinets: Part 33 - RAM Promaster 2500 Van Conversion
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ธ.ค. 2022
- Hey All, wow, What an exciting time in our van build process. Today, we are working on our Upper Cabinets. This has been a really daunting project but we took a very methodical process and are really happy with the way our cabinets came out.
We had three goals for this project. The cabinets had to be very strong, very light and very secure. We used different thicknesses of Baltic Birch plywood, and crossbraces made of select pine. The combination of these woods really helped us to meet our goals. In this video, we will show you exactly how we built our cabinets…..how we did our joinery, cutting, planning, etc.
We hope you will watch this video and use the info the make your cabinet build go more smoothly. We’ve done all the hard work for you….so just follow along.
If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment below, and please give a thumbs-up if you enjoyed this video and found in helpful to you. Subscribe to our channel to follow along on our entire van build series.
Blessings to you
Marc and Tania
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Lumber we used in this episode:
3/4” Baltic Birch Plywood
1/2” Baltic Birch Plywood
1/4” Baltic Birch Plywood
1”x2” Select Pine
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Thank you for showing us how to square upper cabinets to the floor of the van! No other youtubers had shown us how to do it! :)
I find the most helpful van videos are the ones that display actual problem solving rather than a heavily edited sequence that only vaguely mentions the trouble spots. As we all know, building in a van is all about navigating the unexpected and that is where communal knowledge is key. Thanks again, been enjoying watching your videos and seeing your skills get even more refined as time goes on.
Love your videos. We are building out a 2500 also and love the additional info you have that the other videos I watch (and I watch a lot) don’t have. The added bonus is the respect and willingness you have to teach, encourage, and support your wife in the participation of the van build. Love it all!
I am so impressed!!! I just found you, and your channel has been so helpful as I am just starting my van build. As a 64 year young retired woman, I am not sure what made me think I can do a self build. As I watch you, you really break each task down, and you don't rush through. Do you have a Facebook page where I can also follow you?
Your videos are priceless! Amazes me they don’t have thousands of views. Thanks for the great content :)
I'm a carpenter in England your video is spot on guys probably the best informative way to do it on the internet. My son is just making his cabinets as I post he gets lost when I explain how to do it so im going to share your video to him so Thankyou I have subscribed 👍🏻
Wet nail polish on the bolt heads would have done the trick first try.
Hey Marc, I love how you approach the issues and challenges. Keep up the great work, your van looks like it going to be awesome.
Nice job! Learning a lot from your videos. Great approach and thought process. The bride and I are getting geared up to do our first (and hopefully last) Promaster. Thanks.
Another job done to perfection! Your build is going to be so beautiful when it’s done. I found the same frustrations when working with play dough- I finally resorted to dabbing a little bit of poster paint (washable) on the riv nut and positioning the cabinet (or whatever I’m mounting) in the right spot, pushing down on the cabinet and painted nut, and praying😊. It’s worked so far! Really nice job guys. Merry Christmas!
Can make these lighter by not adding a top and back skin if one is okay with the ceiling and wall of van filling this role.
Nice cabinets and she is cute with the play dough.
Great idea with attaching directly to the frame. We are in the middle of a build now and have our design down, but finding all sorts of useful tips like that from you guys. Also wondering if you're a network or sysadmin guy now :P
Love the music. What's the title/artist? Also, do you use epidemic music for the soundtrack?
Hard to get baltic birch because it comes from Russia and companies like Rockler have stopped importing it.
Marc, what is the dimension of your cabinet in the dinette area? 😊