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looks good Ray!
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That looks great. I was thinking of just using a portable countertop stove with a quick connect but now after seeing yours I think I'll do something similar. I like the garage door lock as well. I'm going to have to steal that idea too! I really don't like how someone could just stick a screwdriver or something in the padlock hole and lock me in mine. Keep up the good work, your making the planning stages of mine easier!
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You are THE MAN Ray!!! 
The only way I could be more impressed is if the trailer was bigger. There would be more room for displaying your ideas and craftsmanship!
The only way I could be more impressed is if the trailer was bigger. There would be more room for displaying your ideas and craftsmanship!
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Received the bathroom sink faucet from ebay the other day and spent this afternoon hooking it up and plumbing in the sink drain, no leaks, and all plumbing is complete on the rig now! This bathroom vessel sink is made from a $14.00 plastic bowel, I couldnt find a glass vessel sink small enough that was under $150.00, so I compromised. Moving on soon to some more wireing! 
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Nice job Rayzer! Your thread is the reason I popped for my M146 recently. I'll try to live up to your craftsmanship and ingenuity!
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Ok don't get me wrong here this is an amazing build and your craftsmanship is top notch. I plan to one day do something half as nice as yours, but that bathroom is WAY to nice to be inside a MV trailer. I was showing your pics to the wife and when she saw the bathroom she got all excited. I don't know maybe that's why you did it was to please the woman, but I was not expecting to see something like that.
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Congratulations on your m146 acquisition! I look foward to seeing some progress on your build! Have some pics?
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I like the sink, Ray!
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WAY to go Ray! "Adapt, Modify, Survive!" Purty nifty keen on the bowl! How'd ya drain her? With 3/4" pvc again? Curious plumbers want to know. LOL If my house looked like your trailer, my wife would be in heaven. ROFLMAO! Some see problems, you see challenges, and we get to see the successful results! Thanks!
God bless,
Tony
God bless,
Tony
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Thankyou sir, I used 1.5" pvc on the bathroom sink drain, (see post 577 pic #2), because it was easily accessible to the rest of the plumbing, used a common ptrap under the sink cabinet and then down through the floor. I hope you approve, im an amateur at best with this plumbing stuff.
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Thankyou sir, most women seem to have that same reaction to this bathroom, lol!
But I didn't design or build it this way to make the woman happy, although I may have said something to that affect to my wife to justify all the time and money spent on it!
When I bought the trailer, she was a little run down, I would spend hrs just sitting inside on the floor envisioning how she would turn out, she, for some reason,seemed to demand the "elegent treatment".
Besides, all this attention to detail spent on her just really satisfies my OCD!
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Thanks Ray. I have a few pics from the recovery with my phone. As soon as I slow down I'll bet back out to it with a decent camera and post some pics along with the M932A2 I recovered with it :0)
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Some more progression on the kitchen, had a friend cut up some brushed stainless sheet for the back splashes, the exhaust hood is being welded up and should be ready to install in a couple of days!
Almost finished with the kitchen!
Almost finished with the kitchen!
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Looks good Ray. That stainless reminds me on something ....
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What does it remind you of apache? Dennys?
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Too clean to be Denny's. LOL
God bless,
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God bless,
Tony
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Im sorry apache, there probably aren't any Dennys (restaurant / diner) in germany, so you might not get that joke.
I went back and looked at your camper build and saw where you used some stainless and it looked great!
Stainless steel is some amazing metal, it's very hard.
To cut the 4.5" hole for my exsaust: I had to use a slow speed 1/2" hand drill and hole saw, (drill pres low speed way to fast),with the back splash placed onto a piece of plywood on the floor, with screws through the 4 corners of the metal panel, and a second person applying lubrication, one slip and the whole things ruined!
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no problem Ray, i get it
yummy....pancake breakfast at dennys...long time ago.
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showth...V-Conversion&p=1379555&viewfull=1#post1379555
cutting large holes in stainless can be pain....with a holesaw i usually saw a hole in a piece of plywood, use this as a template and "sandwich" the sheetmetal between the template and a second plywood.
Other good method is a slow bandsaw for metal. Same procedure as with a jigsaw, but without the scratches.
Drilling sheetmetal is *§#&%.... with bad luck it ends at the ER.
But otherwise it's a good place to meet nice women
yummy....pancake breakfast at dennys...long time ago.
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showth...V-Conversion&p=1379555&viewfull=1#post1379555
cutting large holes in stainless can be pain....with a holesaw i usually saw a hole in a piece of plywood, use this as a template and "sandwich" the sheetmetal between the template and a second plywood.
Other good method is a slow bandsaw for metal. Same procedure as with a jigsaw, but without the scratches.
Drilling sheetmetal is *§#&%....
with bad luck it ends at the ER.But otherwise it's a good place to meet nice women
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Worked most of today on glueing and attaching the backsplash pieces in the kitchen, the exhaust hood turned out nice thanks to my friends welding skills!
Also finished the exsaust stack, used a 200cfm 12v, 4" marine bildge blower inline. I will remove the stack cap and install a hard cap when under way. Redneck engineering at it's finest!
Also finished the exsaust stack, used a 200cfm 12v, 4" marine bildge blower inline. I will remove the stack cap and install a hard cap when under way. Redneck engineering at it's finest!
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Out standing Ray!!!!!