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hope you chuck or wash your cloths says the southern knowall,a lot of these oils are linseed based got a feeling daisymini's doors are 15mm,too thin to make up as a frame,but if she likes panelled doors,then 6mm strips of pine can be fixed to painted birch ply .but the water based coloured...

are you thinking of using the knock in edging? it'll need some sort of frame to cover the join.can you remember the colour of thr external woodwork on that caravan thing?thats 2 coats of waterbased stain/varnish,also your top cupboard doors need to stay the same thickness as they are now because...

one sheet of 12 or 15mm birch ply might be enough for all the doors needed,with the edges rounded over by a router and stained or painted

gripfill,its what all the others try to copy,tubes are cheap,try a small piece of wood overnight then see what it takes to shift it

screwfix do one about 40 quid,thats fine

i,ve done as alan said and cut the front off these things.had one on a cupboard door with a flexi pipe,they normally cut to about 4 inches

i like resourcefulness,good job !

some advice,always have a bit of plastic sheet and some electricians tape handy in case it rains before you're done,handy tip#27

this frame which won't be seen,can be made of any timber nailed together then justglued in place with gripfill or similar.if you want,you can cut the ceiling,glue the frame in then when its set next day, cut the roof hole,thats the way i do it.

unless the vanette is built like a tank i have never seen structural ribs as close together as you suggest and suspect firefox may be right. a structural rib is a 'U' shaped metal section welded or glued to the inside of the roof.even in a van like mine they're at least 60 cms apart, are you...

nice job mate

i got a couple of windows what size you want ?

what can i say ? to have started with a motor that needed a fair bit of work before you even start the main build? well done mate

what groyne said

the easiest,neatest and strongest way would be to make a tubular metal frame.lets see if i can explain a wooden bed.i would start by making a ply box for the seat going across the van which would make the width of the bed say 54 inches by24,this is just a simple top opening lockerusually...

here i yam ! can you weld or get a bit done ?

just looked at the data sheet and 252 looks good for the job too

i use 221 for this kind of thing

those flue tanks were quite common on the canal barges,just a length of galv flue with a tank around it,built square to fit in a cupboard.bet theres still some around in the canal boatyards. or pull the heat from your engine cooling system

vans are so cheap in britain, i like to think of them as a disposable,after all there has to be some advantages to living in a consumer society.i've generally bought vans with the attitude that i will be the last owner,this has alloowed me to not consider resale,because that wasn't going to...