Pumpkinass
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I'm assuming most of you have watched this?.. https://youtu.be/WJdfyh7bnjo
Here are photos of the new table. The wood is beech with a white wash to closely match the existing interior. The "Wizard of Wood" did a good job.Please post photos when complete
Thanks,
Ron
Might you have a dealer for this shelf in the US? The part and price quoted are correct. However, CaravnsPlus is located in Australia and states they do not ship internationallyOops! Left out the pic that shows the frig with the large open space before my modification. I recommend purchasing the plastic shelf from CaravnsPlus $28.80 and by pass Dometic. The part # is 2413981107 Upper Plastic Shelf for RMD8551. This is the same identical shelf used in the RMD8555. J&B
J&B or anyone,Joe - We have the 2015.5 UnityMB with the U-Lounge/Dinette table and we replaced the factory hardware that is mounted under the table and fits on to the locking pedestal post. It is the Springfield Tac-Lock Swivel Pivot Trac-Lock. It slides onto the pedestal and we just tighten the screw and it no longer swivels when we bump it or are driving down the road. We first mount the pedestal in the base plate and turn it untill it is tight. Next we place the table top onto the pedestal and lock it down. No twisting required. The pedestal has already been torqued tight prior to placing the table in position. There is a small button on the base plate that I push down when we need to remove the table pedestal for storage. First I remove the table top and next I take my foot and step on the plate button and at the same time I turn the pedestal post until it comes loose. Maybe the 2014 UnityMB has different hardware? J&B
R.D.,J&B or anyone,
I have a 2014 Unity MB. The base plate for the table sticks up about 1" (one inch) off the floor and has a little black button you push with your foot to unlock and unscrew to remove the pedestal. I've been told they changed the pedestal base on the latest models to a more flush pedestal and that on the new MB model you can even get a base plate in front of the captain chairs and either a new table top or use the normal table top giving you two table options. Anyone familiar with this?
R. D. Vanderslice
2014 Unity MB
Yes, this is an issue. I had all of my shades changed out at the MCD factory this year. The factory installer gave me some interesting choices for the kitchen shade. Putting a 2 shade (screen&blackout) is too much for this space. He installed just the blackout shade at the kitchen location. Even with just the blackout shade installed the valence has to be slightly tilted out for fit. Works well and no fires yet...Okay, an update to installing MCDs in place of the venetian blind in the kitchen. The valance is so narrow that it is impossible to snap the MCD blinds into their bracket with the valance fastened to the wall. The only choice is to unmount the valance from the wall, snap the MCDs into the supplied and mounted brackets, and then install the whole thing--valance and MCD shade--back on the wall. Trouble is, the "ell" brackets are covered up by the MCD shade and thus it is impossible to mount the whole thing back the way it was. Now what? Well, tomorrow, I will raise the whole unit up about 4 inches and attach the top of the valance/MCD to the bottom of the cabinet above the sink by drilling through the cabinet and fastening with screws through the bottom shelf of cabinet. Not what I wanted, but sturdy and a good fit. Arrgh. Nothing is easy.
When you pry the cutting board off is the "backside" of the sink cover surface polished? This sounds like a great idea as the cover is simply too heavy with that cutting board on it.Great idea for the sink cover. Did you leave the cutting board attached. My wife had me pry it of because it was too heavy.
When you pry the cutting board off is the "backside" of the sink cover surface polished? This sounds like a great idea as the cover is simply too heavy with that cutting board on it.Great idea for the sink cover. Did you leave the cutting board attached. My wife had me pry it of because it was too heavy.
I just unscrewed one side of the pipe hanger and put a piece of wood spacer the size needed to create the clearance I wanted for screwing on the cap or having a sewer hose connected with the panel door closed and the I took a 2" machine bolt, lock washer and washer to secure the hanger back.The black sewer pipe located on back underside of 2012 Unity blocks rear driver's outside storage compartment door from closing when flex sewer hose (I've tried several different hoses) is attached for draining, has anyone found a modification/solution that allows storage compartment door to be closed and latched when flex sewer hose is attached?
It would be so easy to make two or three or 10 of these. I'll take a set. Wonderful work.I decided to rework parts of the galley starting with the drawers. I may do a lot more with these yet but for starters I made up some dividers for the top drawer using 3/8" Baltic plywood which appears to be an exact match for what LTV used to begin with:
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The second focus was to make up a proper knife block that would be easy to work with on the road so I decided to make the second drawer into a cutlery tray:
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In this case I used solid maple stock that is fastened down to a piece of 1/2" MDF. Each of the knife slots has a 3/8" diameter hole about 1/4" deep drilled into the side near the handle end and 3/8" rare earth magnets are epoxied in to insure that the knives do not move during travel. I keep my knives pretty sharp and this is a much better way for them to travel without harming the edge.
The lower drawers are nice and deep but that typically means a deeper pile to dig through to find what you want. I tried an experiment for the first deep drawer that seems to be working pretty well - n this case I took a couple of expanding rods and ran them the length of the drawer so I could stack two drawer bins inside:
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bottom layer:
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I plan on trying to make a new double tier drawer this summer in my woodshop to completely replace the LTV drawer with one that has two levels along the lines of this except without all of the small dividers:
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The dividers were a piece of cake but the knife block wasn't quite as straightforward since I wasn't working from any previous plans or even a suggestion of how to do this for a mobile galley like we have.It would be so easy to make two or three or 10 of these. I'll take a set. Wonderful work.