Will the cabinets ever end?  Well, lets see, what were we working on today. Oh yeah, cabinets and doors… cabinets and doors… cabinets and doors. Today’s cabinets, the upper galley. The drawer in the center bottom will be really shallow as the back of the of the cabinet there will be a raceway for some of the cabin electrical. The cabin cabinets have only one more finish coat to be applied, and then I can hang them and move on to other things.

Just a quick update today showing the faces and doors in place on the cabin cabinets. On the left, the upper cabinet with the two center hinged doors. The center section will be left open. On the right, the head board cabinets. These doors are hinged at the bottom (not sure how I am going to latch/open these yet) but they will be used primarily for “long term” storage. Of course, after these pictures are posted, its time to take this all down and apply the varnish on the next warm day. Next stop, probably the galley.

I have definitely entered “Teardrop Time”. Even with a few days off, it seems like I am getting nothing done. Well, not nothing … but very little. It’s the details work that I love so much… NOT!. Anyway, I have the construction on the frames and doors completed (ready for finishing) for the interior cabinets. Although I have them laid out in the galley area in the photo, these will be installed in the cabin. The upper ones will form the headboard and the lower ones will be used on the overhead (or is that overfoot) cabinets.

I decided not to use the knotty alder panels in the doors. I think that would have been too many different grain patterns in such a small space, so I used the same material that we used on the walls. And, to keep it all (somewhat) consistent the grain is aligned horizontally to match the rest of the interior.

Started working today on the cabinet face framing today in the main cabin. The headboard cabinets will have Baltic birch panels and a maple frame. The upper cabinets will have the Baltic birch structure with maple frames also. But, to add a bit of character, I think I am going to use some leftover knotty alder for the door panels. We will have to see how they all go together before we build both doors. As you can see from the pictures, it is kind of slow going right now, but that’s teardrop time. The front cabinet is just a shallow open space divided into three sections. The outer sections will hold odds-and-ends like flashlights, books, games, etc… While the middle section will have a small space for toiletries and other items. The face of this cabinet is sloped so we can use it as a backrest for watching movies or reading if the weather keeps us inside. The main cabinet is quite large and the outer sections will probably be used to store clothes and have doors hinged in the center so you can get at things from inside or outside the tear. The center section will be left open on the off chance I can get a DVD player to put in there.

BTW: The pocket screw jig has become one of my favorite tools for this build. I probably have used almost 200 screws so far. I really don’t know how far I would have made it without it.