 Hello and welcome to another video, this is part 2 of the van build and today we are fitting the furniture, hopefully we're going to get the storage in and some drawers today. I'm just cutting in behind this plastic bit to fill the door full of insulation. We're going to build a frame, put in the furniture, it's all custom built, put in the furniture, hopefully get some sliding drawers, I've just got some 550mm drawer runners so that the drawers can pull out that way but I'll show you that as we get to it. Stay tuned. Use talk us through what we're doing with this. We've got 12 mill plyers which we're making the drawers out of, 270mm deep so plenty of storage, 600 by 650mm. These are for the back of the van? These are for the back of the van, two good big drawers that you can use to cook on as well. So the extra strength is just to put a rivet joint into each side, don't need anything plastic for this. Then you can glue and nail it and it will be as strong as you'll ever need it. And have you got one that you made earlier, Blue Peter? So there's one already riveted out. So you can see there, he's just taking that off with the saw. And put them together to get a good strong joint. And we love a good strong joint. 12mm plyer we're using for the furniture. Still to be glues and pinned but that is a good job that mate. Right this bulkhead has got a chamfered edge on it that goes all the way along and the bolts are located along the curve so it's really difficult to find where they are. So we've knocked up this little template that when you put in is flush and we know now that all our timber batten has to be at that angle. It's a chew, said timber batten. We've got to get that to that angle sir. What a work to do just for one bit. It's a Bill's wonderful machines. Got a lovely chamfer on that and that should. The moment of truth. Like a glove. Now the next noodle scratcher is getting it attached to it and finding out the existing bolt holes. We're in. The side is wrong. I can't be on the wrong side. The side is on the wrong side. I like that. Smooth criminal. So these will come out. Maybe go up at the top of there so you can work on it. We've just seen maybe like a lid on this bit here and then two finger holes. That comes off and goes across there. Put some light beading on there. Yeah that's doable. We're going to get that fixed down and that's today's work. Sorted. I think that's it for today then. So yeah well imagine this is screwed down and that's it for today. We've almost lost another role of insulation in here because once you start jamming it up with digits you can lose a lot. We've created a vapor barrier. We've been working on the timber for the bulkhead there which is at Nick's foot. That's taken a lot longer than we thought and Bill's knocked this up. So it's time and work. It's time and work. Right we're back. Today we're going to try and get the rest of the timber work done. It's a big ask but with Bill on board there's a good chance we'll do it. These are the drawers that have already gone in and we're going to start coming down here. There's going to be storage in there so access here and at the top. There's going to be a drawer here that will pull out this way. This is where I'm going to put my fridge. We're going to make something that comes just below this window. The fridge here, a drawer on top of the fridge and then I want to make three drawers where I am here. Just for extra storage. Storage is key in this. I just basically want somewhere where I can store stuff and sleep. I'm not too fussed about having a cooker in here because it's such a small van. I don't really want to be doing much cooking. And I've got all my camping stoves and stuff that I can pull out the drawers at the back. We'll put a table over that and I can do my cooking out there if needs be. And then there'll be cushions that go across here and down both sides. And the backrests will then go into the middle here to create the bed. So we need to come up with a thing that comes out here maybe like on a hinge. And that'll support the bed. We're going to have a table in the middle. The top of the table will come off and we can put that down here to fill this space. And then we can put the cushions over that. As you can see it comes out a little bit. Which still gives ample room to get in and out with all my clobber. So this is the first bit of the finish that we're putting in. It's like a walnut MGF composite. So it's just the job matches in with the floor. So it's very look. First bit. Look at that. Coming out now. That looks well, doesn't it? It's going to look smart. Job is a good one. Job is a good one. Nice. And it's going to have the same on the sides here. Come all the way around. Around the front on here. Obviously there's a drawing here. So that's all going to match. It's all going to be the same finish. So you can put what angles on there you want. I'm going to trim this off on the bottom here. So you're not going to lift the liner every time you're running it out. Bit of an oak trim on there. And then some to come out here to put the bed on. That's right. We're going to have some contraption. Whether it's a lift up flack in front of the draw or something that swings around. We'll make that up as we go. We're back. It's freezing cold. Let me show you where we're at so far. We've got this here which looks like it's not straight but it's because the window tapers off this way. Everything is straight. We've got a space under here. That's where the fridge is going to go. And on top we have the drawers. And then this is all just storage on this side. And drawers are varying sizes. So plenty of space in there. And that's all attached to this frame which is then attached to the floor. But that's that so far. Today we're going to start making a top for this. We're going to... Well Bill's going to play down some oak. And then we're going to clad everything else in the same as this dark wood here. Right, the plan is now to put some 12mm ply over this. There's a lot of space down here so I want access to that because I can fit my winter sleeping bag in there so I can get one, two winter sleeping bags. So there'll have to be a hinge on here so we can access that. And then I had the idea of cladding this and then having one door opens this way and then this will open and that'll open but all the way and we'll have some on here so that it rests so I can use that as a work surface, a cooking surface and then marry it up on here as well so you've got two. And that'll open as well. And so one, two bits will open out this way and create a little cooking area outside. That's the plan. Just a bit of Adam Sandler in. Just barely taking all these little wooden burrs off here so that it's not all shabby when it's used as a lid. We've got all this in which looks a bit higgledy-piggledy. Needs a bit of jigging around but the idea is that now these will lift out this way and give access to these side bits and then these will lift up on hinges all the way over and be supported by the drawer and that'll sit like that so you've got a work surface there. You've got one there as well. You can have them both out at once. See, have your T-place grabble do what you want. And now we've just got to figure out getting it all screwed in. So this project you will need back to sticky tape. Don't forget to get permission from an adult before you use knives and don't run with scissors. Right, we've got a piano hinge which we're going to put on the cupboard slash seat, slash bed at the back so that we can have the drawer coming all the way back and so we're going to cut that down file it off so it's not annihilating the fingers and then we're going to offer it in and just see if it works. Right, so we've put these hinges piano hinges on outside but we're maybe going to struggle to get the face on so we're going to put them on the inside rebate them and see how that looks a bit more work but got to do it job proper. I'm just going to chisel this out, rebate it so it sits flush. I only want to rebate it by there so that's like about two mil. Not just a pretty first. So this is two ways to do it. The way I was doing it, which is taking a long time just with chisels and then Bill's just come over and says this is the way you want to do it. This is how you should do it, router set up. Right, so you set your blade to the top of the surface you want to trim out so that's set zero to that plate and you can set the thickness of what you want to take out there. That's it, set. Just ready for doing. There's me gnawing at this like Woody Woodpecker trying to get through all these knots and that set up ready to go in no time. That should go if you've got all tools you can make this job a lot easier for yourself. Without having the right tool. Exactly, exactly. After a lot of mucking about we found that this is the best way to do it so we've put some adhesive behind this and screwed it down as well The only screws we had come all the way through so I'm going to file these off and then that should be done. The idea is get your hiking pole it's a bit cut out there the hiking pole just fits in there's your table. Bill has knocked this up out of three bits of oak that he's planed. I'll interject this with footage of him doing that. Biscuit joints toured it all together sanded the living shit out of it and now varnishing it up with some Danish oil. Regarde with firing background Look at the grain on it Will you just talk us through what you've done to end here? What we've done is we've put a miter on and we've put a return on the edge to make it look as though it's twice as deep as what it is and it gives it a real meaty feel. Yeah, like when I'm old kitchen butchers block sort of things but if it was that thick it would be too heavy, wouldn't it? Yeah. But it's only that thick. We have a little bit of a problem not a problem but we're going to have to re-jig a few things because I don't know if I have mentioned but none of us have ever built a van before this is my first time ever doing it and so a lot of it we're just making up on as we go and sometimes you trippy sell up or you know, hindsight is a wonderful thing so let me show you so this comes out here and this was going to be part of the bed and originally we said we were going to have some sort of flip-up thing here to help support the bed but the drawer comes out here and it's going to be a bit of a chew so to save on that we're going to extend this which will mean then the bed can just be there and we can work out this bit as we go but right now we're just going to take this apart and extend this it'll mean a little walkway to get in but that's fine because once that's extended we can create something that pulls out here and has two legs on it and then the table that we're going to build will double up as part of the bed support as well and that will cover all this middle bit in it's important to get this right so then I can think about the cushions and what size they're going to be so let's crack on and extend this right, so this is our extension it was up to here and we've built this it's not all all together yet it's just like a jenga but we're going to glue it and get it all solid there we go so that's extended it by this much gives more room for bed and then we're going to figure out the drawers inside here maybe coming out this way or coming out outside like that right, I'm going to start attaching these which will be permanent these don't lift up so I'm going to attach these now just countersink and then bang some screws in it I've done a hole on this side this is my hiking pole table leg where's my... I'm just going to do one in exactly the same place just using big rig to create like a hole which guides the hiking pole into it and can also take a bit of wood if I leave a bit in here when I don't have my hiking poles but I'll always have my hiking poles in here so that should be alright let's see if it takes it in find your level I get it, not everyone's going to have hiking poles so if people are sort of copying or looking for inspiration not everyone will have hiking poles but this fan is tailored for me and I always have hiking poles in my truck so they're always going to be there and that gives a proper sturdy table cast iron waffle maker can hold that can hold anything if you can hold that it's a good table out and then you can still access everything in your drawer from up here you can pull it out still access it there's different variations you can use it's just a good use of this it would have just been a part of the bed and not being used so quite pleased with this little setup because look I can sit up back over here with my bro views with haze outdoors truck technique glow torch 101 you can stick your flint and steel yeah another piano hinge for another door top so that's all I've been doing really is cutting out the tops the 12mm ply and attaching these so I've got access from the top there's an open bit where my jackery is going to go until I get a leisure battery and it didn't fit in there so I'm going to have to put another hinge on that so that's what I'm doing now hang on hide back for I'm going to be able to get it I'm going to be able to get it straight straight down so here we are this is where we're at some oak on here to stop this catching the drawers with the antlers they're all in the oak work top that Bill's done is in my jackery battery is going to go in there but it doesn't fit so I've had to put a hinge on there so we can get into that bit to drop it in from the top and I'll have access to my plugs and stuff through there still to clad this bit and figure out how we're going to extend this and turn it into a bed and maybe utilise the tables part of the bed as well at the back we've got the tables with the hiking poles and these open up both of them one on each side the drawers that come out as well hinge these either side and that's where we're at yeah and that's not going to fall in it's only like 5 inches right so that's it for part 2 of the adventure the budget adventure van build stay tuned for part 3 if you're not subscribed already consider subscribing you just need to hit that little button down there if you click the bell you'll be notified when part 3 is out because I'm trying to hit a million subscribers by tomorrow so if you could all if you just do me the honour of like subscribing if you're new here or if you're a regular watcher and you haven't subscribed just consider clicking that subscribe button and we'll see if we can get that big milli for tomorrow thanks for watching take care of yourselves I'll see you soon bye for now