Campervan Overhead Cabinets (Spacious & lightweight!) - Part 1

Campervan Overhead Cabinets (Spacious & lightweight!) - Part 1 | Transit Van Conversion E40

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11 ай бұрын

We're making our campervan overhead cabinets to give us some essential storage space for our clothes, with a built-in bookshelf too! We wanted our van cabinets to be roomy but lightweight so we built them using thin birch plywood and pine strips.
It's another very DIY project to scribe everything to the curves of the van, but we're happy with the result!
Now they just need some doors... next time!
Thanks for watching! Any comments or questions? Let us know below!
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@beverleydryland1146 11 ай бұрын

Humour and a chuckle plus cute baby animals x

@SelfBuiltStories 11 ай бұрын

That's pretty much what we're going for, with a bit of van building thrown in for good measure 😄

@Vlaid65 11 ай бұрын

Always enjoy the nature scenes peppered throughout. Quality work, as always.

@SelfBuiltStories 11 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad you like them, we like to add a bit of variety 😀🐑🐥😺

@alanmoore2197 11 ай бұрын

The lambs are so cute bouncing around!

@SelfBuiltStories 11 ай бұрын

@@alanmoore2197 Yeah they are! If a tad noisy at times too 😅

@adventure_onthedaily9851 10 ай бұрын

I just love watching you two build stuff! Beautiful and functional, as always

@SelfBuiltStories 10 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! 😀

@sigma6725 11 ай бұрын

DEAR TIM AND ABI 💑 .. ALWAYS IN SUPPORT WITH YOUR PROJECT. . KEEP IT UP. .👍❤

@SelfBuiltStories 11 ай бұрын

Thank you as always! 😊

@sigma6725 11 ай бұрын

@@SelfBuiltStories 👍❤

@SelfBuiltStories 11 ай бұрын

@@sigma6725 😊

@diezmon 11 ай бұрын

Whaaa? That washer bit is genius 😊. This Tim is always taping a sad little piece of wood to my pencil. 😂

@SelfBuiltStories 11 ай бұрын

Yep works great! And can use different sized washes depending on how far away from the wall you're scribing 😀

@du7ch384 11 ай бұрын

Great job Tim & Abi, I've always loved your approach to your build and it's coming along beautifully, I may have been tempted to hang the cupboards using a long single french cleat and then just a fixing at the bottom inside the cabs, that way you could've had swappable cabinets and easy to remove if needed for wiring plumbing or needing more space for carrying a load etc. Anyway enough of my ramblings, thanks for the update and cant wait to see the 2nd part 👍

@SelfBuiltStories 11 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! That's an interesting idea, we've not gone down that route but are setup is sort of similar. We've added a long rail to the back of the cabinets and then bolted the whole thing onto the van wall, then secured with a few screws in the bottom to stop it moving laterally. So we can remove the whole cabinet structure as one unit if we ever need to, unlikely for us on a casual basis but possibly if we need to do some extra wiring or something like you say. Cleats aren't something we've seen much before so thanks for the comment, could be a cool way to make a modular area too 🙂👍

@WagnerGimenes 11 ай бұрын

I watch a Japanese carpenter's KZfaq channel called Shoyan (@ShoyanJapaneseCarpenter) and I admire his skills and precision with the woodworking. You two are nowhere near close to his precision and skill (wait, this is not a criticism), but I am in awe of how clever and attentive to details your van build is. That cabinet is just next-level excellent work. That groove on the table saw fitted like a glove. Congratulations and looking forward to the next video. Thanks for the content.

@SelfBuiltStories 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, yeah there's some amazing master craftsmen out there that are almost mesmerising to watch. We've enjoyed developing our woodworking skills pretty much from zero at the start of the build and it's really satisfying when something comes together that you've made yourself 🙂

@jameswilliamson1312 11 ай бұрын

Lovely work as usual.

@SelfBuiltStories 11 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot 😊

@jasonbillington3923 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful as always xx

@SelfBuiltStories 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊

@timothydavis3703 10 ай бұрын

Wonderful job once again. Patience...it definitely shows with those intricate pieces. I would have had already been on...TAKE 3 minimum 😅.

@SelfBuiltStories 10 ай бұрын

Cheers! Yeah it went pretty well for those ones thankfully, think we only had to redo one bit in the end 😀

@mattgriffiths8810 11 ай бұрын

Guys you both are doing an amazing job it's looking brill

@SelfBuiltStories 11 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! 🙂

@kevinbeckwith7740 11 ай бұрын

Nice job guys

@SelfBuiltStories 11 ай бұрын

Cheers! :)

@petebarratt2428 11 ай бұрын

Perfect timing, I have the same van and have just started building my overhead cabinets.. I also have wooden strips bolted to the wall like you have, but I've made the back of the cupboards out of 12mm ply so I can screw it to those strips in loads of places. Bit concerned about the weight though (I've used 34x34mm for the frame), yours looks much lighter! All your videos have been so helpful, thanks for taking the time to make them!

@SelfBuiltStories 11 ай бұрын

Awesome, and no worries thanks for watching them! 👍 And yeah it's amazing how quickly weight can start to build up when it feels like you're just working with a few scraps of wood. We tried to make them as light as we could, which ended up being around 11kg for the complete piece with all the doors and hardware. We have ours bolted to the van walls so they're nice and secure, they've been very handy to have. Good luck with yours!

@sosteve9113 11 ай бұрын

Awesome it is great fun to build ,many problems to solve lol my van is just finished,waiting for the matras to sleep on Good luck

@SelfBuiltStories 11 ай бұрын

Yep every project on the van has it's own unique quirks 😀 Awesome, enjoy your van!

@deancarlyle7431 4 ай бұрын

👍

@SelfBuiltStories 4 ай бұрын

🙏

@jartotable 6 ай бұрын

I'm watching in order and wondering if youd put anti-theft glass film on the windows to stop them smashing through and metal lock protecting plates on all the doors? It's something that concerns me with all the van thefts of late.

@SelfBuiltStories 6 ай бұрын

It's something that we've thought about, always good to take extra precautions 👍

@philsaunter1956 11 ай бұрын

At the end of this build you can both get a job in carpentry.

@SelfBuiltStories 11 ай бұрын

Haha, cheers 😄

@gonefilming2020 11 ай бұрын

That looks just awesome, you two. And your craftmanship is outstanding as usual. Did you find the spraypainting saving you some time during the build or did you get a better finish? Was one run with the spraygun enough or did you give it an intermediate sand and second coat? Looking forward to your next instalment! Cheers from Canada and stay safe! 🚐☁🍀

@SelfBuiltStories 10 ай бұрын

Cheers! We found it saved time once we figured out how to use it properly 😛 It was a bit of trial and error at first to get the right consistency of paint so it wasn't either too watery or too thick clogging up the gun, but once we hit the sweet spot it was great and made it much easier to get a good finish in all the inside hard to reach areas. But we found for small flat things it was still quicker and easier to roller most of the time, with the faff to have to setup and then clean the sprayer afterwards. So we reserved it mostly for the bigger 3D things. And we did a coat of primer and then one possibly two top coats, can't remember now! Enjoy Canada!

@darrenparker2892 10 ай бұрын

Hi you two ,I've just binged watched your build videos ,,,, wow by far the best I've seen your skills and attention to details are just amazing . Not only that your videoing skills are top class aswell so clear pictures and you both explain everything so well I've have learnt loads Can't wait for the next one 🚐🚐🚐🚐🚐🚐🚐

@SelfBuiltStories 10 ай бұрын

Hey! 👋 Wow, thanks a lot! Glad you're enjoying them and hope the future videos don't disappoint 🙂👍

@barrykeane8721 11 ай бұрын

I was thinking of convertering a van but am a bit put off seeing it took yee over 2 years

@SelfBuiltStories 10 ай бұрын

Don't film and edit it or take multi month breaks and you'll be done 5x faster 😉

@WagnerGimenes 11 ай бұрын

BTW, more cute animals, please 😇

@SelfBuiltStories 10 ай бұрын

Should be some more soon! 😀

@roberte8466 11 ай бұрын

Great video mate, can i please ask where did you buy your wood from and what type of wood is it please? And did you experience any warping in your wood after purchase? Cheers

@SelfBuiltStories 11 ай бұрын

We used a mixture, 6mm birch ply for the sides, 3mm regular hardwood ply for the bottom, and redwood pine for the framing. Also used up some of the existing ply that was in the van when we got it for the middle divider. And we got most of our wood from www.totemtimber.co.uk/ in Plymouth which is great, with some bits from Wickes etc. 👍

@roberte8466 11 ай бұрын

@@SelfBuiltStories amazing thanks matey! We are not far from Plymouth, down in falmouth 😁👍good luck with the rest of the build i look forward to seeing the finished product 😎

@SelfBuiltStories 10 ай бұрын

No problem! We've actually finished the build earlier in the year but are still catching up with editing all the videos, our instagram is more up to date though! Good luck with yours 😀👍

@roberte8466 10 ай бұрын

@@SelfBuiltStories thats cool, thanks mate! 😎👍

@SelfBuiltStories 10 ай бұрын

@@roberte8466 👍

@DaisyMeyer-zg9fm 3 ай бұрын

What paint did you use for overheads and kitchen cabinets?? 😊

@SelfBuiltStories 3 ай бұрын

Hey, we used Dulux eggshell for the overhead cabinets and Rustoleum kitchen cupboard paint for the kitchen cupboards 😛 There should be a link to the ones we used in each videos description 👍