{"id":9325,"date":"2018-05-09T20:37:20","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T03:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/?p=9325"},"modified":"2019-02-02T09:34:27","modified_gmt":"2019-02-02T17:34:27","slug":"sprinter-4x4-camper-van-build-days-19-and-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/09\/sprinter-4x4-camper-van-build-days-19-and-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Sprinter 4&#215;4 Camper Van Build: Days 19 and 20."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the adult bed platform is complete, we can start building out the side cabinets that will help support the kids bunk area.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"40870806715\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/831\/40870806715_94fdc620fb_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sprinter van build day 19 042718\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Dan started the day by taping our favorite horse pencil to a piece of wood to help cut the right angles.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"40201510280\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/954\/40201510280_c8c3733a3c_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sprinter custom camper van build day 19 and 20 042718 042818\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Look! It worked.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"41728891972\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/865\/41728891972_4df41aef49_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sprinter van build day 19 042718\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I started the day sanding the bed platform some more because it almost snagged my favorite yoga pants. Lol.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"41770199971\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/948\/41770199971_340f143b6f_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sprinter van build day 19 042718\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And back to Home Depot we go. We accidentally bought red oak instead of birch because of incorrect placement in the birch pile. Argh.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"41289126174\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/975\/41289126174_fd17334369_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sprinter custom camper van build day 19 and 20 042718 042818\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These are the three main pieces of the side cabinets.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"40870807225\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/957\/40870807225_86b7088325_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sprinter van build day 19 042718\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Test fitting and cutting holes and notches.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"41289125684\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/825\/41289125684_8110d9b524_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sprinter custom camper van build day 19 and 20 042718 042818\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And adding back wood panels to help with the structure and to not lose crap down a black hole.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"41289125224\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/827\/41289125224_bbfaedd25e_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sprinter custom camper van build day 19 and 20 042718 042818\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cutting holes in the cabinets for storage.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"41964462652\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/826\/41964462652_dfc89c62dc_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sprinter custom camper van build day 19 and 20 042718 042818\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This phase involves a lot of staring. A little too much actually since it is such a custom piece that requires us to think thru the steps.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"41964461792\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/824\/41964461792_1e139259d8_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sprinter custom camper van build day 19 and 20 042718 042818\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Had to add some wooden spacers between the window and the wall for rigidity.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"41964461832\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/824\/41964461832_ea356e1e01_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sprinter custom camper van build day 19 and 20 042718 042818\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What do I hear?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"42008646201\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/904\/42008646201_18f52b0500_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sprinter custom camper van build day 19 and 20 042718 042818\" \/><\/p>\n<p>STOP HERE! STOP HERE! CAN YOU SEE ME?!?!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"41964463142\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/964\/41964463142_45f8c8d786_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sprinter custom camper van build day 19 and 20 042718 042818\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"42008646911\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/977\/42008646911_049126a80e_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sprinter custom camper van build day 19 and 20 042718 042818\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Choices.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"42008646691\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/910\/42008646691_e36ba7bbee_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sprinter custom camper van build day 19 and 20 042718 042818\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That was unexpected. What was even more unexpected is that three soft serves cost over $10. Ouch.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"41289125864\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/947\/41289125864_452dd44355_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sprinter custom camper van build day 19 and 20 042718 042818\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But look at those smiles.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"41108871085\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/960\/41108871085_886fc7cc60_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sprinter custom camper van build day 19 and 20 042718 042818\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And look at the sugar high kicking in.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"41108871215\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/977\/41108871215_e797be4897_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sprinter custom camper van build day 19 and 20 042718 042818\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hehe.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"41108871145\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/945\/41108871145_4c10aed5b4_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sprinter custom camper van build day 19 and 20 042718 042818\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ok. That&#8217;s all for now. Hopefully things will progress faster tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"41289125544\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/980\/41289125544_f46e2be601_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sprinter custom camper van build day 19 and 20 042718 042818\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the video to go along with days 19 and 20 of the build. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y4NgpfMTduU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As always, thanks for following along,<br \/>\nMarlene<\/p>\n<p>P.S. Don&#8217;t forget to also follow us on <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/mali.mish\">Instagram<\/a> and for extra content, we are also on <a href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/malimish\">Patreon<\/a> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the adult bed platform is complete, we can start building out the side cabinets that will help support the kids bunk area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[214],"tags":[223],"class_list":["post-9325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sprinter-4x4-camper-van-build","tag-sprinter-van-build"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkBzA-2qp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}