Today the day was spent scribing, cutting and gluing the back cabinet. This will not only hold stuff, accessible by one large door and multiple shelves accessible from the back door, it will also support the bed. Because of this added stress, I opted to screw directly into a roof frame. Mercedes unfortunately did not place the roof frames in the perfect spot so there were some compromises. Actually, when building into a van frame like this, there are a lot of compromises. In the plans this cabinet was supposed to be 8 inches further forward, lining up with the back of the seat. It was also supposed to provide deep drawers the opened out the back door. Due to the body sweeping inwards at the back, this was not possible. Actually with the roof angling inwards and the inward sweep, it makes access from outside a really small space making deep drawers virtually useless.
Another trip to Windsor Plywood for some more Baltic birch. I think I may need to keep a tally on how much all this costs. Like how about $17 for each drawer pull.
Here's a shot of the back cabinet:
And here's a pic of what caused much confoundation and frustration. I still don't know how come this is out by so much - every other angle is square. Yet another joy of building into a not so square shell.
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