Last night I completed stage 1 of my drawer / fridge setup in the back of my LX. Thought I'd post it up here in case useful for anyone.
As much as I like the utility of having two drawers, I didn't like how people mount their fridge way up on top of everything. So I went with one side fridge, other side drawer. The split is about 65/35 width wise.
I designed it all from scratch using Sketchup. Construction is all 1/2" Baltic birch simply screwed together. I had the pieces cut by a local wood CNC shop so everything came out very precise which was nice.
I wanted the two halves to be independent in case I just wanted the fridge or the drawer. When they're both in together they hold together using bolts and wing nuts. makes for a quick removal when need be.
Here's the fridge side in process:
Here's the whole assembly test fitting in the Cruiser. Drawer will go on the right:
Fridge slide mounted:
And here's the finished product with drawer and locking slides:
The whole system is anchored at all 4 corners using turnbuckles attached to the D rings in the floor. Then I ran 2 bolts between the two halves with wing nuts to hold the halves together:
Fun project overall. I consider myself to have almost zero knowledge of woodworking and it took me 2 weekends, which included waiting for some parts.
As much as I like the utility of having two drawers, I didn't like how people mount their fridge way up on top of everything. So I went with one side fridge, other side drawer. The split is about 65/35 width wise.
I designed it all from scratch using Sketchup. Construction is all 1/2" Baltic birch simply screwed together. I had the pieces cut by a local wood CNC shop so everything came out very precise which was nice.
I wanted the two halves to be independent in case I just wanted the fridge or the drawer. When they're both in together they hold together using bolts and wing nuts. makes for a quick removal when need be.
Here's the fridge side in process:
Here's the whole assembly test fitting in the Cruiser. Drawer will go on the right:
Fridge slide mounted:
And here's the finished product with drawer and locking slides:
The whole system is anchored at all 4 corners using turnbuckles attached to the D rings in the floor. Then I ran 2 bolts between the two halves with wing nuts to hold the halves together:
Fun project overall. I consider myself to have almost zero knowledge of woodworking and it took me 2 weekends, which included waiting for some parts.
