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Being that I am a madman with my brad nailer, there seems to be lots of little nail holes to fill. I subscibe to the theory of: "if you cant nail it good, nail it a lot". Kim rose to the occasion diligently and with bare fingers, applied wood filler to all the little divots on all the cabinets. When it was all dry she hand sanded everything nice and smooth. 
The next step is another coat of stain on all the inside cabinets. The galley cabinets will not get stained just epoxy. 
Nick introduced me to the wonder of pocket screws when we were building cabinets in his bathroom. These are great for making face frames as it allows you to screw into side grain rather the end grain which is a weak joint. The down side is they leave ugly beveled holes on the back of the board. Normally this isnt an issue but since our cabinets will be accessible from the galley and from inside you will see the holes. Kim glued dozens of these little wooden plugs in place and later sanded them smooth.
 Ugly pocket hole before plug. 
When the glue dried on all the plugs I cut most of the excess off with a multitool cutter so Kim could sand  them smooth. 
This is one of the trim rings that become the door stop. Its basically a sandwich of two plywood rings that match the opening of the doors except one is 3/4 inches smaller than the door opening to make a surface for the door to rest against. A rubber gasket will be glued to this surface with hopes of keeping the inevitable rains out that seem to plauge camping. 
Sanding the edge of the door stops before we glue them inside the camper. Oh and the brown spot on top of my melon isnt a rotten spot, although from my expression you'd think I was in pain. It's just stain from once again bumping my noggin into Kim's freshly stained cabinetry. Told you I'm a klutz. And on the subject of klutz. Today we reflect on table saw safety. All I'm going to say is dont understimate the danger of being complacent. Ive seen the destructive power a saw is capable of. 
Door stops getting glued into place with alot of gooey PL adhesive. 






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  1. KimAugust 9, 2020 at 9:16 PM

    Table saw safety... What a scary moment that was. The outcome was much better than it could have been for both Weston and the camper..

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