DIY Kitchen designs

[Prime]

Hi all ... I trust everyone had a great X-Mas?

I'm building my camper trailer and I would like to build the kitchen next. Can anyone point me in the direction of:
1. Do's and Don'ts
2. Design ideas (as wide and varied as possible - I have a clean canvass to work with )
3. The best places to get the necessary appliances and hardware
4. Any other tips and tricks

I'm open to any suggestions that have been gained through your experiences

Cheers

Luke

[barry_4440]

Hi Luke. That is a broad canvas.
You need to work out materials, ply? Stainless steel? Combination? If it slides out I'd get onto the Hafele web site for heavy duty slides.
Work out your appliance's from the CAMEC site.
Always easier if you have a 12v water pump.
Have a look at a few other trailers, see what works for you.

Cheers Barry

[Prime]

Thanks Barry ...

Yep ... I have a broad canvas in that I will be starting from scratch ...

I'll have a look at both those sites ... I've found it best to design around the primary items that you cant change ... so those sites will be a good start ...

If you have any other thoughts, let me know ...

Luke

[FAB68]

Hi Luke,
i have made my own Kitchen out of the aluminium inch tubing from bunnings send me your email and I will send you some picks. if i have 1 word of wisdom planning is everything it took me longer to plan it out then build it.
Mike

[robcaz]

Hi Luke,

You will find plenty of ideas under the kitchens heading on our campertrailers.org tech tips page http://www.campertrailers.org/tech_tips.htm

A few ideas under the storage heading too.

Here are photos of a full length kitchen I build for our friends Ed & Donna

& another which is a tailgate kitchen I built for our friends Troy & Julie

I think the Jimboomba Campers kitchen is an ripper

[SocialGeoff]

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[Prime]

I just purschased 5M of LED lighting from Ebay for $7.95 mailed to my front door...works like a treat...bright enough for the purpose its required for...can cut into the strips lenggths u want...just make up pos neg connections one end and heat swink the other end ... if you want details of purchase just ask n have a awesome Aussie Weekend

Yep ... got them too! ... I made a mistake the first lot I bought were TOO BRIGHT ... but as you say, you can cut them down and use smaller pieces ...

[depslibrary]

The Drifta Kitchens website has a heap of tried designs
http://www.drifta.com.au/

The best place to get ideas is at a camping show where lots are on display.

[barry_4440]

Hi Luke.

How is the kitchen going?
A belated reply, I posted earlier about the drawer slides. The Hafele catalogue is not the easiest to navigate around.
These are the slides I mentioned, up to 1524 length and 180kg capacity. with lock out.

https://easylink.hafele.com/is-bin/inte ... board=true

Hope that link works.

Cheers
Barry

[barry_4440]

OK, that did not work. once you have the catalogue up, go to page F.F. 10.89 Catalogue no: 422.65.898

hope that helps

Barry