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Front drawers, new

Took out the old TV a while ago and just added some drawers. All dims are outside dims. all drawer bodies are 3/8 baltic birch. Drawer slides from Gliderite off of e-bay. All drawers 19 1/2 wide. Bottom draw is  18 deep x 10 high. middle and top drawers are 17 /12 deep x 3 1/2 high. All slides 18". Draw fronts cut down  from old refridge freezer panel that I removed to reduce door weight and add insulation. Nice place to store maps etc now, maybe even put the netbook in there on a swivel. I'm no cabinet maker but if I do say so mysself these came out great. For the TV we have a Samsung 32" that we just set on top of the slide out shelf, when on the roll we just take it down and slide it behind the pass seat and LR chair, no disconnecting required.
Rick

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Reply #1 –
Seems like an excellent use of space and looks good to boot! Nice job. ^.^d
Don
Quote from: Rick –
Took out the old TV a while ago and just added some drawers. All dims are outside dims. all drawer bodies are 3/8 baltic birch. Drawer slides from Gliderite off of e-bay. All drawers 19 1/2 wide. Bottom draw is  18 deep x 10 high. middle and top drawers are 17 /12 deep x 3 1/2 high. All slides 18". Draw fronts cut down  from old refridge freezer panel that I removed to reduce door weight and add insulation. Nice place to store maps etc now, maybe even put the netbook in there on a swivel. I'm no cabinet maker but if I do say so mysself these came out great. For the TV we have a Samsung 32" that we just set on top of the slide out shelf, when on the roll we just take it down and slide it behind the pass seat and LR chair, no disconnecting required.
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Don & Tys
1999 U270 3602 WTFE #5402
Xtreme Stage 1 w/Headlight, Step Conversion, etc.
2009 Honda Fit Sport with Navi
Freedom is NOT "just another word for nothing left to lose"... with apologies to Kris Kristofferson

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Rick,
  That is a great solution. I've been trying to come up with something for our 95 and now I have. Just knock off Rick's idea!
jor
93 225
95 300
97 270
99 320

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Reply #3 –
Very nice job. One more item on the wish list/ to do list ^.^d
Larry Warren
1996  U320 36' SBID "Lola" sold 2020
Build #4970
Motorcade #18318

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Reply #4 –
WOW! If you're not a cabinet maker you should be!  You just found yourself a retirement job with all FOT owners!
Steve Mudd
Commander, The Crystal Ship
CEO, Retirement Clearinghouse International
1993 Grand Villa U300 40', Detroit 6V92 Turbo
1997 Jeep Wrangler Sport
2008 Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic
2000 Harley-Davidson Wide Glide
swmudd@aol.com

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Reply #5 –
Outstanding work! With that kind of quality, I'm sure you could easily set up a business doing similar renovations. Thanks for sharing!
David and Carolyn Osborn
1995 U320C SE 40' Build 4726 Feb 1995
FMCA 147762
Motorcade 17186

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Reply #6 –
Nice job, Rick!

I just pulled out my TV this past weekend, and have been thinking about the best way to utilize the space. Where did you get the handles? I have that same style throughout my Coach and need to replace a couple of broken ones in the kitchen.
Michael
1995 U300SE CAT 3176B Build # 4612 ("Marvin")

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Quote from: geomm –
Nice job, Rick!
 Where did you get the handles?

Mike,
We got the handles at Lowes they are slightly different than the original FT ones.

Others,
Thanks for the compliments.
Rick
Rick

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Reply #8 –
You can get the identical handles from FOT. Last time I was there in March they still had some left.  Actually, I changed all mine out about 6 months ago and threw the old handles away.....I replaced them all with a Texas "star" themed handle, just to put a "Texas Touch" in my coach.....wish I would have saved them now!
Steve Mudd
Commander, The Crystal Ship
CEO, Retirement Clearinghouse International
1993 Grand Villa U300 40', Detroit 6V92 Turbo
1997 Jeep Wrangler Sport
2008 Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic
2000 Harley-Davidson Wide Glide
swmudd@aol.com
 

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Michael,  I believe the original handles removed from our 95 coach are in the warehouse.  I will check Monday.
Tom and Linda
1995 U280SE #4636