Building

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  • Junction box remounted and hopefully a little more secure + weather proof
  • T-Nuts for security
  • Fixin for a better junction box mount
  • Big drawer 2
  • Top drawer
  • Much more sturdy, locking fridge slide
  • New drawer system wrapped up on the camper
  • New fridge slide
  • KV slides instealled
  • Got all the electronics tucked behind the drawer slides
  • Drawers installed
  • Drawer faces cut out
  • Varnishing up these drawers
  • New divider installed. Now comes the hard part.
  • Drawer boxes
  • Assembling a new toy
  • The plan
  • Clean slate. The new build starts now
  • The time has come
  • Much tighter electronics
  • Got that camper plugged in
  • Much nicer than dragging that outlet in/out of the passthrough
  • BAM. Shore Power.
  • Boom. Concealed shore power plug
  • This screw is not very screwy
  • Modified the original passthrough and created a mount for the Noco plug to fit inside
  • Got some Baltic birch. Gonna build some drawers.
  • Building some wiring harnesses
  • 2 rows deep with more to spare. We’ve got some firewood.
  • Underside of the hatch with the latches. I placed the latches so that the levers slide and latch underneath the metal cut out.
  • Latches open
  • Near flush latches and locks installed on the Bronco hatch
  • Installing latches. I had to cut the bracket down a bit to fit the plywood hatch
  • Toys and stream deck
  • Chamfers n dadoes n skeletons n smorkin labbits
  • The frontside
  • The backside
  • Walnut speaker stands complete
  • Time to spray
  • Got a couple Hs here
  • The glue up
  • Speaker stand pieces cut out
  • Got a walnut board now
  • Squaring up this walnut
  • Squaring up this walnut
  • Planed up some walnut slabs
  • Asked my buddy, Jordan where to get some Walnut lumber in town. He told me to come over and gave me this.
  • Speaker stand mock up. Trying to get these tweeters up by my ears while adding some tiny trinket shelf space.
  • I made a stimpmeter to test the green speed of my carpet. Also, I am a huge nerd.
  • New components in the tongue box
  • Forgot to put my hair up before sliding under the camper…
  • Watching basketball
  • Redoing the camper chargers
  • Watching basketball
  • New Bronco spare tire bump stops mounted.
  • OEM bump stops vs trimmed down JK stops
  • Painted custom ghost antenna mount
  • Painted custom ghost antenna mount
  • Reshaped the mount to match the speaker bracket
  • Test fitting the mount
  • I probably should've bought a metal brake
  • Ghost antenna cut out
  • First time really cutting and shaping with metal
  • Bout to do my first fabricating
  • Gonna try to fabricate a little Midland Ghost antenna mount outta this metal
  • There’s something therapeutic about dressing and organizing wires. Upgraded the camper’s charge controller and added an exterior 12v outlet.
  • Gonna repurpose this bunk bed storage tote for the camper
  • Just a Little poke out
  • Perfect little chainsaw box
  • Chainsaw, Bar Oil, Spare battery, and gloves securely stored. Well balanced with enough room to throw the charger in as well.
  • Cut out some scrap 1/2" plywood to secure the saw and accessories.
  • DeWalt Chainsaw in the Plano case. Lid closes when the chain brake pushed forward. Perfect fit.
  • Position for the slot to cut for the bar
  • Just need to cut a slot for the bar
  • The Plano 781 toolbox is the perfect size for the DeWalt 12" chainsaw
  • Like a glove
  • Rubber mat in
  • Front support
  • Hatch
  • Raptor Lined Bronco platform installed

15 blog entries

2-Door Bronco Rear Seat Delete + Raptor Lined Cargo Platform

The rear bench seat of my Jeep spent most of it's life in a Christmas tree storage bag... and I had a similar plan once I traded my Jeep in for a Bronco. But I was pretty bummed to learn that it was a lot more work to add/remove the rear Bronco seats (bolts, sensors, and tools? wtf!)... so, I just went scorched earth and ripped everything out, along with the seatbelts. With the rear seats out of …
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Brooks' Dead End Ranch

After 6+ years of wanting to move out of the suburban house that I bought when I was 24 years old, Kari and I finally found a new home to move into. We must've looked at/walked through 100 potential houses or lots (no exaggeration) over the years, but our picky asses could never find one we liked. Our top 3 priorities were pretty simple: a ranch home, within 5 miles of downtown, and garage space …
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