Full Van Build Woodworker's $4K DIY Conversion

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• YO

  @YourTherapySessionJustStarted · 4 days ago

  In the world, you're crazy until they see you succeed.

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• DA

  @David-uz9qw · 5 months ago

  As a carpenter I really appreciated this build. &nbsp;People think because a space is smaller it will take less time but it is often the opposite. &nbsp;No straight lines, very little space. &nbsp;Everything has to be planned, scribed, test fit, test fit again, ah crap I cut too much off, start over lol. &nbsp;<br>Great video

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• DA

  @Daddycwimm · 5 months ago

  Shrooms on the ceiling and hindsight is 420? Ok fine I’ll subscribe and spark one up 😂

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• OL

  @OldWomanofGod · 4 months ago

  I just turned 70 last Wednesday and this video really inspired my wander lust. I would never take on a build myself, but I &nbsp;certainly will start looking for a van! Thank you!

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• KA

  @Kammy44 · 2 months ago

  We are at the &apos;watching everyone else&apos;s&apos; build stage. My husband is ex USAF, and he&apos;s a woodworker in his spare time. He has built a lot of our furniture. I am sure if he let someone else build it, it would drive him crazy, so I am encouraging him to do it himself. He has a LOT of tools, and a very nicely laid out shop. His wife is an expert second hand shopper. (me! That&apos;s how he got the great tools!) He retired in 2020, but couldn&apos;t stand not flying, so he found another job. He has promised me he is retiring for good in 1-1/2 years! If I had a quarter for every time he said &apos;You can never have too many clamps!&quot; I would be rich. I chuckled and finished the sentence with you. I am directing him to your video! It was very well done. Thank you for sharing!

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• RD

  @rdred8693 · 5 days ago

  Van Lifers are making vans wholesome instead of serial killer like.

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• ST

  @stacyturner8330 · 2 months ago (edited)

  For the dogs the best no spill bowl is the &quot;Waterboy&quot;. Like magic; big capacity, easy to clean and no spills at all, not even when under way. Pretty cheap too.

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• CH

  @charlespfenning2916 · 5 months ago

  Your comment on using the build before finished is right on the mark. I started building a small 5x8 camper and we used it for the first time with nothing but windows and a futon in the back. It definitely helps motivate and inform for future work. Awesome build my man!

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• BD

  @bdhd206 · 1 month ago

  I am speechless. Watching your cabinetry skills was mesmerizing - this wasn&apos;t just a video, it was a feature film! &nbsp;I wish I had made popcorn before I pushed play. &nbsp;Thank you for sharing your talent, and thank you for your service again, to us all.

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• FR

  @franciscawrites8972 · 21 hours ago

  Amazing....decided to take a &quot;peak&quot; &nbsp;and see what DIY Conversion entailed. ( You explained everything so well,; I learned more than I expected) Now, I just have to convince my partner. &nbsp;Thanks a &nbsp;lot. &nbsp;Cheers!

• LC

  @lc5970 · 5 months ago

  As a kid, I &nbsp;would watch my dad do innovative woodwork. &nbsp;He would try anything. In his later years, he and my mom vacationed &nbsp;in a Chevy Pleasure Way vacation van. &nbsp;It was so well built out with &nbsp;an upper ledge all around the &nbsp;van for misc. odds and ends such as their library of books to read on their trip, spice rack, &nbsp;containers with &nbsp;pantry stuff in it, etc... he made &nbsp;extendable Counter tops and whatever he thought &nbsp;they needed in the van. He kept having people wanting to buy it. I enjoy watching your full videos, &nbsp;as it reminds &nbsp;me of the hours spent with my dad as a kid in his little workshop. &nbsp;I&apos;m &nbsp;in my sixties now &nbsp;and I &nbsp;won&apos;t be &nbsp;doing &nbsp;any &nbsp;van &nbsp;builds, &nbsp;but I love &nbsp;knowing &nbsp;how things are built &nbsp;to this day. &nbsp;Thanks &nbsp;for sharing!😊

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• KO

  @kozmosis3486 · 2 months ago

  6 minutes in and I can already say this: excellent high quality workmanship, very well made video with some really great shots - I will be watching the rest of this right now. I really like how you didn&apos;t use fiberglass insulation also, and the sound-deadening is really sweet! This is a very clean and thorough build with a perfect attention to detail that I wish I could pull off but am not so sure I could lol. I wanted to mention about the solar that you can always stow a portable 200W panel somewhere onboard to be used in situations where you wanted the extra charging capacity to augment the rooftop panels, so its really no problem at all. Great work sir! Thanks!

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