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The first 3 weeks living full-time in our unfinished camper van.
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@kDub1129 9 месяцев назад

For the drawers you could use a magnetic toddler latch to keep them closed. A small magnet serves as a key to open the doors and the latch is hidden inside so there’s nothing visible on the outside. You can either leave them engaged all the time or switch the magnet on when you’re hitting the road.

@collie147 9 месяцев назад

Was thinking exactly the same!

@Eyes0fTheSC 9 месяцев назад

Was just about to comment the same thing! Great idea! :)

@ManoyAndoi.JollyRogerHobbies 9 месяцев назад

I second this. The magnet locks are tried and true for this type of camper/trailer cabinetry. Good luck 🍀

@--Zeke-- 7 месяцев назад

Just came down here to say the same thing!

@JohnDeere-zt Месяц назад

I fifth this I was gonna say the exact same thing

@YaNeK92 7 дней назад

The shoutout to your Mama at the end was super wholesome ❤ It's awesome you have a parent who supports your ventures! 💯

@FixitFingers 9 месяцев назад

You should do one of these every few months... and Bamboo Printers should be paying you more as every single Van-Lifer is going to want one now. Just an epic tool to have along for this sort of thing! :D

@Napkiner 9 месяцев назад

This is legit one of your best videos yet. I’m about 4 mins in and you’ve done like 4 videos worth of projects and custom solutions

@shneeblee180 9 месяцев назад

You could use child proof locks on the draws that will stop them from opening

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@Refract3d 9 месяцев назад

For the smoke alarm, there are different types. (Ionization vs Photoelectric). The ionization type will pop off more frequently in a kitchen due to the aerosolized particles cooking creates even if it doesn't make smoke. Try getting a photoelectric type which will alarm you when there's smoke rather than particles in the air. Both will let you know if there's an actual fire. But try to avoid one that actually has both types, as it will pop off if either type is detected.

@williammaxwell1919 9 месяцев назад

I wasn't going to watch this video because I'm not into "van life", but glad I did. I like the short "problem /solution" vignettes ~ got some ideas to solve problems I didn't know I had

@aussiemikeysaru 8 месяцев назад

For the shower hose, you've had it connected the wrong end. The end you connected to the faucet (the tapered connector) should be the side connecting to the shower head so it can fit in the holder correctly

@mikededmon 9 месяцев назад

As for the cabinet drawers. It would be a more complicated build, but how about handles similar to some you see on filing cabinets. The handles have a side knob that disengages 2 latches on the inside of each drawer. So, it's always locked, but to open it you grab the handle, press the button and open the drawer. Then they latch every time you close them. Different handles, but maybe less ugly than external latches, etc.

@aaronbrenkus9126 9 месяцев назад

use a lock bar for the drawers, inset a groove in the underside of the countertop and put a lock on the bottom, this is how things are built for ships and RVs

@iAkashPaul 9 месяцев назад

For the drawers ,the way airlines lock stuff in lockers with the twisting knobs across two drawers should be painless & 3D printable

@thenextlayer 9 месяцев назад

LOVE these types of videos man, keep them up! I'm only half way through the video, but I'm REALLY curious how much filament you brought with you, and where/how you're storing it? My filament collection would probably fill the entire van... Also, I bet you could design something to put the printer on some sort of vibration compensation, such as some legs, or even shock absorbers, which would improve print quality while driving. It would be a cool video, actually.

@MorleyKert 9 месяцев назад

Thanks! I brought 3ish rolls of PETG and 2 rolls of PLA, just stored in the AMS or in plastic bags with desiccant. Easy to order more on the road and have it drop shipped to locations on the way!

@YaNeK92 7 дней назад

Fancy seeing you here bud! Small world 😆🤙🏼

@massivekoala4878 9 месяцев назад

came to this guy's channel to learn about building. Finds out he's a fucking genius. Subscribed

@rachmuffins7 9 месяцев назад

Maybe strong magnets for the ceiling with your overhead cabinets? Just a thought. I'm glad you're having fun with it! I love build problem solving as well. We have a nearly 100 year old house, and there have been many fun challenging solutions to figure out! I also absolutely LOVE your laptop holder! I would definitely use one of thise. 🙌

@zklinski 9 месяцев назад

@Morly Kert in 7:20 the tube for the water faucet is backwards that's why it doesn't fit. In any case, keep up the great work, love watching your videos, and the way you approach things

@PicklesVTYT 9 месяцев назад

This video feel like its inspired by Van Neistat. Truly a spirited man

@YaNeK92 7 дней назад

This one of my favourite van life videos ever produced so thank you for making it! Your style of delivering, articulation and camera angles are second to none and I can imagine would take an immense amount of work during and post production 😁👌🏼 I'd love to know how you're able to deal with the loud noise of the X1 Carbon as well as its fumes when printing? Have you implemented some sort of an air filtration system within the van itself to minimise the air pollution in such a small space? Thanks in advance, i appreciate your videos and the knowledge/files you share with us. 💯 P.S An idea to secure the drawers & cabinets would be to use a "button push" latch system which can be found on Amazon in a kit. All the best :)

@netposerx 9 месяцев назад

You have the best idea about the van. Get it good enough for the road and use your experience on the road to figure out what works, what doesn't and what you need/want after being on the road.

@MorleyKert 9 месяцев назад

💯

@CarolHewett-ug2cw 9 месяцев назад

Great solutions. However, don't despair; one doesn't need to design and print custom devices. Low tech simple carpentry with a vast array of hardware to choose from will solve the problems too. And you are so right about those underutilized clamps.

@6442353 9 месяцев назад

For drawers you can use marine/rv Push Button Latch Lock

@Agreenlilly 9 месяцев назад

I used to have Ikea cabinets that opened from the bottom and I sat them on my head all the time too 😂 I had a roll of aluminum foil that I used to prop them open to put away dishes. What about a dowel along the bottom edge of the cabinet door, with a hinge on the right or left. When opening the cabinet you can fold out the dowel and place in a small recess in the cabinet body so it doesn’t slip.

@NicoSmets 9 месяцев назад

I love your little work corner.

@tylers4645 9 месяцев назад

Magnet for the drawers comon a ratchet strap 😂. And you need dowel pins to stop the fridge and washer from coming off the wall on their bearing slides as well, could even use a gate latch for a fence. You can 3D print one even. Don’t use stuff you need to take down all the time. You said it yourself you don’t need to take one tool or one item off just to use another. Ratchet strap is a tool you’re using to hold another tool. Make a custom holder that’s permanent spend some time designing. Make more iterations and versions of your designs don’t settle in the first one always you’ll get stuck designing stuff that might not work or might not be the best solution sometimes

@artanisH847 9 месяцев назад

for the drawer you can use one of the children protection, i have these, and you put them inside. to open them, you can simply put the provided magnet on the place of the bracket and it opens

@Dekotale 9 месяцев назад

Maybe you could use multiple strong magnets for the doors? That would reduce the vibration and let you open and close them easily.

@Nick-qz8do 9 месяцев назад

I think electromagnets would be better. Enable while driving and disable to open easier when stationary

@adamdart6809 6 месяцев назад

you should get toggle latches for your upper cabinets with an extra hook you can even use it to hold them open

@HappyLooter 9 месяцев назад

I've been waiting for this video! Cool 3d printed solutions to unique van-life problems

@ThePrintHouse 9 месяцев назад

This is so great. I love this video. Back to the old style of video but still incorporating your new lifestyle. So good!!! :D

@wbeel 9 месяцев назад

Have a look at drawer locks for sailboats maybe? I believe there are locks that open the cabinet with a push.

@ReallyGhey 9 месяцев назад

Loved this video! Real time solving of problems on the road. Keep them coming 🎉🎉

@lorenworthington8739 9 месяцев назад

Nice video. We have 20+ things I’ve designed and printed for our van and counting.

@shanomac 9 месяцев назад

Great going Morley. Really love the iterative approach to the problem solving and your optimism through it all.

@LordTheft 9 месяцев назад

Fun video! Can't wait for the next one.

@aaronbrenkus9126 9 месяцев назад

and, one BIG thing, BOLT DOWN your Printer and other stuff that is big, use shock mounts where needed, but that is SUPER unsafe for you guys. If you don't wanna fabricate you can buy the stuff needed from an RV center. I love your videos, and maybe someday when I'm retired I will do the van thing around America/Canada to see it better. Good on you guys for going for it.

@mjd4124 9 месяцев назад

Bringing the printer is a baller move

@AlessandroTischer 9 месяцев назад

The bambulab printer has a very advanced vibration compensation system which is intended to eliminate the vibration that the printer creates itself. I can bet the print quality is mainly impacted by the vibration compensation going crazy. I don't have a bambulab printer so I don't know, but if it's possible to disable the compensation system you may get better prints while driving!

@rosserobertolli 9 месяцев назад

That sounds like the worst printer to take on the road. My printer has a solid enough frame in order to reduce vibration, I've had it printing in a car mutltiple times and even on the back of a bike (the last one did suffer a bit from vibration though, but still, on a bike)

@jeremyspecce 9 месяцев назад

@@rosserobertolliisn’t he talking about the same printer you have??

@danielandres3465 9 месяцев назад

Child proof magnetic inner door locks are worth looking into.

@TheRealEstate 9 месяцев назад

So glad to see you guys!! Great solutions so far!!

@coolduder1001 9 месяцев назад

I would have made some sort of lock that goes in a cut out in the top left of the drawers. A little toggle switch that sits flush to the surface and goes inside the framing in the locked position.

@simplyx8906 8 месяцев назад

You should get those magnetic window frames to cover them so people don’t see you have a couple thousand dollar laptop on the wall and so they don’t think your living in there, when you travel try not to let to many people see you live in it cuz the moment you leave your van for an hour or two desperate people will rob you, I’ve seen it too many times to van lifers and I just don’t want it to happen to you guys :) oh and the drawers in the kitchen you could always switch them to the magnetic latch system or the button lock system where you press a button and it slides out slightly.

@jamesmckillican652 9 месяцев назад

For a cheap quick fix you can use a steel bar like ppl use for a rolling toolbox

@GregTheJunior 7 месяцев назад

3d print and redesign Vertical toggle clamps for your drawers.

@TheExploringBiker 9 месяцев назад

If you do end up keeping the truck strap idea, then you need to print some corner protectors or the strap is going to wreck the edges of the worktop and bottom drawer.

@lolmandood 9 месяцев назад

Button locks for the drawers.

@cheesesilk 9 месяцев назад

Awesome guys ! Loved this update. Inspiring fixes

@griefman6550 9 месяцев назад

Not sure they're strong enough to hold closed, but what about push to open drawer slides? the kind that click closed and release when you push them in. Gets rid of the handles too, which adds 2 inches of space to the corridor.

@jimrosson6702 9 месяцев назад

Great video you just need to get cabinet draw locks and overhead cabinet cabinets locks for campers and RV will solve them problems

@namanjain5581 9 месяцев назад

Drawers: get the push-click rails. 💯

@TheManOfPeace999 9 месяцев назад

Drawers? push latch cupboard? Strong Magnets in the roof

@KevinPrice-d8f 9 месяцев назад

That's cool y'all went to St. George Island. I live and work out that way.

@MorleyKert 9 месяцев назад

It’s beautiful!

@chriswtburke 9 месяцев назад

baby drawer latches for the drawers.. should work perfect. they'll pop out 1" on the hard turn, but won't open unless you latch them yourself.

@spinyuk 9 месяцев назад

The laptop holder is inspired, something like that would be useful in my office, just as much as in my own van :)

@tricky0001979 9 месяцев назад

Sometimes you have to live with things to experience their flaws, glad you are somewhere warmer than Canada for winter, I agree with Eden a heater is a must. There are locks that caravans and boats use to lock drawers so maybe look online to see if you can use them to lock it whilst in transit. Short of shoving a metal bar down the handles and screw it to the floor and countertop. Stay safe and have fun.

@MrReza656s 9 месяцев назад

Small CAbinet locks!!

@gaffyh1745 9 месяцев назад

What about rotating cams to lock the drawers? Or check out child safety locks and replicate something similar

@MrSkoobii666 9 месяцев назад

for the drawers, look at boat and r/v drawer hardware

@robertalvarez5741 9 месяцев назад

Small struts for upper cabinets

@m.waleed.h 9 месяцев назад

For the 3d printer to work during travelling, you could go to an over engineered solution of gimbling the whole printer with some shock absorbing like the way they do with cameras in film production, or a simple solution of using springs/neumatic actuators that absorb shocks and keep it level during driving.

@mathegenie13 9 месяцев назад

thing for the shower doesn‘t fit because you put hose the wrong way round. love ur stuff

@TheRealClutch1010 9 месяцев назад

Magnetic child locks for the drawers? Even non-magnetic ones, just the hooks you can push down to release. Both are hidden and easily opened.

@EliasJohansson-cc3td 9 месяцев назад

put strong magnets in the drours to stop them from sliding open

@ElderSilverFox 9 месяцев назад

I'm only an hour from Asheville. Would totally be awesome to catch up and show you some cool local spots.

@ChadimKarel 9 месяцев назад

flip the shower hose and the other side will fit the holder just fine

@diginomad6016 9 месяцев назад

Next feature to add is "Do a barrel roll" mode 😂. Great video guys ...

@kwatee 9 месяцев назад

I didn't read all the previous comments so, this might be redundant. Maybe look at some of the solutions that some of the service companies use to keep all their drawers and cabinets secured. One of the ideas that comes to mind is the way rolling tool chest drawers are secured. Just a bit of spit balling from a grateful viewer :)

@elliott3142 9 месяцев назад

I would suggest that you use some invisible latch’s. Once’s that are activated by magnets or press to open. Love your videos !

@gamingwithbean7961 9 месяцев назад

would love to see a Collab video between you and Van Neistat one day, the two best creators on this site.

@MorleyKert 9 месяцев назад

Wow, I am flattered!

@deadly_dave 9 месяцев назад

Problem: Drawers opening on a hard right turn: Solution: Get the lock and locking mechanism from an old office pedestal or filing cabinet. Then you can lock the drawers when you drive.

@fortvendel4223 9 месяцев назад

Hi! 1. Cool video! 2. This is an idea for the drawer problem: magnets that holds it there?

@iris7332 8 месяцев назад

Draws can use baby protection latches brand safety first.

@ryandury 9 месяцев назад

A dowel / pole that fits into one 3D printed part that's attached to the toe-kick (and somehow swivels out when you need it) and the other end of the pole slips into a circular recess under the counter

@Wendy-zl8kv 9 месяцев назад

Awesome solutions! 😊

@ineedtowin 8 месяцев назад

For the drawers can't you simply put locks on them. U can get office drawers where one key locks all drawers

@adampainter103 9 месяцев назад

Problem: Van needs a new *random part* Solution: Custom design and 3D print a new one! Lol, I like the clever answers you come up with using your 3D printer!

@DennAgain 5 месяцев назад

at 9:52 i feel like a way better solution would be like a child lock basically like a fridge lock with a buckle that buckles into the sides

@davesconfused12 9 месяцев назад

It's inspiring to see your progress. Do you plan to have release more detailed videos about your 3d modelling and product development?

@MorleyKert 9 месяцев назад

Yes!

@artofarock 9 месяцев назад

Great work keep it up!

@daddouuuu 9 месяцев назад

also good job for doing all these fixes in just 10 days! I had a very hard time getting to these little fixes in my van while I was living in it. But I had a full time remote job...so that didn't help

@jeremyspecce 9 месяцев назад

You’ve got plenty of good solutions for the drawers but another option is to take a look at a large tool chest, their locking systems have a common rail that lowers and raises to engage all the drawers internally, it could be on the back or the side. It could also be a common vertical rod that rotates some kind of catch into a receiver of each drawer. Just spitballing.

@thepinky9876 9 месяцев назад

use RV drawer slides.. they kinda lock when closed

@lomagibson664 7 месяцев назад

So awesome! ❤

@daylen577 9 месяцев назад

Most RVs just use latches on drawers and cabinets, either ones you can leave open when you're parked for a period of time or ones that you can easily open when you need to access them. A latch per drawer/cabinet is more hardware, but also means that if you print them and one fails you can have a new one ready within a few minutes and it also reduces the severity of a failure to just one drawer/cabinet

@MyManRaptor 4 месяца назад

Not sure if you’ll ever see this, but where in South Georgia were you? Peachtree City would be an interesting adventure for you guys.

@olgablonski7139 9 месяцев назад

Abby!! Miss you ❤. You guys are having so much fun. So for the drawers why can’t you do the same thing you did so the fridge wouldn’t slide out. Little glitches along the way, but fun for you Morley to figure it out.

@ragingroosevelt 9 месяцев назад

On boats, drawers usually have a little lip / rebate so to open them, you lift up above the lip and then pull out. Other options include a finger latch that you reach through a small hole in the front of the drawer to activate. I think there are push-button versions that do the same thing without the reacharound. Anyhow, it's a solved problem on boats.

@mauricegd 8 месяцев назад

I personally have that design in a camper that I stay in

@mauricegd 8 месяцев назад

Where you have to lift the drawer slightly to open them

@willering3130 9 месяцев назад

Cute dog!

@scottgriz 8 месяцев назад

Great episode. Just catching up on your videos. This was fun to watch. RU-vid algorithm has failed me lately and not recommended any of your videos.

@MrCZRC 9 месяцев назад

You can put magnets on drawers so it stays closed

@MorleyKert 9 месяцев назад

Not nearly strong enough!

@MrCZRC 9 месяцев назад

@@MorleyKert how about push button locks from amazon edit: i just checked the one i found doesnt show with that search term..but here is product title OCGIG 5PCS Push Button Locks Cabinet Door Catch Lock for Caravan Motorhome Camper Van Latch Cupboard Pack of 10 £3.30 each

@flux6472 9 месяцев назад

What about magnets on the roof to hold the cabinet doors up?

@aaronbrenkus9126 9 месяцев назад

your case fans for vent are a great idea, but you didn't need to make a special fan shroud, just needed to punch a 120mm hole, I do it all the time for my computer cases that don't have side fans.

@dcltdw 9 месяцев назад

Woo, an update! Hope you'll make it to Boston this summer. :)

@marcelholle6763 9 месяцев назад

Love to follow your make-things-work lifestyle. 💜

@MorleyKert 9 месяцев назад

Thank you so much!

@suszi1982 9 месяцев назад

Wouldn't be a solution for the cabinet doors magnets? You can attach magnets to your doors and use it to hold in place whichever position you want (open or colsed).