My Boler Updating/Resto Project

[Mr_Magoo]

Hey All,

Since I've been spending so much time working on the Boler I picked up last year I haven't had a chance to introduce myself:

Hi my name is Mike and I spend too much time working on my Boler Here's some photos of what I've done so far.

Prepped for its first trip
Building some custom LED lights
One of the main lights mounted
LED FTW!
I hated the fluorescent kitchen light so I built my own LED one
I also hate particle board, so I made some new pine/oak shaker doors
Tear everything out!
To help with the usual Boler door issues I made some custom ribs
Machining up a new spacer plate for the door assembly
Cutting up some PVC pipe for...
Cable runs!



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[Mr_Magoo]

My Boler had no fusing, circuit breakers AND had aluminum wiring!
Now I made custom 2ga and 6ga wiring, breakers and a heavy duty fuses
My temp setup until I get my switch and info panels built. It's all marine grade equipment.
Squeezed another trip in
Part of my solar setup (no my motorcycle trailer isn't part of it
Needed a place for coats, dog leashes and keys!
Some little lights which are going in the closet and cupboards


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[Borrego Dave]

NICE work Mike, really like how you did PVC for wire runs. If someone gutted their trailer for resto this makes good sence for future use. Did you leave a couple pull strings in it?

[Christian in FL]

Hi Mike, you do nice work. Could I see more pics of your LED kitchen light and a description of how you made it? Thanks, and remember copying someone's work is the highest flattery. (Hope ur chuckling)

[Mr_Magoo]

Dave, I didn't bother with rope pulls since each section is fairly short. I found 1"ID pipe was the perfect size to just fit under the profile of the rear bench mounting flanges and allow lots of wires to pass through. Thanks for the compliment!

As for how the lights are made, they're constructed from aluminum U-channel and household LED strip lights. Both were sourced from a hardware store.

The kitchen light was made from the u-channel riveted to a thick aluminum sheet for the top, plexiglass for the cover and many cut pieces of the u-channel to make guides for the plexiglass. The top of the plate was covered with shiny aluminum ducting tape to reflect the light better.





The other lights were made from smaller u-channel and end potted using Araldite 2011 (you could cap it other ways too). These lights are multi-colour and I've wired a switch which allows me to select ON-OFF-REMOTE. The remote mode means I can use the fancy light patterns and the ON mode is just white. As with the kitchen light, aluminum ducting tape was used on the inside.





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[Christian in FL]

Thanks for that great info and pictures. We all learn so much from each other.

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[Keaner]

Hi Mike.. what did you do to cut the ribs? Did you make a template? I need to do the same but not sure how to go about it.
Cheers

[Mr_Magoo]

Hey there. Yup, I made a template. Here's some pics:

Used a piece of scrap drywall to make the template

Shaped it

Then used it to make two pieces

A few nails and a bent rod gave me a nice curve for the inside

A lot of sanding and finagling later, voila!

I will echo what others have said before, check your door for trapped water and that the lower rail under your floor that connects the frame to the outside panel is okay.