Thank you! It was a fun project.
-Yes the wood butcher block is birch and I picked it up from hope depot. It is secured on top of the original
fiberglass counter using a few screws and some liquid nails. The OG stove didn’t work so this gave me a blank slate to cut out the hole for a new stove and sink. Once fitted I stained it with pure tung oil. I highly recommend this product because it is all natural and no VOCs. I had never used it before and always used polyurethane or varnish in the past which is toxic and would have made the camper smell bad for awhile. Tung oil protects the wood and my camper smells like fresh lemons and I didn’t have to wear a mask when I applied it (did enough of that in 2020!) I did the same with the birch table and cabinet doors.
-For the bamboo headliner I first used a hot glue gun and secured the
lights and then the roll of bamboo over them. 200ft of led fairy
lights took forever but it looks amazing at night like sleeping under the stars. Then I cut small strips of wood and secured with short screws. The
Burro is double walled
fiberglass so if you’re careful you can screw through one layer without penetrating the exterior shell. 1/4 screws max and you might have to grind the tip.
-I read good things about the Timbren axle-less system and what
sold me was easy installation, I could set the width to any length, more ground clearance, soft ride. I ended up adding the crossbar after reading the instructions so I didn’t gain much clearance but I was able to weld a mount for my grey water tank off that crossbar later on. Originally I was just going to take it apart and then weld it to the frame but that main bolt the swing arm pivots on needs to be torqued to 460 ft lbs so I ended up bolting it to the frame and adding the crossbar. It took me a day to complete the suspension install and it tows very nice I’m happy with the suspension.