hello my name's Mel welcome to my world and for those of you that are new to my
channel I'm currently turning this Mercedes Sprinter into an off-grid go
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today I'm gonna finish off my beanch seat I'm gonna reinforce it stop it flexing
upholster it and put a nice little frame around it make it look all nice and free
so let's jump in the van and I'll show you exactly what I mean so those of you
got a regular to my channel we note how I built this simple frame I've built
this simple frame made a lid on it like presto Bates eat a lot of comments you
know if you go about how flexible this was what's it on it you can see it's
quite flexible if used to get too large you see adults on there the chances are
that more even snap because it is only 34 by 34 and lots of people say I'll
need to put a leg in the middle its tricks what you can fit under here it's
restrictive so I thought what I need to do is strengthen this somehow so I've
come up with a cunning plane what I'm going to do is frame me off with this
this wood on the edges of this so I think it will look quite nice simply
attach that to there like that that will take away any flicks of below and at the
same time I'm going to make some trim bits to go down each edge as well
tighten it the same color as this I'll think that'll look really nice I'm also
gonna paint this leg here this this is my big support actually not a big
support but it's part of the bid it's gonna go crossed here my table is going
to attach to this eventually I'll I was swinging out a table unless where the
leg is gonna be attached so I'm gonna make some legs for it first then attach
it and then hide the screw holes using my special technique painting it and
then we're going to pulse stuff the seat and put that on top right over there
okay so I'll cut me wood it's a teemo cut
so length so these are gonna go slide these are purely cosmic they don't
really do much just if I put that on top
with these bits down the side as well it just gives it that frame effect it
makes it all look uniform yeah I think that's gonna look really nice somehow
got to now yeah Kenny Everett moment you saw gotta do now is drew some elves put
some glue on it and attach it all to make sure get this in the right place
well the hums in the right place I'm gonna hold it in place like that trusty
pencil so let's give them me this line so I know if I'm through in the middle
of that I'm gonna get the screws back me in the middle
spaced out some screws I'm gonna put plenty of screws in this fold it in
place
you know it's not clearly from the back to the front that's because all these
Terry ups now at the front doesn't matter because now get more countersunk
and grilled the other wine this cleans up the edges you so cleans out the I end
up with all these nice clean holes
Sloane's done man Alex say again make a rough line when I do my countersink
something quite deep so that I've got plenty of room there to put the filler
in because I'm gonna fill these holes over to hide the screws
now take me drill bit out I'll put the sweet bean Oh screw basaltic here I'm
just gonna send it down and make it a bit smooth say well some girls does
wrong round off this age because this AG's gonna be up here so often effing
it's square I'm gonna round it off back in a minute
now to mend the edges off I'm simply going to be using this simple little hay
implying nothing fresh I'm just gonna skim it along both edges make it nice
and curved just in case it does touch the back of me links we're not sitting
down stuff in here I reckon this I'm like excellent fire starting material so
I'm going to put that in more stove
gonna then I'll get around a light in me stone I've got some stuff in it the
lights been drilled it's all been planed and sanded she's Daisy bar oh I
lawsuit make an appearance I was saying so let's lift me then there screw it
into place okay so everything is now firmly attached there's absolutely no
flex in it what's up oh fuck so now I'm just gonna fill these holes in using
auto body filler it's quite simple really
no went going over the top of the screw I tend to push my thumb into this and it
makes it curved so this curves like that so where's I'll scrape the filler over
it makes it bulge out slightly just a little technique push your thumb in when
you go over it makes it makes it curved stops it stops the spatula from dragging
the filler out and a whole
it's so cold in here I had to turn the heater on to get the filler to try it
wouldn't go off its takes off for ages but now it's finally gone art I'll need
to rub it down using a bit of same pine box just gonna rub it down smooth it
over and then paint it
well that is super super messy maybe not such a good idea if you're gonna do this
then probably good idea to do it outside the vein cuz that is just so messy baby
ice it's done else I will listen then all I need to do now is do a little bit
of masking and then paint this timber timber frying the same color as the rest
of the vein cheese noise alright now let's crank the heater up shut the doors
get it nice and hot in here get that paint dry
so I'm finished fitting soft furnishings well that's looking really good I'm
really pleased with that it's nice and dry now now whilst that was drying and
banged up a cushion how about saying what does it something creepy what that
was drying I put to give up a cushion what I posted it I'm not very happy with
the material let me show you what I mean
so this was my board that was on top of if you remember from my previous video
all I've done is simply put a bit of foam on it mapped material wearing it
and stapled it I mean it's a bit rough looking back and trim it and make it
look a bit pretty later on so Tony how's things so I bought this material online
off a bike and I like the pattern but I don't have that number - it's supposed
to be proper upholstery me too but it doesn't feel quite right so yeah I
thought I would have to see how it wakes it up but anyway I believe that also I
made a little bit of mistake I should have got should have got free inch thick
foam rather than a four inch this is 4 inches think maybe it might be a little
bit dodgy we define it we're just gonna have to be super careful but to be
honest if this does get burnt rocky fan in but was to fall out okay
a bone this I'm not gonna be the upset cuz i'm not too sure like it's be honest
would you think the cat approves would be alright well she's a bit is it no now
come this so pop it outside and safe when I made this
pretty sideways I simply wrapped it a bit like you would a Christmas present
but I'm need to put some stitches down here just to stop it coming apart so
that's more next job later on when it's raining I'll save that for a rainy day
guys there's no need to screw this down that can just simply sit there like that
big item spice now hot chuckle me metal detecting equipment and diving equipment
and me fridge me toilet when I'm look using the van
for the hair yeah I'm really pleased I've got this big open spice I might
just make some curtains think I'll cross there don't know I just leave you open
well there you go this then he's really starting to take shape now it's starting
to look just how I imagined it it's looking really good sure bet it's
material I might have to change that
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