RE: refrigerator

[wiininkwe]

 
Just returned from my local WallyWorld where I purchased a Haier 1.8 cubic foot capacity compact fridge with slide out shelf, freezer compartment and ice cube try, also 2 liter bottle storage space in the door.  It was $64.73.   Check your WalMart ads.  
 This should fit into the little cubby hole under our sink and stove where a large cooler is suppose to sit, giving us a much better option for eggs, cheese, butter, and all those little things that get yukky in a cooler.   (If it doesn t fit, we ll just set it on a table or something, no biggie.)
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[Starcraft Dad]

 wiininkwe
Oh Toni, I wish I knew you wanted one of these.  I was at Home Depot last saturday getting my tile for the PU and they had the fridge on sale for $49.00.  I wanted to pick one up but with all the other stuff I had gotten, I couldn t get it in the car.  I wish I had gone back.[]  I think it was a Magic Chef.  They also have little PU size microwaves for $44.99.

[wiininkwe]

 wiininkwe
How nice of you, thank you for the thought, but not to worry, it s still a good deal.   But that would have been a good excuse to get together and meet and visit.   WalMart also has the little microwaves on sale as well, I think for $29.87.   I have to admit that i haven t measured, just bought on impulse, and haven t even taken it out of the box yet, so I don t know how close it will come to sliding into the space provided, but as I said earlier, it s no biggie.
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[vjm1639]

 wiininkwe
Our Walmart and also CVS (drug store) has the microwaves for $27 and $29.  Almost too good to pass up...but...I rarely use the microwave in the house..I don t think I d EVER use it in the PU!
 

[wiininkwe]

 wiininkwe
Wouldn t ya know it, the fridge is 3/4 of an inch too wide to fit into the little cubby hole.   Well, as I said, it s not a big problem, we can set it on the little counter just inside the door, or on a table in the AAR, or we can put it on the gaucho couch (without the pillows) where we sometimes set the two stacking sterlite shelves and drawers.  
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[Tim5055]

 wiininkwe

 

ORIGINAL:  wiininkwe
 
 Wouldn t ya know it, the fridge is 3/4 of an inch too wide to fit into the little cubby hole.  

 
 Can you trim the edges of the hole to open it up another 3/4" ?  Thats really not a lot of wood to remove.

[wiininkwe]

 wiininkwe
It s not just the edges, it s the width of the whole hole (haha).   I was thinking the same thing, and was laying on the floor yesterday with my head in there trying to decide if there would be a way to widen it.  It s just veneer, and anything done to enlarge it would rip the whole hole apart.   DH thinks that I m losing it sometimes when he walks into the camper to find me investigating something because I have a tentative plan in mind.   You know how it is with these things, you have to stand on your head in a corner to see anything.  
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[Tim5055]

 wiininkwe

 

ORIGINAL:  wiininkwe
 
 It s not just the edges, it s the width of the whole hole (haha).   I was thinking the same thing, and was laying on the floor yesterday with my head in there trying to decide if there would be a way to widen it.  It s just veneer, and anything done to enlarge it would rip the whole hole apart.  

 OK, if it is just paneling (veneer) it will be a piece of cake.
 
 Decide if you want to take the 3/4"  off one side or split it between both.  One side would be half the work, but either will be fine.
 
 Get some makking tape at lease 2"  wide and put a strip of it over the area to be removed, with the center of the tape along the cut line.  Use a straight edge to mark the cut line.
 
 Now, it will be easier to cut if you have a metal straight edge the length of the cut, but you can do it free hand.  With a razor knife with a new bladebegin your cut.  Don ttry to push all the way through, just score a line.  Now keep cutting on that line over and over.  After a few passes you will have a nice clean cut.
 
 Resist breaking it off after you have cut a while.  Take your time and cut over and over.
 
 Now your refrigerator will fit!
 

[wiininkwe]

 wiininkwe
OOOOh, a great suggestion.  Let me go out and stick my head in there again and see how it will work.  (not that I don t believe you, just one of those people who has to see for myself).   Thanks for the idea.
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 Oh btw, the large cooler that came with the camper and normally sets in that space has a new use, too.  I have a large dish drainer that fits right into the cooler.  I load it with the dishes that we normally use, and a few other of the frequently used items.   When we get to our campsite, I pull the whole cooler out, lift out the dish drainer full of dishes.  In the cooler we put little things that we won t be using again til it s time to leave.  I then use the cooler as a stand next to the outdoor stove, for the water jug or whatever.  I keep the drainer full of dishes on the table, and when I wash dirty dishes they go right back into the drainer and are ready to use again.