SudoSeth

We have made a lot of visible progress in the past few weeks. John and I have put in new flooring, paint, carpet, a fridge, chairs, etc. We still have to make the new battery and wiring system, but John as been working on the new design. Sadly I didn’t take as many pictures during this part of the renovation, so you’ll have to imagine the hours and hours of work that went into this.

After removing all of the desks and rotten wood (as seen in the previous update) we began installing the new wood. We painted all of the boards before we laid them in place so that they would last longer and receive less wear and tear. In the high traffic areas (the middle and forward “L” shape) we also put down 5/8th” composite board so as to add even more protection and strength to the floor. After measuring, cutting, painting and bolting the boards down we screwed a carpet into place.

One of the few pictures I have with the new floor boards exposed. After this we repainted all of the original floorboards as well.

This is the fridge that I bought for the truck. It has a volume of 4.5 Cubic feet and can hold a lot of soda! My measurements that is uses an average of only 24 Watts per hour. Below it you can see the freshly painted 5/8″ board.

John is cutting the carpet to fit after installing the fridge in a carefully measured recessed section of floor.

The new additions worked out nicely.

As you can see the box is finally starting to take form and be recognizable for what it will become. The next LAN party is about a month of way, by which point I hope to have the rest of the workbenches reinstalled along with a functional battery/inverter system. John has been buying a bunch of heavy duty cable connectors so that we will (in theory) be able to quick disconnect and even hot swap the batteries. We are planing on replacing the current 900W inverter with a much more powerful 3,500 Watt pure sine-wave inverter and built in charger. We’ve come a long way, and we still have much more to do.

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