Camp Chef Camping Oven & Stove combo on sale

[Van-Tramp]

I have about 2 inches on each side and 4-6 inches on the rear (just enough to fit a 1# propane bottle if needed). I too thought about running some type of heat barrier, but have since not felt the need once I got started using it. Less than 2 inches space would be increasingly risky though.

I've cooked a few things in it already and the space between the oven and the wood I have holding it all seems sufficient. Most of the heat comes out the rear-center (where it is ducted out of the oven) so try to line that up with a door or window for easy venting.

 

[Wabbit]

Van-Tramp, love your van setup! Got a lot of options in that space. What program did you use when working up the floor plans? It looks great and seeing it in 3d view is very helpful when trying to picture it.

 

[Van-Tramp]

I have used a free 3D CAD program called "Sketchup" (Google I think). But recently I just started using Excel instead. It allows me a top-down view only, but it is much easier to set the cells to square (change width and height to match) and imagine that each square is 1 inch. Then use the border lines and colors to map out the floor plan.

 

[GrantRobertson]

I have used a free 3D CAD program called "Sketchup" (Google I think). But recently I just started using Excel instead. It allows me a top-down view only, but it is much easier to set the cells to square (change width and height to match) and imagine that each square is 1 inch. Then use the border lines and colors to map out the floor plan.

I'm gonna have to send that to a friend of mine. He loves Excel. It is his computerized hammer and every problem is an "e-nail." He even uses it for word processing. But I don't think he has ever done this.

 

[Wabbit]

I have used a free 3D CAD program called "Sketchup"...

Thnx, will check that out!

 

[ccbreder]

Excel has to be the best office program. I use it for every thing. it is amazing what one can do with macros. Sorry to go off thread. Home Depo like stores have products specific to insulating built in ovens. But I would not trust that for a camp oven.

 

[LeeRevell]

I have used MS Paint for doing layouts and other drawings. But my current laptop doesn't have it, so I downloaded Paint.NET. It's not as intuitive and user friendly as MS Paint, but far more so than Photoshop.
Tried the layout utility on the Sportsmobile site, but it is very limited and clunky.
At work I used a superb charting package called Visio. It had various stencils and chart types for a wide variety of uses. I used to do building and room layouts with it. Very easy and powerful. Need to see if there's a cheap home-brew version of it.

 

[akrvbob]

Wow, this thread has drifted around.

These are all good topics, but because they are buried under the wrong heading they are hard to find.

Let's start new threads of you want to keep them going.
Bob