Very nice!

Jim

On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 9:24 AM Alistair Bel <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Made a brace to stiffen up the rear edge of my Westy overhead rear shelf.
> It was sagging after many years of use. Westfalia, bless 'em, did a good
> job with the cabinetry but there is a limit to the abuse that plywood can
> take.
>
> Made provision for another one of the new dimmer switches in the brace.
> The switch controls the strip of lights under the rear edge of the shelf. I
> was using a dimmer switch attached to the van wall, but I think having it
> up on the shelf is neater. Yup, you can still reach the switch when hatch
> closed.
>
> Not the most complicated mod, and some less than perfect edges ( I just
> went at the cut outs quickly with a roughing end mill) but it worked out.
>
> https://shufti.wordpress.com/2016/06/16/vanagon-rear-shelf-support/
>
> Alistair