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Part 13 — Slide-out kitchen

How to Build a DIY Travel Trailer - Slide Out Kitchen (Part 13)

What Joe did

Built a nested, two-stage slide-out kitchen for a camp stove and work surfaces.
Trimmed the boxes in aluminum and fitted heavy-duty drawer glides to the inner and outer slide-outs.
Found side-to-side wiggle when extended and made a removable shim to stabilize the work surface.
Built a floor-mounted bracket to hold the slide-out assembly behind an access hatch.
Used a collapsing sliding-door security bar as the outer support leg and cut a channel for the propane bottle.

What	Value	Where in the video
Build history	about two years; about 20 videos	series I think I have spent about two and I have about 20 videos
Kitchen sections	two main components	two main components uh one
Tool kit	18V	RYOBI 18V ONE+ HP Compact Brushless 2-Tool Kit
Miter saw	7 1/4 inch	Ryobi 7 1/4 inch Sliding Miter Saw
Nailer	18 gauge	Ryobi 18ga Brad Nailer

Item	Detail as Joe says it
Slide-out boxes	plywood and aluminum trim
Slides	heavy-duty drawer glides
Support	sliding glass-door security bar; scrap plywood bracket
Stove	camp stove
Travel retention	pot holder with magnets; aluminum angle; spacer washers
Fuel routing	propane bottle

He tested the extended slide and found side-to-side movement before calling it done.
The removable shim made the surface rigid when extended.
He left the faucet for a later design because he had not resolved its placement.

Nathan: A slide-out kitchen adds moving parts, slides, supports, and weather exposure; decide if it earns its budget.
Nathan: Mock up the full extension and support leg for Nathan’s layout before buying heavy-duty slides.
Nathan: Keep propane routing as an unresolved design item until Nathan chooses the kitchen location.