SETTING UP THE DPOS - Drifta Pull out short
The DPOS is a good compromise between all the Drifta kitchens, and the one we now use ourselves. I can fit it the back of my troopy or in the trailer, it's compact enough to fit under the awning of our oztent and can hold all the gear we need.
Once you have the DPOS in place, you can level it up to have it perfectly level, by just adjusting one or two of the legs. . This is a really big advantage, and very handy.	Next, the end section swings away and fold up, to form the corner piece.
The lid will unclip from the 4 bungee straps that holds it down. It then just needs to be lifted back a little to allow the front to be lifted out.	The front then lifts up and swings out. There's two elbow brackets that connect onto the 'folding end' , just below the drifta logo. See how the legs are just pulled back to past the silver clips, these then can be both held together, lifted up, and then dropped to the ground, whilst holding the timber part.
Like this, then you can get the lower bench about level, and tighten up the T-nuts to hold it in place.	Then the lid simple lifts off, and into place. Again with two brackets on one end, and the timber part of the legs system fits into a rebate underneath the lid.
There you go. Kiyomi and I could easily lift this out of the troopy, and have it set up in like this, all level, with gas and water connected in about 5 minutes. Straight away you have a fully functional kitchen, with lots of bench space, sink, stove, drawers, all your cooking gear right where you need it. As long as you can fit it in your car, this kitchen is perfect for tent or trailer camping.	We put a 20 ltr jerry underneath the kitchen, and drop a clear plastic inch hose into it, the other end just pushes onto the bottom of the pump. How easy is that. No connections needed. You want to keep this hose straight though when you pack up, don't roll it up or it will curl up in the bottom of the jerry. So we put it laid out straight behind the stove when everything gets packed up.
This is really handy, find a stick, and push it through the straps at the end of the lid, to hold a rubbish bag. Just in a perfect spot too. Notice how handy the lower shelf is for putting things on, so helping to keep the top bench space from getting cluttered up.	Here you can see how the gas it hooked up, through a hole in the end or back of the kitchen. We're using a telescopic light stand, which puts a good light right over the kitchen, and is out of the way so it can't get knocked over. Also, see how we can fit our tucker box under the lower shelf, again, handy where you can get to it, but not in the road of getting tripped over.
See how Kiyomi is washing up, there is space for dirty dishes on the left of the stove, you can wash up in the middle, and drain/ wipe up on the return bench. This makes it really quick and easy to wash up properly. There's nothing worse than camping and having greasy plates etc cause you can't wash up effectively.	Me and Kaito finishing lunch. Actually, Kiyomi is just posing for the photo, I normally wash up :) If you like you can get a table with matching laminate, it makes for a nice set. There's lot's of different colours , you don't have to have red, I just made ours red cause it stands out a bit better in a photo.
A FEW MORE PHOTOS OF THE DPOS BEING BUILT
My second year apprentice Andrew, routering the front of the DPOS , before the back and bottom go on.	My first year apprentice Ray, building the lids for some DPOS's. Ray now does all the sanding, laminating, sprays first coat, prepares the steel legs ready for the boys to weld them, and many of the maintenance jobs around the factory.
Me, putting the skids and folding ends on a DPOS LHS. We generally don't have too much in stock, as there are so many combinations, like LHS or RHS, different laminate colours, different stoves, extra drawers, longer, shorter , higher, cut down , with sink, no sink, cupboard fronts etc, so every one basically is custom built to suit.	Kiyomi works a few hours a day in the factory and a few hours in the office/running around. She builds all the drawers, and many of the components, like the ½ sink piece, the H piece, lids and ends. There are around 15 different standard drawers, each with 6 different pieces of timber, plus custom drawers so it gets a bit confusing sometimes.
A FEW MORE PHOTOS OF THE DPOS BEING USED