A bus named Zero

[o1marc]

Originally Posted by ermracing

What's wrong with the wood look? A little polyurethane instead of paint..... The construction looks great though.

Wood look nice, but white paint makes the space look twice as big.

[eethan]

Originally Posted by ermracing

What's wrong with the wood look? A little polyurethane instead of paint..... The construction looks great though.

Thanks! Quite a bit of stuff is ¾ inch plywood with pocket holes and screws. It’s all very sturdy. Some of the bigger stuff does have some 2x4 structure to it as well.

But I have to agree with o1marc, the white makes things look much more spacious plus I just like the look compared to plain wood

[eethan]

Walls in the front have been painted and some other stuff has been done, like the kitchen backsplash and bunk room ceiling

[eethan]

https://youtu.be/Oiw1RO3O7lo another video update for y’all

[eethan]

fixed the video so it isnt sideways. new link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGTvOpLyy1o

[eethan]

Things are continuing to shape up! Got one of the two emergency doors sealed shut today (the wheelchair one) and we are very close to painting the bathroom and bunk room.

What I ended up doing to seal the emergency door was undoing the screws that hold the handle and latch, and then using a reciprocating saw to cut it off. After that I put a lap of seam sealer on the gasket all the way around the door to make sure it didn’t ever leak, and then secured metal plates on the inside of the door so it’s permanent secured shut (see pics) I also made a little piece to fit where the handle hole was so it didn’t leak. The other thing I did on that door was use some sheet metal, rivets, and seam sealer to close off the rusted out hole that I cut out of the door weeks ago.

[eethan]

Attachment 1 gone for a few days and dad did the bathroom door!

[eethan]

My picture posting is acting up again... here is the real one

[Yukon Cornelius]

It is shaping up exceptionally well

[eethan]

Got the other speaker and stereo put in today, as well as the headboard in the master. (Got the backup camera mounted too but didn’t take a pic)

Mom has also done some priming in the bathroom and bunk rooms

Took her out on the road for the first time in nearly a year today! Went to the loves truck stop in pittsboro, only a 10 min drive from home. Definitely a learning curve to it!

[Ninjakitty]

Looking great! What size TV did you go with?

[eethan]

Originally Posted by Ninjakitty

Looking great! What size TV did you go with?

A 40 inch TCL Roku tv. Amazon link TCL https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GB61TQR/

They actually sent me two when I ordered one, so I don’t have to buy another for the master bedroom!

[eethan]

Roof is done in the master, and the bunk room and bathroom have been painted.

[Yukon Cornelius]

Looking good man, really taking shape.
Don't you love the surplus shipments

[eethan]

Originally Posted by Yukon Cornelius

Looking good man, really taking shape.
Don't you love the surplus shipments

Thanks! Getting closer every day

Mom bought the floor we decided on, but no pics of that. Some to come eventually, but for now just know it a very dark brown wooden color.

Picked up a sheet of ½ inch plywood to do the last bunk wall, and another sheet of ¾ to do some stuff with in the master. Also got two six volt golf cart batteries to start building the bank of house batteries. (20Ah) when I have some time this week I’m gonna hook up the inverter and start getting things running, just to make sure they work.

[eethan]

Pretty minor, but I finally labeled my breaker panel.

I don’t think OSHA would like me very much for how I got temp power to the box... (absolutely not leaving this hooked up, this was just so I could probe the outlets to know which was which)

[eethan]

A year ago today was my first day working on it! Hard to believe it’s been a year already. Dad started to put the floor in in the front and hallway today and I think it looks superb

I mainly worked in the master bedroom, trimming out and insulating the walls (the hump is so big on the one side because I needed to make room for the wires)

Hooked up the batteries temporarily to test the inverter and all is well, except for the controller/remote which is busted somehow...

[Sleddgracer]

I have to say, it does look good

[eethan]

Done quite a bit over the past couple days. The bus door and a has a lock on it, more plumbing has been done, I put handles on the cabinets in the kitchen, i bought and installed a new sending unit on the fuel tank as the old one was broken, and hooked up the shore power to the inverter transfer switch.

Also got a pic in the sunset where it looks pretty cool

[eethan]

Forgot to add the video for the door lock. Here it is
https://youtu.be/Areh8zs4de8