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Old 11-16-2013, 10:07 PM   #101
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Old 12-15-2013, 08:02 PM   #102
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Finally got everything wrapped up from harvest this fall, got the oil changed in everything (42gal total), got all the batteries out and on the trickle charger, got all the spring tillage equiptment ready and packed it all into the sheds for the winter. SO I went shopping today.

3 sheets of 3/4" cheap plywood for the bunk floors.


20 very nice 2x4's to build the bunks, 6 1x6x8 and 9 1x4x8 pine boards for the structural parts of my 11' long kitchen cabinets and 6 1x6x8 select, clear pine for the doors and some trim.


Now all I need to do is clean up the mess that seems to gather over summer every year in my every shrinking wood shop.
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Old 12-16-2013, 08:05 AM   #103
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glad to see you with time to work on the ole girl now
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Old 01-13-2014, 08:25 AM   #104
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Progress has been made but the bus is in a shed with little lighting and it's hard to get decent photos.
Bunks are roughly constructed, no trim work anywhere yet. Kitchen cabinet has begun to take shape as well.

I've been looking for an awning for a while and couldn't find anything in my price range that wasn't a POS.
I decided this was the better route to go as I can use it elsewhere as well. Not sure why it's so dang blurry ...


I also sold that beautiful piece of granite to a neighbor who just "had to have it" and made a NICE profit.
The MRS. suggested doing a butcherblock for the kitchen countertop and I've got to say, the idea is growing on me.
It will be made out of Oak and will have a fairly dark stain on it to match the floor. Something like this ...
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go with mama's idea in the kitchen...it helps when later down the road you install something "you" want
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Old 01-13-2014, 11:11 AM   #106
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Like the composting toilet she wants nothing to do with ... Excellent idea Bansil ! !

I see nothing wrong with a nice looking board above a 5gal pail but apparently it is the WORST idea in the world. A little barn lime and some sawdust and you'll never know it's there.
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Old 01-14-2014, 08:28 AM   #107
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Re: The Bamper - 1977 Chevy 54 pass

I've been using my bucket toilet for a couple years now, and for the most part I think it works great! My wife does get a little embarrassed when it comes to that part of the visitor tour though - somehow the pit toilet is not classy enough for her.
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Old 01-14-2014, 01:52 PM   #108
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I've been using my bucket toilet for a couple years now, and for the most part I think it works great! My wife does get a little embarrassed when it comes to that part of the visitor tour though - somehow the pit toilet is not classy enough for her.
Have you seen how I "cutie-d" up our toilet for visitors
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Old 02-02-2014, 01:32 PM   #109
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Well it has been very cold up here lately so not much has been done on the bus but I did get the rear bunks in and the fridge unwrapped


Grabbed some 3" stainless pipes and a few fittings to make a little better exhaust system than what's on the bus currently. The flex conduit and bungee are not part of that







Going to enclose the area under the lower bunks to store some short things
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Old 03-22-2014, 06:00 PM   #110
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It's been a while since I've updated but then again, not much has been done ;)

Got the kitchen area built, minus butcherblock countertop.

Frames built.


Cabinet shell built.


Drawers done.


Drawer face frames done.


Both cabinets sitting on their toe-kicks with the mini-fridge inbetween them. The far cabinet has a deep drawer for a garbage can and silverware drawer on top. A bar sized sink will be to the left of that. The closest cabinet will be for dishes and other misc.
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Old 03-31-2014, 09:44 PM   #111
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Finally got the lumber for the couter tops planed. Started with 21 oak 7ish" x 8' boards that have been drying for 15 or so years and sized them to roughly 3/4" thick. Should be pretty nice when it's done ! !

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Old 04-01-2014, 12:43 PM   #112
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great job on the cabinets man, love your work.
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Old 04-16-2014, 04:42 PM   #113
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Finally making more progress ... slow but steady I guess as real life keeps getting in the way.

Got the home sawn oak boards all straight edged and ripped down to 1 5/8" which should yield a 1 1/2" countertop when all sanded and leveled.



This is VERY discouraging. 6" so far and it's still coming down like crazy. April 16th. Two years ago I had all my small grains planted before the end of March ! ! Roughly 100 acres of wheat and right around 55 acres of oats/alfalfa.

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Old 04-16-2014, 08:14 PM   #114
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Dumping all that hot, radioactive water in the ocean from the four dieing fukushima reactors in Japan has really messed up the ocean currents.

Lol. Love the theory, but not in this case. Radiation doesn't have anything to do with currents. That's geology and the moon plus temp. How do I know you ask? That's what I do for a living. I'm a health physics technologist. And the amount of rad material dumped into the ocean is definitely a concern for Japans coast, but Hawaii does more ecological damage with its naturally growing mountains.

The amount of rad material in all of the worlds nuke plants including the military and scientific communities could empty into the waters and it might have a significant impact on the part of the Pacific that collects all the floating garbage that people toss overboard.

Buy an almanac if you don't believe me. The earth goes through this stuff every 100 years or so and then a big one every 10,000 or so.

Nat, not telling you that you are full of it. I know a ludicrous amount about unstable atoms and their decay methods.

if you were goofing, I laughed, if not, hope you see this as an opportunity to learn. After all, you've taught me a few things on here too.

Sorry, back to the topic. I hate snow period! It makes people drive stupid, and keeps the kids home when I want to sleep in!!!!

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Old 04-16-2014, 08:52 PM   #115
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I love snow and cold and crappy roads and all that jazz ... and I drive for a living. Bad roads do not bug me in the very least.

That being said. This has been a LONG NEVER ENDING winter. We had more below 0 days this winter then in the last 13 combined. Enough is enough. It's finally done snowing here and we have just shy of 10 more inches of joy on the ground ...
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Paint doesn't dry when its cold??? lol
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Old 04-17-2014, 05:05 PM   #117
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we have just shy of 10 more inches of joy on the ground ...
Funny, my wife said that about me when I was under my bus..........
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Old 04-20-2014, 11:14 AM   #118
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Well I got the bus mostly insulated last night, not really going for thermal so much as for road noise.

Also, I gave the ol' Farmall M a much needed tune up and some new seat bushings. It is much less of a balancing act to drive this thing again.

I use it daily to grind feed for my 150 steers. Cheap power and I have a soft spot for this older equipment.
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Old 04-29-2014, 10:18 PM   #119
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Got the cabinet backs all on as well as the plywood backs to the bunks. Looks a lot more done with just a few pieces of plywood in place.

I'll throw pictures up once I take a few. It got dark in a hurry with the stupid weather around here lately. Just shy of 5" of rain since Saturday evening. Bus is completely dry, wish I could as the same about my basement.

*Photos*




Template made to cut the boards that will separate the bunk area from the front area.


Whenever I upload photos to photobucket it seems to only show half the picture. It's bothering me and I can't seem to get it quite right. Argh.
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Old 04-30-2014, 09:18 PM   #120
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No big bus update today but I did buy a lawn mower. 1992 Deere 322. Got a snowblower, MC519 cart bagger and a hyd blade. Hour meter shows 584hrs and I don't doubt it, it's CLEAN.



And a "new" bike. 1979 CB750K. I am the second owner, pretty neat. 21k miles and it runs like a dream. Full resotration ~6 years ago.


$4k for all the above. I felt pretty good, mower and goodies are worth that alone. I saw the bike in the shed when I went to pick up the mower and asked about it. When asked he said, "Well, everything's for sale for the right price." We got to talking, I drove it around the block and came back grinning ear to ear and he asked what I'd offer and he took the first number I threw at him. "I smiled like that when I drove it home when it was new and again after I redid it so seeing that smile on your face I knew you'd take care of it." What a swell deal for sure ! !

Bike came with all the original parts and the mower came with an extra set of belts, bar tires, and the diff and hydro unit out of a Deere 430. Should be fun to put that in and have a two speed 322 with diff lock !!
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