The Broccoli Bus

[Tango]

The slide-out clothes rack is a great idea...where did you find that one?

[aaronsb]

I made them from some thick wall dom stainless pipe and a stainless rod. They are loose tolerance to avoid galling. I drilled some holes on the end of the rod and the end of the tube and ran a roll pin, which then was assembled into the plywood hanger ends.

It's not that complicated. A little loud (scrape scrape) when opening and closing but it's super simple and should last forever. If I felt inspired I could probably come up with a simple nylon bushing on each end to eliminate the noise.

Originally Posted by Tango

The slide-out clothes rack is a great idea...where did you find that one?

[Tango]

Great job!

[aaronsb]

Master bedroom door. Keeps the peanut gallery out. Its a nice space saver, and still locks. Little felt pads and some angle channel helps keep the sound from traveling.

The clear plastic panel above lets natural light in from the roof hatch.

[jazty]

That is a really neat use of slides! I'm sure the hardware costs half of what the big box stores want for pocket door slides.

[aaronsb]

A set of 20" full extension drawer slides cost 20 bucks, I used two sets.

Originally Posted by jazty

That is a really neat use of slides! I'm sure the hardware costs half of what the big box stores want for pocket door slides.

[cadillackid]

badass on the slides!! love it!

-Christopher

[aaronsb]

Getting some cabinet faces installed.

[MuddaEarth]

Dig'n the master bedroom door! Your bus is coming along really nice man!

I need to get back to work on mine....I just moved from the previous location where I was working on Transcendence. The owner of the property is selling and moving to Colorado....so, I'm now relocated and ready to get to work!!

[aaronsb]

Good to hear you are set up again. Since you have the foam on the inside it should be pretty cozy to work in this winter without a lot of moisture condensing on things.

With that big door in the back I would imagine you could make a little workshop space to construct the rest of the interior!

If it helps I'm using 5 ply 1/2" birch for all the cabinetry. Its a great wood, seems dimensionally stable and takes a good hard finish. Birch's hardness is up there with oak, but doesn't have that deep grain (which I don't really like)

Originally Posted by MuddaEarth

Dig'n the master bedroom door! Your bus is coming along really nice man!

I need to get back to work on mine....I just moved from the previous location where I was working on Transcendence. The owner of the property is selling and moving to Colorado....so, I'm now relocated and ready to get to work!!

[Dragonpop]

The wife and I fully approve of the progress and the looks. Tell
the family we miss them and can maybe get together at the
Quartzite affair in january. Stay focused and keep up the great work.
Oh, by the way have you been to the bus barn to get your original
papers for the bus yet?

[aaronsb]

Thanks for the encouraging words! The plan is to drive out to the bus barn, but it seems the target always slips a little. Getting all the lids on things was a great move forward for us. I think once the tanks are fixed in place I'll feel comfortable about driving out to snohomish and not having stuff rattle around everywhere. I'd hate to smash a fitting on a tank.

Wiring and lights are next paycheck, along with some steel for tank assembly.

We are getting close. Running hot and cold water and lights are so close.

Originally Posted by Dragonpop

The wife and I fully approve of the progress and the looks. Tell
the family we miss them and can maybe get together at the
Quartzite affair in january. Stay focused and keep up the great work.
Oh, by the way have you been to the bus barn to get your original
papers for the bus yet?

[aaronsb]

I redid some of the kitchen drawer faces because they looked awful. Fortunately I was able to use all the scrap from the other cabinets to cut new clean faces.

The public service announcement is that 3M VHB tape is really just wonderful for getting the drawer face alignment perfect, followed with some screws to hold everything down tight.

[aaronsb]

Bedroom work, cabinets and storage. I have some metal trim work which will make things look nice I think.

[milkmania]

Originally Posted by aaronsb

I redid some of the kitchen drawer faces because they looked awful. Fortunately I was able to use all the scrap from the other cabinets to cut new clean faces.

The public service announcement is that 3M VHB tape is really just wonderful for getting the drawer face alignment perfect, followed with some screws to hold everything down tight.

We use some extremely high tack double sided tape at the trophy shop to hold faceplates to wall plaques and trophies....
You'll bend the faceplate if you try to pull it off... You get 1 shot at getting in place right

Comes in handy for EVERYTHING!!!

[aaronsb]

Got the folding activity tables installed. Each table is 77x18 inches. It should be enough room for 6 folks to eat dinner, computer nerd, draw, homework, whatever.

They fold flat and stow under the beds. The upper beds will have sheeting and fold out lights or whatever. When the uppers are folded out for beds, the lights are used by the lower occupants. The upper bunks also have lights and stuff.

[MuddaEarth]

I like the addition of the fold out table/workspace!! My floor plan has a similar work area, but I didn't consider making it fold down. I may have to utilize this idea, it would create a bit more hangout space.

[cadillackid]

those tables are badass! with the beds.. super cool
-Christopher

[big_bertha]

This is looking really, really sweet man. The birch looks phenomenal. Super envious, keep up the epic work!

[aaronsb]

Got some onboard electrical going finally. I have an older 40 amp float charger - you can just leave it plugged in.

I am treating the lighting in the bus sort of like a car, they are connected to the coach batteries not house batteries. There is a relay setup that connects the coach batteries only if the charger is feeding the system, or the engine is running.

The relay is latched to the vehicle power too, so you can unplug from shore and lights stay on for a while until you start engjne, but they will power down if you don't do anything for a while.

I think right now the hardest thing is deciding on light placement, so I have some wires stabbed into DC power to test light fixtures. I'm trying to make most lighting secondary reflective.

Pretty sure it gets more complex once I have house batteries, solar, generators, hamster wheels, etc.