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Old 03-23-2015, 12:36 PM   #121
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Great job! I like the timelapse. I wanted to initially cut my rear at the same line you did on the rear, but the rear engine bus seems to have significantly more structure at the low end of the window frames.

You'll have a nice clean line on the rear end! (how often do you get internet strangers complimenting your rear end, anyway?)
Yeah, I could imagine there would be significantly more structural components on your bus.

I once sat on a freshly painted railing that left a nice clean line on my rear. Needless to say, I received many comments about it that day! None from an internet user though.

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Old 03-23-2015, 12:38 PM   #122
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I love seeing how you did the roof raise. more and more wish i had tried it on my bus, it would have saved me some headaches
Yep....A "tallish" kind of person would definitely endure many headaches with the original roof height.
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Old 03-24-2015, 11:39 PM   #123
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I've finally finished the editing....So, here is the video describing the details in raising the roof.
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Old 03-25-2015, 01:43 AM   #124
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Absolutely love your videos. Thanks for posting.
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Old 03-25-2015, 04:42 AM   #125
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You've got me excited!
I ordered up the "hat" channel...
And I'm thinking I'll use the all-thread method too.
THANKS for posting this. Keep up the great work bro.


Edit- did you do all that with one hacksaw blade? You got skills man.
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Old 03-25-2015, 08:49 AM   #126
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Skills and good blades.

I use Milwaukee saws all blades. Better than most.

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Old 03-25-2015, 11:16 AM   #127
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Good work sir!
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Old 03-25-2015, 12:44 PM   #128
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Thank you so much guys...I'm glad you like the videos!

I hope this inspires others to follow through with their ideas of raising the roof and follow their dreams!

The all-thread method worked fantastically and was very simple and cheap to construct. It held the roof nice and steady while it was being jacked up. So far, I've only put about $75.00 in materials to do this.

The great thing about editing is you didn't see the 2 blades I broke. ;)
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Old 03-25-2015, 01:35 PM   #129
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I've finally finished the editing....So, here is the video describing the details in raising the roof.
Hey MuddaEarth, great quality of video, what video camera did you use?

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Old 03-25-2015, 01:48 PM   #130
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Good job on the bus and video. I can here the cardinal in the back ground trying to talk over you.

....part way through you seamed to get you "mords wixed"

I've also got the same saws all, can't wait to put 'er to use.
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Old 03-25-2015, 03:45 PM   #131
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Great job! I'm excited to see your future progress!
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Old 03-25-2015, 08:43 PM   #132
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Hey MuddaEarth, great quality of video, what video camera did you use?

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Thank you.....I used a combination of a GoPro Hero 3+ silver and a Hero 4. Setting for video... 1080 30fps
Setting for time-lapse ... 12mp every 10 seconds
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Old 03-25-2015, 08:48 PM   #133
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Good job on the bus and video. I can here the cardinal in the back ground trying to talk over you.

....part way through you seamed to get you "mords wixed"

I've also got the same saws all, can't wait to put 'er to use.
Yep....most the time my mind thinks faster than I can speak!

It was cool when listening to the playback of the video and hearing the cardinal, I didn't even notice while talking. Good of you to know your birds...Nature is awesome!

I can't wait to see you put that saw in use also!!
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Old 03-25-2015, 08:50 PM   #134
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Great job! I'm excited to see your future progress!
Thank you.....I'm looking forward to nice consistent weather so I can move forward with more progress as well!
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Old 03-25-2015, 09:04 PM   #135
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Here's some photos from the day of the raise.....IMG_1139 by wesslewis, on FlickrIMG_1150 by wesslewis, on FlickrIMG_1154 by wesslewis, on FlickrIMG_1156 by wesslewis, on FlickrIMG_1157 by wesslewis, on Flickr
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Old 03-25-2015, 09:18 PM   #136
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Looks great! Pictures really help yell the story too.
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Old 03-26-2015, 10:45 AM   #137
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Brings back memories of my 19" raise on a BBAA about a hundred years ago! Thanks for the pix.
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Old 03-29-2015, 10:48 PM   #138
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I had a very good friend arrive in town today while I was out working on Transcendence. He came by for a visit and we recorded a few songs to use on my YouTube Channel. I hope you enjoy this short song.
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Old 03-30-2015, 01:20 PM   #139
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Great job on the music!
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Old 03-30-2015, 07:15 PM   #140
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Great job on the music!
Thank you.....He's a great musician and a real stand up dude! I always enjoy hanging out with him when he's around.
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