Rusty 87 build thread

[musigenesis]

Put up a piece of 3/4" plywood as a separator between the closet and what will be a kitchen cabinet. I'm also considering mounting my AC-DC converter and my DC fusebox on the opposite site, but maybe not.





Decided to finish up paneling the vent fan projection while waiting for supplies to insulate my two emergency exit doors.





Got these pieces flush with the ceiling with a flap disk and orbital sander. I don't know what this revolutionply stuff is actually made of, but it makes the most thoroughly nauseating smell of any wood-like product I've ever used when it's sanded. I can't even describe it, it's just horrific.

[tobeamiss]

So much work you've done but it looks amazing. Top notch carpentry!

[musigenesis]

Originally Posted by tobeamiss

So much work you've done but it looks amazing. Top notch carpentry!

Thank you! I'm glad you can't see it up close.

[joeblack5]

The way you made that Fan stick out out of the roof together with allowing light in is a really nice detail hat adds a lot of character to the bus, nice job


Johan

[musigenesis]

Originally Posted by joeblack5

The way you made that Fan stick out out of the roof together with allowing light in is a really nice detail hat adds a lot of character to the bus, nice job


Johan

It worked out pretty well.

[musigenesis]

Originally Posted by Native

Nor in Texas:


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... but this was NOT from this year.

Oh, the ironing! Hope you're getting by OK, Native.

[musigenesis]

Ripped my countertop. Slow weekend, should be able to install this on Tuesday (Monday is another snow day here).

[Phatman]

Originally Posted by musigenesis

Thanks!

No, I couldn't bear to live in one of these self-propelled coffins people turn their buses into. The sunlight and the 360° view are the only things that make being in such a tiny space acceptable to me. I even added three more windows.

I couldn’t have said it better myself Musigenesis !!!

[musigenesis]

Originally Posted by Phatman

I couldn’t have said it better myself Musigenesis !!!

Thanks man! I hope you're doing OK down there in Antarctica.

[Phatman]

Originally Posted by musigenesis

Thanks man! I hope you're doing OK down there in Antarctica.

Yeah damndest thing. We get this kinda crazy $&it every 10 to 15 years and is usually pretty hard to deal with if you don’t prepare for it. We did ok through it. No busted pipes or anything like that. I put a little 1500 watt heater in the bus to see how it would do in a hard freeze. Not bad. Got it up to 41 degrees. My wife was just getting over the Covid , so she was about to crawl out of her skin.

[Oldyeller]

Originally Posted by musigenesis

Thanks!

No, I couldn't bear to live in one of these self-propelled coffins people turn their buses into. The sunlight and the 360° view are the only things that make being in such a tiny space acceptable to me. I even added three more windows.

Nice to know I'm not the only one that feels that way. The day may come when I remove the bus windows from Leavuntaun but only if I find a way to replace them with other windows that can be successfully sealed. I agree part of the appeal of a skoolie is the amount of glass - the views - the light.

I also decided early on that, if I ever do a roof raise, the window frames will go up too.

Nice progress. I haven't been getting on the forum as much since I'm wintering in Florida and filling my days with playing with an old motorcycle but you've certainly been busy. Great job, keep going.

[musigenesis]

Originally Posted by Oldyeller

Nice progress. I haven't been getting on the forum as much since I'm wintering in Florida and filling my days with playing with an old motorcycle but you've certainly been busy. Great job, keep going.

I'm bummed, in a COVID-free world I would have been down in Florida now myself. Instead I'm shoveling ice off my driveway today.

[musigenesis]

[Native]

Originally Posted by musigenesis

Oh, the ironing! Hope you're getting by OK, Native.

LOL ... I shudda kept my mouth shut!


Thank you for the concern. We made it through okay. It was cold, but we had a fireplace. I ran an extension cord from The Beast into the house so we could charge up the cell phones. The house batteries lasted about 40 hours.


Of course, today was in the 80's!

[musigenesis]

Originally Posted by Native

LOL ... I shudda kept my mouth shut!


Thank you for the concern. We made it through okay. It was cold, but we had a fireplace. I ran an extension cord from The Beast into the house so we could charge up the cell phones. The house batteries lasted about 40 hours.


Of course, today was in the 80's!

Glad you're OK! Skoolies are definitely useful vehicles in an apocalypse.

[Phatman]

Originally Posted by Native

LOL ... I shudda kept my mouth shut!


Thank you for the concern. We made it through okay. It was cold, but we had a fireplace. I ran an extension cord from The Beast into the house so we could charge up the cell phones. The house batteries lasted about 40 hours.


Of course, today was in the 80's!

Good to know you’re okay Native. Musigenesis got me to searching when we saw your last post.

[musigenesis]

Decided to insulate my emergency exit doors in basically the same way as my bulkhead door. The ideas I had for temporary insulated covers for these things were just too monstrous.



I'm going to re-attach the three-part latch after insulating.









6 degree bevel so it won't jam on opening.







The door frame pieces are screwed into the outer frame and then screwed to the door, to make sure everything's aligned properly. I'll just have to remember to unscrew these pieces from the outer frame when I'm done; need to do this before I put up the insulation and paneling.

[musigenesis]

[musigenesis]

Insulating the side door.



Possibly the worst job yet on this bus - trying to remove a bit of angle bracket with a broken piece of hacksaw.











Reattached the factory latch, plus a temporary stopper piece.



Reattached the handle.



Reattached the arms.



Feels just like it used to.

[Native]

I really like what you did on that side door! Kudos!


Tip: Grab the hacksaw blade with vice grips and wrap a rag around the vice grips. This makes it much more comfortable to saw. The hardware stores also carry a device that is a plastic handle that will hold the blade. Those are GREAT.


Look at the "mini hacksaw" listed here: https://uk.rs-online.com/web/general...hacksaws-guide