Rusty 87 build thread

[Mr4btTahoe]

Originally Posted by musigenesis

$55 lesson on the importance of securing stuff in the z-axis.

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I had meant to add a removable block of wood above the microwave that would hold it down and prevent it from bouncing up and out of its cubby, but I figured it was not very likely to happen and gave it a low priority. Oh well.

I had this same thing happen in our short bus. I had just bought the microwave.. got it setup and in place.. drove down to get fuel before leaving on a trip.. took a corner and it slid out and became a paperweight. Very frustrating.


Left the fuel station... went back to the store and bought another


Nothing like wasting money. Lol


Love the progress. Keep it up!

[musigenesis]

Originally Posted by Mr4btTahoe

I had this same thing happen in our short bus. I had just bought the microwave.. got it setup and in place.. drove down to get fuel before leaving on a trip.. took a corner and it slid out and became a paperweight. Very frustrating.

Left the fuel station... went back to the store and bought another

Ha ha, I briefly considered trying to repair mine until I took a closer look at it. Plus I remembered it's a freakin' microwave, not really the sort of appliance you want to DIY.

I noticed yesterday that it also put a nice ding in my chest freezer when it landed. Oh well, that's what fridge magnets are for.

[musigenesis]

Started on one of the two big drawers that will go underneath my bed.





Trying to use up the rest of my warped plywood, so I'm framing out the corners with more ripped stair tread to hold everything square. Also means I won't have to be running supporting screws into the edges of the plywood.



Big piece of stair tread as a center divider, which will also support the 3/16" bottom of the drawer. This thing is going to be pretty heavy in the end.



Very annoying cutting error, oh well.

[musigenesis]

Finished building the bottom drawer for underneath my bed.





This thing is really pretty heavy. It will just be for storing clothes, but it still might be too much for the drawer slides I bought. I might have to cut away some of the sides and the divider to lighten it.



Bought a replacement microwave today.

[Oscar1]

Do you ever sleep? Nice progress on the cabinets, better progress on replacing necessary appliances.

[musigenesis]

Originally Posted by Oscar1

Do you ever sleep? Nice progress on the cabinets, better progress on replacing necessary appliances.

Ha ha I sleep way too much these days. I'll screw like two pieces of wood together and then go take a nap. It contributes to my generally slow pace.

[TJones]

Originally Posted by musigenesis

Ha ha I sleep way too much these days. I'll screw like two pieces of wood together and then go take a nap. It contributes to my generally slow pace.

If your pace is slow at least it's steady. It seems you accomplish something every day. I'm lucky to get something done once a month.

In skoolie conversion time your progress is fast.

Ted

[Rwnielsen]

Have you considered drawer rollers underneath and instead of drawer slides maybe a simple guide on either side of the drawer. Even ball type rollers. Just thinking out loud...

[musigenesis]

Originally Posted by Rwnielsen

Have you considered drawer rollers underneath and instead of drawer slides maybe a simple guide on either side of the drawer. Even ball type rollers. Just thinking out loud...

I have this set of Joe Weider dial-a-weight dumbbells that weighs over 100 pounds and I'm going to try mounting it under my couch sort of like how you describe. It will definitely require something a lot sturdier than drawer slides.

[musigenesis]

Finished the second under-bed drawer.



For the center divider I used the rounded edge of the stair tread. I liked this, so I added a bit of the rounded edge to the divider on the first drawer.



Continuing work on my skylight hatch. I glued some XPS foam board into the gaps between the inner and outer parts of the hatch. This is just to keep them spaced for the Bondo, not much point in insulating the 1" edge of this thing.



Glued in some thing strips of wood for the parts with rigid metal bracing inside, also to keep the inside and outside spaced properly. Not sure if the Bondo will hold here without cracking, but we'll see.

[musigenesis]

Started the day with a healthy breakfast of Bondo.



Added some framing structure under the bed to hold the drawer slides.



Built the structure to hold the left side of the drawers. The tolerances on the slides are pretty tight so this will be kept free-standing until I have both drawers fit to it, and then I'll permanently attach it.



Slides in place.



Drawer fits pretty well and the slides support the weight of the drawer with no problem.



Slides in and out smoothly.



Added framing to support the top drawer slides.



Ran out of light before I could install the top drawer.

[musigenesis]

Installed last slider.



Test fitted top drawer.





The left side framing also supports the bed in the middle.



Trimmed out the front of the framing with 5mm underlayment.



As I suspected it would be, it's a bit un-square when closed.



A little bit of shimming fixes that.



Installed the front of the top drawer and the two pull handles. Both drawers slide in and out smoothly. It took a great deal of tweaking and trimming of the framing to get them to this point.



This piece will attach to the bed frame and provide the top of the drawers' framing.

[Buster Junior]

Really looks great!!!

[musigenesis]

Originally Posted by Buster Junior

Really looks great!!!

Thanks! So much effort, though - I'm thinking plastic tubs under the bed would have worked just as well.

[Mountain Gnome]

Originally Posted by musigenesis

Thanks! So much effort, though - I'm thinking plastic tubs under the bed would have worked just as well.

When I first got my bus, I met a lesbian couple who invited me to stay at their property. They lived in their own bus. The one thing they wanted to tell me was to put drawers under the couch (not much bigger than your bed) because pulling everything off the top to open the lid was a pain.
Did I listen? No. I had enough problems with warping wood, endless rain holding me up from cutting anything, and nary the courage you do to tackle building drawers! And my logic is drawers take up space. I built it to just fit plastic tubs underneath but don't use them, because they take up space. But they could keep things dry if needed.....

But my clothes go above the bed; underneath is auxiliary storage: swing doors on the front (crooked no less ), hinged lid on top, removable walls on the sides to slide long things in from the back door.
But my bus is smaller, and far less refined and pretty inside. I saw in a poster shop the other week:
"I sleep in my house and live in my garage."
That literally defines the interior of my bus!
I was away for a month on the road, and just caught up on your thread. The only one I went back that far to check out. Looking wonderful!
Aloha!

[musigenesis]

Top framing piece screwed to bed.



Doesn't look as bad as I thought it would, having to deal with the shimmed-out trim on the right side.



Bottom piece.



This middle piece is fairly rigid, but I need to add a bit on the backside to make it a t-bar.



Phatman, these RV latches worked out pretty well. They seem to require pretty exactly placement to work, but somehow both of them were placed correctly. Maybe I just got lucky with my first two.



I had to take the drawers out and put them back many times to finish this and I was having a really difficult time with the slider release mechanisms. It finally dawned on me that the problem is that the sliders are identical and meant to work on either side, so you have to push the release mechanism up on the left side but down on the right side.







Still a tiny bit of gap on the right side but not too bad.



The bottom drawer is pretty heavy. It will be interesting to see if the single RV latch is enough to keep it closed while driving. I may need to do one on each side for it to hold.

[musigenesis]

I may have screwed up a bit with these under-bed drawers. It's my intention to put my fresh water storage tank underneath the bed towards the back, but because I made these drawers about 3' wide, I only have 35" from the rear wall to the left-side support for the drawers. A typical 40-gallon tank is 39" x 18" x 14" which would only have fit if I'd made the drawers 30" wide instead of 35" wide. Oopsy.

I might instead have to have a long, thin tank up against the back wall and running across the aisle. This would slightly block the rear door but it will probably be OK. And this would give me more room underneath the bed for the pump etc.

[musigenesis]

Bottom drawer came loose during the drive back to my lot. I think I may have installed it wrong since it makes a weird plastic-y snapping noise when I close it, but I'm going to remove it and put two catches on each side.

[Kentucky Dreaming]

[musigenesis]

Originally Posted by Mountain Gnome

When I first got my bus, I met a lesbian couple who invited me to stay at their property. They lived in their own bus. The one thing they wanted to tell me was to put drawers under the couch (not much bigger than your bed) because pulling everything off the top to open the lid was a pain.
Did I listen? No. I had enough problems with warping wood, endless rain holding me up from cutting anything, and nary the courage you do to tackle building drawers! And my logic is drawers take up space. I built it to just fit plastic tubs underneath but don't use them, because they take up space. But they could keep things dry if needed.....

But my clothes go above the bed; underneath is auxiliary storage: swing doors on the front (crooked no less ), hinged lid on top, removable walls on the sides to slide long things in from the back door.
But my bus is smaller, and far less refined and pretty inside. I saw in a poster shop the other week:
"I sleep in my house and live in my garage."
That literally defines the interior of my bus!
I was away for a month on the road, and just caught up on your thread. The only one I went back that far to check out. Looking wonderful!
Aloha!

Thank you man, glad you're enjoying the thread!