welding

I think I am finally able to post pictures on here. We are working on our Double Decker Bus and the previous owner cut out a large portion on the top floor. Our guess is he was taller than us and wanted walking room. We want to rebuild it and we think we will have to re-weld these steel beams...

Need a place to work on your Skoolie and/or live while you build? I personally had a very hard time finding a place to work on my bus. Now I have a place with 2 acres in Mojave, California. There’s plenty of space and electricity and water. We also have two empty bedrooms in the house that we...

I'm about to start work on RV window installation this weekend. Most DIYers online have welded metal frames for the windows. Since I do not have welding experience, I am instead opting to build wood frames for the windows, affixed to the structural ribs. (Check out Joel Tremblay's video, abt...

I don't have good confidence in my welding yet, but to use my spray foam before it's expire date I must use it soon. I have a lot of experience soldering. I am thinking if I rivet and braze the hat channel extensions in and have several square inches of join at each end of the vertical...

I'm no engineer and this is my first conversion. I'm wondering if the whitish strip of metal that used to hold the seats against the wall in the image is structural or needs to be removed for better rust prevention, painting and insulation. The bus is a 2004 International 3000ic, 36 foot...

Any recommendations for a welder in Las Vegas to repair a broken shock mount?

Hello fellow skoolie members. My name is Bear and I have a 2003 International Blue Bird T444E. I am doing an 18” roof raise and I need help. I have the bus almost ready to start the raise but I need to have someone who has done a roof raise or knows how to do it come out to my house and look...

I’m new to the skoolie forums and noticed that there were a lot of questions regarding welding/fabrication. There are, what seems like, a couple skilled welders on the forum and I wanted to create a thread to help answer questions for people that are unfamiliar with welding, sheet metal...

I'm about to start my conversation and will raise my roof. I'm a welder by trade and I am wondering why not weld the skins on instead of using 2000 rivets? Thanks for any information or opinions.

im hoping for a referral to someone good to design/fabricate some things on my bus. At a minimum i need to hang my generator (420lb diesel), put a hitch on back and build some boxes underneath, maybe more as i think about it. I'm in Palm Bay (think melbourne or cocoa if not from here) and...

Hi everyone, Looking for advice. I have gotten most of the ceiling out and the floor up. I am about to remove the ceiling from the front of the bus which has the mechanics for the door attached to it. I then am going to remove the heater and try and loop the piping back into itself for the...

If all I get is directed to other threads then great, but I haven't been able to find them so can you weld in body patches or only rivet and what kind of caulking should I use for the roof seems thanks, Michael

Turns out the a-frame was never fully welded to the main frame of our Denali travel trailer on the passenger side. We noticed that the a-frame was at an unusual angle after we had been set up for a couple of days following a short drive in heavy wind. Looking more closely we could see that the...

I recently pulled the trigger on finally doing a roof raise to my bus, but I've hit a bump in the road that I'm not quite sure how to navigate. The majority of the bus' roof is made out of steel, so when we did the raise, we cut all around the steel section of the roof and raised it by 1.5ft...

I have 20 years experience as a Diesel truck/bus mechanic and have done 2 conversions myself. Currently working on the third conversion now. I thought I would offer my services to the community. I am able to do pretty much anything you can think of. I am also able to do engine/trans/ rear axle...

Hi folks, We need to remove and remediate rust from the underside and some spots inside the bus. We also need some associated welding - mostly patching rust holes and patching other holes that resulted in leaks and rust (e.g. where lights are and roof hatches). We would like to hire someone to...

Hi Gang- Just short of calling FWC and /or ATC, I'm curious to know what the weekend warriors and full scale builders are using to weld their aluminum camper frames. I'm pricing out the options for a new welder and I'd love to hear what setups folks are running for frame repair or fabrication...

Hello All, I have the email about the 2nd recall on the 2009-13 frames. Escape is sending me the parts and instructions. I have to have this done locally. 1. Has anyone had it done locally? How much time should I expect the welder to bill for? 2. Any thing you suggest I talk to the...

I am raising the roof on my bus as some of you know about 21 inches. I am extending the hat channels by lapping identical hat channels and then I'm using 18g 4x8 galvaneered steel to wrap the entire bus all of the way around all the way up to directly behind the driver seat. We are essentially...

Ok so I am looking down the road for placement of my tanks and generators. Then I noticed this sticker on the frame on my bus. My question is two fold, are they serious or is this one of those stickers like don't place an extension ladder in frozen cow manure (yep it actually happened and they...

My boyfriend and I are planning on building our own skoolie soon. We are at stage one: finding the right bus. In order to determine which is the right bus for us we're trying to figure out how big of a bus we'llc need. I'd really like to do a partial roof raise so we can have a sleeping loft but...

Heya folks! I just bought a GMC Endura 3500 cutaway with the plan of making it a mobile salon and a travel vehicle. I got it for a really great price, since it needs only about $500 worth of work to make it run well. But now I'm worried that there isn't enough space in it for what I want to do...