Found this video this morning before leaving for work. Chuck here gives a lot of good tips for framing out a housebus, showing what materials he uses and how he uses them. Talks about wood strength, using rip-cut plywood vs.[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Today I scored a free secretary cabinet off of my local Buy-Nothing Group. This was an excellent find, as I’d originally had the idea to incorporate a full-height secretary hutch into my kitchen plan, but couldn’t figure out a good[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dang, I’d love to do something like this with an old Mac Classic: Like, right now I have a Mac Mini running my home’s media server, hooked up to the tv. It’d be pretty cool to be running it out[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yikes! It has been nearly an entire year since I arrived in Mobile, Alabama to pick up my bus, and I am literally still just getting started with my conversion. For the last 11 months and 28 days I’ve been[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s a well-known truth of road life that storage is key. Cabinets, built-ins, cubbies… Since space in a vehicle is limited, you have to maximize what you have and use every available cubic inch. Lots of skoolies and vanlifers will[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, i finally made some progress in getting rid of most of the junk that’s been piled up in the bus for several months now, giving myself a bit more space to work and make progress on the next steps[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Three small things accomplished today: 1. Rear-view camera monitor is connected to bus power, and only comes on when the bus is running. Finding a wire I could cut and repurpose from the control panel was a little trickier than[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, today begins a New Chapter in the bus build saga! This morning I brought my bus home out of storage permanently, in part to save money on the monthly storage rental, but also to give me regular access to[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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It’s long been one of my overarching goals with this project to use as much repurposed and salvaged materials as possible, and I’m expecting that pallet wood will be a big part of that. It’s a building material that’s readily[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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This week I procured some of the larger pieces for my housebus: the water holding tanks! I’ve had it in mind to use 55 gallon plastic drums for this since pretty early on in the project for a number of[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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