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Post by takeiteasy on Apr 3, 2012 20:28:06 GMT 10
Thanks Atog - A drop saw, or even better a mitre saw would be handy to be sure. Although I hope to be using, rather than fixing, the van before too long. I actually had all the tools I could want about five years back. I sold them all when moved country - no shed to put them in. I am missing them now. Anyhow, $200-300 is not an option at this stage. I did buy a jigsaw today as I find cutting large sheets of ply too difficult and fiddly with a hand saw.
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Post by takeiteasy on Apr 2, 2012 19:19:21 GMT 10
What a pearler. Sounds like you might have driven through Wandering on the way back.
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Post by takeiteasy on Apr 2, 2012 15:04:11 GMT 10
Yes, very nice shape. I assume the green is paint and not colour in the resin.
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Post by takeiteasy on Apr 2, 2012 13:09:48 GMT 10
OK, I am doing some diagrams and making a materials list. For the upright side of the bed I am making a ladder like construction out of 20x40 battens, then screw/glue 4mm ply. One edge of this will secure to the floor. The end of the bed will just be a smaller version of the same. Here's the question. The side of the bed is 1860mm. It is only about 300mm high. I can have 6 x vertical battons 31cm apart or save a little weight and have 4 battons 46.5mm apart. 6 Battons @ 32mm apart sounds like over engineering to me. Opinions??
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Post by takeiteasy on Apr 2, 2012 12:58:37 GMT 10
Will do rattles. I am tempted to get an el cheapo biscuit joiner but I have never used one so.... I dunno.
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Post by takeiteasy on Apr 2, 2012 10:22:33 GMT 10
I am afraid a hand saw will have to do. Its doing joints by hand that has me concerned. But like all things it will work out.
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Post by takeiteasy on Apr 1, 2012 23:28:20 GMT 10
I think mine might be upright. I don't have the tools for angles.
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Post by takeiteasy on Apr 1, 2012 19:19:31 GMT 10
Thanks Atog, I have decided to cut that extra bit off to make a retangular set of drawers and then build the beds right up to it.
I hope mine doesn't leak.
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Post by takeiteasy on Apr 1, 2012 15:27:07 GMT 10
It gives the production date as 1900. A rare find!
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Post by takeiteasy on Apr 1, 2012 15:23:35 GMT 10
Thanks Atog, in that case I am pretty sure the missing part was removed to relocate it when the double bed was built. I will leave it on and work around the problem. Thanks.
When you say the beds sloped, do you mean the ply sides were not vertical, rather, they sloped inwards to give more floor room?
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Post by takeiteasy on Apr 1, 2012 13:17:17 GMT 10
I kept a small set of drawers because the previous owner said they came from in between the single beds. I have sat it where I think it should go but it doesn't fit quite how I expected. There seems to be a protruding side on the face that isn't on the other side. If I cut it off completely the set of drawers will site quite well. Two questions - does this look like the original set for between the beds, and why the protruding part (you can see it on the photo the left side of the face has a bit of the panel jutting out). It looks to me like, if this is the original furniture for this position then it would be straight sided.
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Post by takeiteasy on Apr 1, 2012 9:10:08 GMT 10
The title says it all. Mine were removed by a previous owner and a double installed. Just a few traces left behind. I am wondering how they were constructed and with what. How spaced the battens were, was storage accessed by lifting a hatch under the mattress through a hatch from the sides? Any descriptions, pictures (particularly of the inside framing) or even plans would be appreciated. From what I can see the originals were quite low.... how high were they originally built?
cheers, Bill
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Post by takeiteasy on Apr 1, 2012 9:03:43 GMT 10
Ok, to summarise the above - I need: 20x40mm battons and 6ml ply to make the frame. 6mm sounds quite thick Atog. Do you think 3mm would have the strength?
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Post by takeiteasy on Apr 1, 2012 8:43:07 GMT 10
Thanks Rattles. I was being slack and hoping someone had already worked it out. cheers, Bill
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Post by takeiteasy on Mar 30, 2012 10:00:35 GMT 10
The floor is compelete. I had to replace the side of on cupboard. It had another piece of furniture glued to it and the laminate was ruined when separating them. I cut the new side to act as a brace as it was close to the buckle displayed in my first (or second) post (above). The new floor and bracing has almost eliminated the buckle..... its as good as it is going to get. To investigate it more I would need to take the built in kitchen furniture..... and that isn't happening this year. NEW FLOOR THE CUPBOARD SIDE Thats all folks. I will not trouble you with the beds unless I get stuck. cheers, Bill
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Post by takeiteasy on Mar 29, 2012 18:38:44 GMT 10
Love the lead light (zinc light?) window.
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Post by takeiteasy on Mar 26, 2012 23:23:13 GMT 10
Thanks Pete. I would give it a try if not for some opposition from my wife. Once an idea gets in her head........
I think she must have been a rear gunner in a Lancaster in past life..... thus a hatred of perspex.
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Post by takeiteasy on Mar 26, 2012 21:30:24 GMT 10
Dave, after I did some detective work I decided it was caused by me using a big hammer to make something do what it didn't want to do. Its a bit hard to explain but it wasn't the jacking... it was the whacking.
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Post by takeiteasy on Mar 26, 2012 17:42:10 GMT 10
Dave, she wants glass and I am not going to devote energy into chugging her mind. Do I need to take the whole window out or does the hinged it come off?
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Post by takeiteasy on Mar 26, 2012 17:31:44 GMT 10
Yep, that's what I'll do. My wife, for some reason, is vehemently opposed to perspex.
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Post by takeiteasy on Mar 25, 2012 23:23:17 GMT 10
Perspex... interesting. I thought it would be more expensive. Doesn't it scratch easily and discolour with age Pete?
So Steve, you took your van to the glazier? It will have to wait until I can find an electrician to fit my brake controller then. Living in a small town is a pain sometimes.
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Post by takeiteasy on Mar 25, 2012 20:17:23 GMT 10
Thanks Steve, I have calmed down a bit. I am pretty sure I broke the window by hammering in a side support. My fault entirely. I don't know why that makes me feel better.... but it does. If I am getting one replaced I might do the one with an obscenity scratched into it done as well.
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Post by takeiteasy on Mar 25, 2012 19:51:43 GMT 10
Dammit!!!! I broke a window jacking up the side of the Olympic to do the floor. I must have lifted it too high. Can I get the glass replaced or do I need to source a new window?
I am currently quite pssed off.
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Post by takeiteasy on Mar 25, 2012 11:56:19 GMT 10
I know it varies according to how the van is loaded but has anyone determined the ball weight of their olympic? I am thinking about WDH (sway bars).
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Post by takeiteasy on Mar 19, 2012 21:49:26 GMT 10
First layer of the floor is in with no huge disasters. The second layer goes in tomorrow and fiberglass on the weekend. Yippee.
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