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I just finished my Road Tool Box Setup and if any of you want to go over to my site and view the gory details here is the link:  http://boxcarokie.com/2011/08/01/road-tool-box-setup/ (http://boxcarokie.com/2011/08/01/road-tool-box-setup/)  Please feel free to make a withdrawal from my idea bank at your leisure. (How's your list coming along Eddie?  I am almost done)

Watch them Right Handers ... Have a great weekend.

BCO

Hey Okie,
That thar is just too purty to put tools in! Ask momma if ya can put extra clothes in it and have a chang'n room inside an out!
;D  BK  ;D

Quote from: Busted Knuckle on August 12, 2011, 09:17:10 AM
Hey Okie,
That thar is just too purty to put tools in! Ask momma if ya can put extra clothes in it and have a chang'n room inside an out!
;D  BK  ;D

Hey thanks!  We were at a casual non-bus-meet here not too long ago, and I heard this guy say to another guy .... "Gawd, have you seen the inside of his trailer, I want move out of my motorhome and live in his #**$!!##@!!**#@ trailer." 


All the boys are down in Texas shoving groceries down their necks at TBR (Barbeque and what-not) and I am here in a hot shop sanding plywood ... What's wrong with this picture boys & girls?

I don't know how it will hold up to the rigors of the road and all, but it is nice to have extra stuff with you, when you need it, wouldn't you agree?

BCO

BCO, have to say I am very impressed with some of the projects I have seen you post up. Absolutely beautiful bus, and your pride in workmanship shows. If the word "busnut" makes it into the dictionary, your picture should accompany it. Just saying.

Wow, that is relly nice!  I wish I had the talent to build something like that.  I would love to have a toolbox built into the bus, but I have neither the space nor an extra set of tools.  There are times when I have had to spend 10 minutes unloading stuff from the bus to get to the tools when needed.

Quote from: thomasinnv on August 12, 2011, 10:11:48 AM
BCO, have to say I am very impressed with some of the projects I have seen you post up. Absolutely beautiful bus, and your pride in workmanship shows. If the word "busnut" makes it into the dictionary, your picture should accompany it. Just saying.

Thanks, I appreciate it.  My grandfather instilled in me most of what I have today, he shared his knowledge of carpentry and other skills with me as I grew up.  Just kind of caught on.  He always said, "two ways to buy oats son ... before they been thru the horse ... and after."

Just be patient, take your time, and use good materials.

The rest of it just kind of falls into place.

BCO

Quote from: belfert on August 12, 2011, 10:24:58 AM
Wow, that is relly nice!  I wish I had the talent to build something like that.  I would love to have a toolbox built into the bus, but I have neither the space nor an extra set of tools.  There are times when I have had to spend 10 minutes unloading stuff from the bus to get to the tools when needed.

Believe it or not, most of everything you see in the photo's can be accomplished with regular hand tools, you don't need a whole lot of specialized tools to do good work.  I see other peoples work that impresses the fizz out of me, and a great deal of it was done with simple tools, and a whole lot of skill. 

As for extra tools, I just pick 'em up here and there, estate sales, auctions, stuff like that, often you can do really well.  Right now I am in the hunt for a parachute bag at a reasonable price, that is part of the fun, and the challenge of this hobby.

You can do it, go for it.  Just don't be afraid to try ...  Always remember ... Every failure is just another step to success.

Have a good weekend.

BCO

There are some people who could create beautiful wood furniture with an old handsaw, an old chisel, and a mallet.  There are others who could have a fully equipped 10,000 square foot shop with all the latest tools and all they could creat is furntire that looks like the junk from Ikea.

I don't have a second set of hand tools because I just move all my tools from the garage to my bus when I go on a trip.  Sometimes the tools end up in the trailer because the cargo bays under the bus are full.  I don't have the luxury of a nice shop like a lot of you guys have.  I would like to sell my current house and downsize to a smaller one with a shop, but I expect I won't be able to sell my current house for at least 10 years, if ever.

Hey Don the list is growing. I did get under it and do the slack adjusters. Wow what a difference that made. Once again your craftsmanship shows. I was hoping to work on it this weekend but I have to work tomorrow and the city came buy and said I had to move it back to storage. I know I need to get started on something with it. Out of sight out of mind. I have to make a run with it next weekend so I will at least need to get her cleaned up.

  BCO, that is some nice work, thanks for sharing your enthusiasm. Keep it coming.

 

Don -

Very nice work.

I can do mechanical, electrical and plumbing, but wood and I just do not get along.

I can measure it four times and still cut the darned thing short.

My dad used to tease me about needing to add a "board stretcher" to my toolbox, still haven't been able to find one! Know of any available?

FWIW & HTH. . .

;)

I certainly agree your handiwork is plum bodacious, gorgeous and beautifill, lovely and precious.

:D

I am planning on taking advantage of my second and third steps as you come into my bus. There is plenty of space there for two storage compartments for tools, tire jack, coveralls, etc., above my spare tire.

BCO,

Nice work. I agree with you about anybody being able to do most projects with a few hand tools. I am a Contractor and own a Cabinet Shop. I tell most people that cabinets are just boxes. With a little patience and some knowledge of basic carpentry skills, most people could do it. However, don't think I am selling your talents short. I have enjoyed looking over some of your projects.

Keep it up,

Mike

I'm impressed!

Quote from: PP on August 13, 2011, 03:18:09 PM
I'm impressed!

I am confident that you too, could do it also.  Just takes a little time and a lot of patience.

BCO

Don that is a great job.  I might have to come see you to take lessons.

Quote from: TomsToy on August 13, 2011, 04:17:36 PM
Don that is a great job.  I might have to come see you to take lessons.

Long drive from GA my friend ...  Thanks.

BCO

I felt like hot stuff when I had the tool boxes on a rollout tray. Then I built a roll out shelf above that to keep all the loose stuf like tool battery chargers polish, cleaners , rags etc, ;D

Now you show up with the beautiful tool storage.  :-X

Nice work.

Bill

Quote from: Bill B /bus on August 14, 2011, 01:39:18 PM
I felt like hot stuff when I had the tool boxes on a rollout tray. Then I built a roll out shelf above that to keep all the loose stuf like tool battery chargers polish, cleaners , rags etc, ;D

Now you show up with the beautiful tool storage.  :-X

Nice work.

Bill

Bill B:  Aw, you are too modest, and too kind, I'LL lay you six to five, your set up is just as sweet.

Belfert: There are some people who could create beautiful wood furniture with an old handsaw, an old chisel, and a mallet.  There are others who could have a fully equipped 10,000 square foot shop with all the latest tools and all they could creat is furntire that looks like the junk from Ikea.

I don't have a second set of hand tools because I just move all my tools from the garage to my bus when I go on a trip.  Sometimes the tools end up in the trailer because the cargo bays under the bus are full.  I don't have the luxury of a nice shop like a lot of you guys have.  I would like to sell my current house and downsize to a smaller one with a shop, but I expect I won't be able to sell my current house for at least 10 years, if ever.

Having your own shop has its advantages, no two ways about it.  We used to store it 9 miles from the house, but they would not allow us to work on it there (insurance problems) and then we moved, that made it 27 miles away.  A shop was just a necessary thing to add to the mix.

Eddie Potts:  Hey Don the list is growing. I did get under it and do the slack adjusters. Wow what a difference that made. Once again your craftsmanship shows. I was hoping to work on it this weekend but I have to work tomorrow and the city came buy and said I had to move it back to storage. I know I need to get started on something with it. Out of sight out of mind. I have to make a run with it next weekend so I will at least need to get her cleaned up.

Living in the city kind of throws a wrench into the machinery, they don't like power tools running after 11PM for example, something over 35' long cannot be on a driveway, and a host of other rules.  It is like anything else, you have to devote yourself to it and all the planning in the world, won't make it happen, without sweat equity.

Artvonne:  BCO, that is some nice work, thanks for sharing your enthusiasm. Keep it coming.

There are mornings I lay in bed, look at the clock on the dresser and say to myself "Oh ##!#@**! I have to do paintwork today."  Believe me, there is no enthusiasm in paintwork, I would rather get down on all fours and peck at the dirt like a chicken, than do paintwork.  Somehow I seem to keep it alive and it works for me, I first thought of "my dream" in 1976 and it didn't actually show up until 2005.

RJ:  Very nice work.

I can do mechanical, electrical and plumbing, but wood and I just do not get along.  I can measure it four times and still cut the darned thing short.  My dad used to tease me about needing to add a "board stretcher" to my toolbox, still haven't been able to find one! Know of any available?  FWIW & HTH. . .

Nope, sure don't.  I have a friend who says "I don't do wood, you cannot weld wood."  But that isn't exactly right, but he makes his point.  Now plumbing, I absolutely hate plumbing, you have to be wired differently to do that, especially the soldering part.  I used to live in Hayward by the way.

Mex Bus Nut: I certainly agree your handiwork is plum bodacious, gorgeous and beautifill, lovely and precious.  I am planning on taking advantage of my second and third steps as you come into my bus. There is plenty of space there for two storage compartments for tools, tire jack, coveralls, etc., above my spare tire.

I say "go for it" if you can dream it (think it) then you can do it.  Space is at a premium in a bus we all know that.  I have plenty (short a bogie, so extra bays) but I still don't feel like I have enough of it.  So I opt out for "organized and working with what I already have."

MEvrard:  BCO,  Nice work. I agree with you about anybody being able to do most projects with a few hand tools. I am a Contractor and own a Cabinet Shop. I tell most people that cabinets are just boxes. With a little patience and some knowledge of basic carpentry skills, most people could do it. However, don't think I am selling your talents short. I have enjoyed looking over some of your projects.

Keep it up,

Mike


Thanks, I am quickly approaching my ultimate goal which is Wash-Wax-Shine and driving the thing, instead of working on it.  This winter I should be able to wrap up all of my loose ends and then I guess I will do a "Spruce Goose" like Howard Hughes or something.  (Yeah, like that dawg is gonna hunt?)

Thanks to all of you who responded,

BCO