Cool Schoolie...
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That's the aesthetic I'm aiming for when I build my interior - light, bright and airy, with lots of white plus some pale wood trim. I also hope to use IKEA for at least some of my cabinets, but I'm thinking of reinforcing them before I install them to make them more busable. I'll definitely bookmark this page for inspiration.
John
Quote from: Iceni John on September 29, 2015, 12:20:06 PMI also hope to use IKEA for at least some of my cabinets, but I'm thinking of reinforcing them before I install them to make them more busable. ...
Yeah, I have found a lot of things I like at IKEA; little things like dish racks and curtain hooks. I'm pretty much done with cabinets, etc. but there is still good stuff at IKEA for what I need.
Its refreshing from the mirrors, busy patterns, and shag carpet.. I like clean and semi contemporary..
Quote from: Oonrahnjay on September 29, 2015, 02:09:39 PM
Yeah, I have found a lot of things I like at IKEA; little things like dish racks and curtain hooks. I'm pretty much done with cabinets, etc. but there is still good stuff at IKEA for what I need.
Most everything in my kitchen is Ikea.
Ikea. Hmmm, I once thought about ditching the bus and just moving into Ikea. Then I thought the Swedish Meatballs will get a old real fast so I decided to stick with the bus and just take a little Ikea with me.
That is the nicest school bus conversion I've seen. Top quality design and construction. I wonder what those folks could accomplish in a coach bus conversion?
Thanks for sharing that link, Sam
The uncovered windows let in the light which is nice but you have to be careful what the neighbors can see. I frosted my windows so they let the light in but not prying eyes.
That's a very nice looking bus. If school buses transistioned to 102" wide bodies and stopped producing the low roof models, they'd be a real contender for a great low cost conversion. It'd be a medium duty truck conversion instead of a heavy duty class 8, but that would suit many folks just fine. The cost of upkeep would be hard to beat.
Quote from: LuckyChow on September 29, 2015, 11:04:01 PM
That's a very nice looking bus. ...
Yeah, esp. since it doesn't have a 15 gallon bucket for a toilet, it's easy to forget it's a schoolie, isn't it????
Quote from: Oonrahnjay on September 30, 2015, 05:41:56 AM
Yeah, esp. since it doesn't have a 15 gallon bucket for a toilet, it's easy to forget it's a schoolie, isn't it????
that would be palatial accouterments, many are only 5 gallon with a pool noodle rim.. ???
Quote from: eagle19952 on September 30, 2015, 07:46:24 AMthat would be palatial accouterments, many are only 5 gallon with a pool noodle rim.. ???
As that venerable sage Clifford would say "do it your way"!! :)
Quote from: Oonrahnjay on September 30, 2015, 05:41:56 AM
Yeah, esp. since it doesn't have a 15 gallon bucket for a toilet, it's easy to forget it's a schoolie, isn't it????
I am a recent composting toilette convert...
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I saw a composting toilet that looked like what the Wynns use. The 15 gallon bucket looked like a shower basin to me.
They still don't ride quite as smooth as a hwy coach. You guys using ikea presswood cabinets...how do you keep them from breaking and coming off the wall?
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Quote from: Scott Bennett on October 01, 2015, 09:09:19 AM
They still don't ride quite as smooth as a hwy coach. You guys using ikea presswood cabinets...how do you keep them from breaking and coming off the wall?
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I'm thinking of using the IKEA mushboard merely as the external covering over a separate internal frame that will take the loads, i.e. the visible IKEA part of it won't be load-bearing, but will be just the outer "skin" on the skeleton inside. I also want to mount each cabinet independently of its neighbours with a small space between them to absorb any movement or flexing, and to secure each cabinet at only three points so each one can move without strain, sort of like how a Mercedes Unimog is made. Each cabinet will have an aluminum angle skeleton bolted to the seat rails at two points and to the side wall at one point.
As for ride, Crown dialed it in just right with my bus. It rides better than some highway coaches I've been in, so I'm not too worried about things jiggling loose over time like always happen in other leaf-spring buses. Dog-nose and flat-front FE skoolies are notoriously rough-riding unless they have air bags in the back.
John
Quote from: Iceni John on October 01, 2015, 12:16:06 PM
I'm thinking of using the IKEA mushboard merely as the external covering over a separate internal frame that will take the loads, i.e. the visible IKEA part of it won't be load-bearing, but will be just the outer "skin" on the skeleton inside. I also want to mount each cabinet independently of its neighbours with a small space between them to absorb any movement or flexing, and to secure each cabinet at only three points so each one can move without strain, sort of like how a Mercedes Unimog is made. Each cabinet will have an aluminum angle skeleton bolted to the seat rails at two points and to the side wall at one point.
As for ride, Crown dialed it in just right with my bus. It rides better than some highway coaches I've been in, so I'm not too worried about things jiggling loose over time like always happen in other leaf-spring buses. Dog-nose and flat-front FE skoolies are notoriously rough-riding unless they have air bags in the back.
John
A lot of the airstream folks make the cabinets out of aluminum L , rivets, and aluminum panels, then hang a nice pre-finished Ikea door on the front.
Quote from: Darkspeed on October 01, 2015, 12:50:22 PM
A lot of the airstream folks make the cabinets out of aluminum L , rivets, and aluminum panels, then hang a nice pre-finished Ikea door on the front.
That would certainly work for me. It sounds like they and I are on the same page for this. I'm no woodworker and don't have any tools for doing that stuff, so I'll need to buy the wood part already finished and ready to use. Heck, maybe I should make even the fronts from aluminum! As far as I'm concerned, the less wood visible, the better. I'll certainly have more things inside my bus made from Industrial Metal Supply than from Ganahl Lumber!
John
Quote from: Iceni John on October 01, 2015, 02:20:17 PM
That would certainly work for me. It sounds like they and I are on the same page for this. I'm no woodworker and don't have any tools for doing that stuff, so I'll need to buy the wood part already finished and ready to use. Heck, maybe I should make even the fronts from aluminum! As far as I'm concerned, the less wood visible, the better. I'll certainly have more things inside my bus made from Industrial Metal Supply than from Ganahl Lumber!
John
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