squirrel's 57 Chevy one ton

[squirrel]

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Finally back to work a bit today on the camper. Been a long week. The original tank held 20 gallons, the one in it now measures out to about 28. Should be plenty, if I'm careful.

In addition to taking the rear cabinet out, I removed the bathroom wall that has the door in it. I also took out the funky shelf thing that someone had put in where the heater used to be. They used a 2x6 to build it, I guess they figured 1x2s just aren't strong enough for a camper. I'm taking off the rest of the old flooring, using a heat gun to soften up the glue. I bought some new vinyl flooring, it's vaguely similar to the original material, but not quite as 60s looking. I'll probably just attach it around the perimeter, instead of fully gluing it down. That way when someone wants to fix it right in the future, they won't have to deal with so much glue, and it should hold up to the limited use it will get from me. I also spent two bucks on a pair of reflectors for the lower sides of the camper, to replace the originals, one of which was broken. Amazing...the new ones are from walmart, and fit perfectly, even have a similar part number on them. The originals have a 67 date code, too.

[TheSilverBuick]

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I have a lot of work to do! :D


Almost looks like a house with an attached garage with the view out the door there.

[Tom Slick]

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I have a lot of work to do! :D


Almost looks like a house with an attached garage with the view out the door there.

Randal, I don't think they make green shag any more. I may have missed it - did you put flooring in yours?

It already looks nicer than my house with attached garage... lol.

[TheSilverBuick]

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I'm on a phone so can't dig up a pic but I put down a linoleum in my pos trailer. Makes for easier salt and such clean up. I didnt glue mine down so in the cold it kind of curls up on the edges.

[squirrel]

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I might glue mine on the edges, or staple, or both. I downloaded a pretty detailed installation guide for sheet vinyl flooring, I know more about than I ever wanted to. But still probably not enough.

[mustang13]

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my pos trailer

Randal, thinking of your trailer, and Jim's new fort-on-wheels, Brian and Chad should make up some BANGShift.com skull and cross bones Pirate flags for the members to fly on their home-away from-home's



As heard on the old show "Chico and the Man", the camper's "loooking Gooood!"

[HillbillySailor]

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Randal, I don't think they make green shag any more.

They sure do! ;D

http://www.sansomshagrugs.net/shop/

[TheSilverBuick]

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My shag was re-used for yard patch work. ;D


My linoleum (& Jolly Roger Flag ;D)

[Scott Liggett]

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Randal, I don't think they make green shag any more.

They sure do! ;D

http://www.sansomshagrugs.net/shop/

Perfect color for the party room. The puke stains will hide in there nicely. ;D

[HillbillySailor]

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Randal, I don't think they make green shag any more.

They sure do! ;D

http://www.sansomshagrugs.net/shop/

Perfect color for the party room. The puke stains will hide in there nicely. ;D

Or the back of one of the limos! ;D

[squirrel]

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mmmm....shag! I gotta find some of that. I can lay it over the new vinyl, then nail it in with 16d spikes, to make it more authentic.

Meantime, I got the floor almost ready to recover. I filled the small dents, seams and nail holes since I took this picture. I have to do some more sanding, then I can cut the vinyl out and see if I can make it fit right.



Also I played with testing the finish. I sanded a rough piece of the original bathroom door frame, and then applied clear lacquer, to the upper half. Looks like I need to find the right stain to make it a bit darker. I think a light Oak stain might work? I'll get some, and try it.



btw as you can see looking at my work bench, my whole shop is a complete disaster area right now. I should spend a morning cleaning.

[squirrel]

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New flooring is in, and cheezily tacked into place. I used adhesive in the corner where the closet is, but the rest is just stapled at the perimeter, and will be covered by other stuff as I put the cabinets/walls back in place. Also the part under the door sill is just slipped into place under the door sill, it's not attached, I expect it will give trouble in the years ahead. Oh well.

I'm working on the step, a design using aluminum angle and oak treads, with 3 steps that retract with a scissor mechanism. Similar to ones you can buy, but not quite. I'll see if I can figure it out, it's a real engineering challenge.

the other thing I've been working on...about a dozen students have been building this robot, I've been playing engineering mentor, which means I get to explain to them how we design and build stuff, and then we work together to design and build it. The theme this year is "cheap", with a subtheme of "locally available materials". In this picture, a student is pretending he's the latex surgical tubing "spring" that will pull the back of the arm down, to counterbalance the weight of the claw thing at the other end. The spring is going to be used so the little power window motor won't have to work very hard to lift the arm.

More work to come...this is a bit over 2 weeks of effort. The electronics system is being assembled separately, it will be on a plywood board that bolts to the underside of the chassis, in the middle of the robot.

[TheSilverBuick]

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Are those official theme's or Jim theme's? :D Either way, it's still awesome.

[DanStokes]

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Jim - I hope you know that this is a WAY COOL thing to be doing. I threatened to get involved with the Team SAE stuff but somehow ran out of time. Shoulda done it. Guessing I won't get to it now.

Dan

[squirrel]

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Thanks Dan! It's a lot of fun. A lot of work too, but it's very rewarding.