Forum: Coach In The Making
02-07-2015, 07:03 AM
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Weight, Time & Money
I thought about aluminum for a few seconds and that's about it. Everything has its pluses and minuses so you have to decide what's more important.
1) Aluminum costs more.
2) MIG welding steel is...
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Forum: Coach In The Making
10-03-2014, 10:45 AM
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13 Months and Finished
After 13 1/2 months, I'm calling this build complete. We built the wood trim around the coach and cab opening out of hickory like the rest of the wood trim. The main box was put together with glue...
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Forum: Coach In The Making
09-19-2014, 07:49 PM
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Paneling came from RV Parts Nation in Elkhart...
Paneling came from RV Parts Nation in Elkhart Ind, but they don't have much of a selection.
As for the windows, I used plain old silicone. The ring holds in it, I figured it only needed something to...
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Forum: Coach In The Making
09-12-2014, 07:21 AM
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Forum: Coach In The Making
09-11-2014, 08:18 PM
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9/11/14
Among a dozen other projects, I got back to the Freightliner. I installed cabinets over the heater and covered the ductwork. Inside the cabinet I installed a Jenson 12v radio which also has a dvd/cd...
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Forum: Coach In The Making
07-08-2014, 07:00 AM
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Forum: Coach In The Making
07-08-2014, 06:52 AM
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7/7/14
To me the biggest challenge in doing a build like this, is routing all the utilities. Unless you come up with a tray that you can add lines at a later date when you come up with new ideas/needs, you...
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Forum: Coach In The Making
07-07-2014, 06:56 PM
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7/7/14
Besides working on the dragsters, I've been doing a lot little stuff to the motorcoach. We built the wood framework around the bunk. I covered the bottom of the cabinets and trimmed it all with...
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Forum: Coach In The Making
05-26-2014, 05:39 AM
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Matt got the hickory valances built and I got...
Matt got the hickory valances built and I got the stain and poly on them. Before assembly, we had drilled holes into the board against the wall so we could hang them with screws into the steel wall...
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Forum: Coach In The Making
05-12-2014, 03:27 PM
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Forum: Coach In The Making
05-11-2014, 07:51 AM
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5/9/14
Added some ghost flames to the hood. Sanded the hood with 350 grit and filled a few rock chips. Sprayed a coat of white then started to lay out the flames. Took a whole roll of fine line tape to do...
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Forum: Coach In The Making
05-11-2014, 06:22 AM
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Forum: Coach In The Making
05-08-2014, 07:20 AM
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5/6/14
Installed one upper cabinet in the bathroom and installed all the trim.
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Forum: Coach In The Making
05-08-2014, 07:10 AM
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5/5/14
After 7 months of wet shoes, the steel steps were looking pretty bad.... so we fixed that.
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Forum: Coach In The Making
05-08-2014, 07:06 AM
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5/1/14
After the hickory lumber was planed, it was ripped into 2.5" strips. The knives on the planer was changed to a molding knife and the profile cut. Stained and poly added then all the doorways...
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Forum: Coach In The Making
04-15-2014, 08:15 AM
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4/14/14
Got the bed room cabinets up. Made a custom headboard out of two cabinet doors. There is a base cabinets on each side of the bed. Not a lot of room to walk around the bed but thought I wanted to use...
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Forum: Coach In The Making
04-15-2014, 08:03 AM
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4/9/14
Built a bed frame around the fresh water tank and included a couple sets of drawers on the end. Ran the tank fill hose to the outside and installed the little door. Also in that outside pic you can...
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Forum: Coach In The Making
04-15-2014, 07:45 AM
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4/3/14
Well after taking two months off due to one of the worse winters northern Ohio has had, I'm back at it.
Got the cabinets up over the dinette/sofa.
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Forum: Coach In The Making
02-06-2014, 09:38 AM
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First trip thoughts and questions
What a difference in a week and a thousand miles! We are now back to the cold snowy north and I'm not planning on working on this project till it gets at least above freezing. So some thoughts and...
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Forum: Coach In The Making
01-27-2014, 05:57 PM
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from Daytona
Its a 2007 with a 350 hp Mercedes 12.8 L (781 ci I think). Its the semi motor in a box truck chassis. 284 k miles.
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Forum: Coach In The Making
01-22-2014, 08:24 AM
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1/20/14 Day 159 First Trip
Off we go. No bed room and lots of trim to do but it will do. We did get the water tank installed in the bedroom so all the plumbing works. We have the sofa or the dinette for a sleeping area.
Here...
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Forum: Coach In The Making
01-22-2014, 08:04 AM
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1/19/14 Day 158
Lastly our homemade chrome exhaust tip TIG welded on the exhaust by Robert laying on cardboard out in the snow.
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Forum: Coach In The Making
01-22-2014, 08:00 AM
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1/19/14 Day 158
The last minute thrash! Cold as hell but put in some long days. Got the gas lines run after going to the store 3 times to get the right parts. From the tank and regulator, the line splits with a line...
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Forum: Coach In The Making
01-17-2014, 06:57 AM
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1/16/14 Day 155
Countertop is in place and will be used for this first trip as is. Robert will add a stainless steel skin later.
Refrigerator has been installed in the cabinet with the vents pass up through it on...
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Forum: Coach In The Making
01-17-2014, 06:35 AM
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1/15/14 Day 154
All the 12v circuits are run through a converter then to a small fuse holder with 6 fuses. This is located inside one of the dinette seats. There are a couple circuits with in line fuses which go...
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