Jim

I took yesterday off from the van build, because I woke up with a very sore wrist. I think I pulled some muscles when I was pulling insulation off of wires. I took a bunch of ibuprofen and it felt better today. Still, I decided to take it easy and not try to strip insulation […]

It was a rainy day, so not ideal for working on the electrical cabinet. But, I did it anyway. You’re probably going to think I’m too picky, but when I pushed the electronics cabinet up against the van wall, the cabinet hit against the middle wall panel and sat about an inch away from the

Today is my birthday, so I spent most of it with family and friends. Lots of phone calls and messages, which made me feel good. I did sneak in about an hour and a half of work on the van. I was able to cut out the holes and pre-drill holes for screws for all

I took the last two days off of working on the van. I did spend some time over the last two days planning out the electrical cabinet build, and that set me up to have a productive day today. The temperatures continue to be mild for this time of year, so I was able to

It was another cool rainy day, like yesterday. But, I didn’t have much work to do in the garage, so I spent most of the morning going in and out of the van. When I was in the van, I closed the door behind me so the rain wouldn’t get in. Since it was darker

It was a rainy day and I decided to work in the garage on the lower bunk bed. It had been a while since I’ve worked on the lower bunk, and I had to use the shop van to remove all the sawdust that was all over it. The first part of the day, I

It was another cool day in the 70’s, which was nice. I finished the work on the ceiling of the van today. Here are the tasks I performed. The first problem that I had to solve was at the back of the van. Here is a picture of what it looked like after hanging the

Saturday the 2nd was shaping up to be a big work day on the van with temperatures in the 70’s. However, I got pulled away from the van for most of the day and didn’t get much done. Artie and I worked on the ceiling in the van for an hour and a half and

The main project today is to work on the ceiling of the van. Artie didn’t have to work today and he volunteered to help me out today, and I’m going to need the second set of hands for this task. Artie was going to help me out at 8:30 in the morning, so I started

Not much to say about today. I continued to work on the ceiling slats/boards. In the morning when I checked them, I thought that they looked good with the stain. But now they need to have three (at least) layers of polyurethane clear coat applied, and its four hours of dry time between coats. In