Thursday, February 12, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
VW Bus TV Stand
As you may have read elsewhere, friends Niamh and Grant made a deal with me where I wound up with a '78 parts bus. After salvaging most of the good parts, and idea was formed.. Why not cut the back 16" off the bus, hang it on the wall, and put a flat screen TV inside?
Well, that's what I decided to do. Problem is, the rear end of this bus was pretty rough, so it has taken a little more work than I would have liked.
The other issue is how to support it. It has quite a bit of mass, so simply hanging it on the wall may not be wise. I decided to make a wood support structure, the legs of which will be hidded witha cut up tire later on. The support also has a large plywood cabinet to hold our subwoofer and DVD equipment. It will also support the bumper when it is reinstalled. The bumper will hide the opening in the wood cabinet...
Well, that's what I decided to do. Problem is, the rear end of this bus was pretty rough, so it has taken a little more work than I would have liked.
The other issue is how to support it. It has quite a bit of mass, so simply hanging it on the wall may not be wise. I decided to make a wood support structure, the legs of which will be hidded witha cut up tire later on. The support also has a large plywood cabinet to hold our subwoofer and DVD equipment. It will also support the bumper when it is reinstalled. The bumper will hide the opening in the wood cabinet...
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