Folding Couch Bed -- Prison Bus Conversion #32
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2024
- A custom plywood fold out couch for the prison bus. Download plans for the couch at etsy.me/2Mqkb7G
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Good to see a bus video! Nice job. Glenn Lever
Thanks Glenn!
Love it. Thanks for the video!
So exciting to watch your videos and progress!
Thanks! I’m having fun with it 😀
I love the design of the fold away bed! Awsome job!
Why thanks! It’s pretty cool
looks good and nice dog
Thanks! The dog is getting bigger!
Looking great Spencer great job
Thanks much!
Another great video Spencer! I love watching this series it’s amazing how you can do this all by yourself that’s some serious talent!
Thanks, JT! I hope you're having a good summer
Beautiful. Great video of this build!
Oh good, you found it! I'm glad to hear
Looks awesome and super functional !
Thanks man
Oh wow I like this a lot! I almost stopped watching when the slats were going in. I was like oh noooo not another slatted bed boooooo. Then I thought oh well wait and see what the 2nd component is and WOW - Very Nice! Subscribed especially so I could find this again, haha. I'll check back as well to see if you have cushions on there yet! Thanks for sharing your info!
When I was looking around for ideas I thought the same thing "Why so many pull-out sliders?" so thought I'd do it another way. Thanks for checking it out!
Looks like the finalised bed could do with an extra strip of timber on vert face of seat, to suport the ply bed part when in bed mod. So weight is no dependent on screws that hold to hinge. If ya know what I mean.
I ended up putting a long piano hinge on there -- so many more screws. But I see your point. It's always better to have load on wood ... thanks!
Slick extremely slick my friend I never would have thought of that
Haha ... much thanks buddy
look so easy.... when some else doing it with the right tools. Good job. Thanks for sharing. LOVE it
Thanks for checking it out!
My hero, love watching your videos.
Thanks for checking it out, my friend
Looks great! Wanting to do something similar in ours, but still have a ways to go. We did, however, buy the foam for our cushions yesterday. Friendly tip, get on a fabric/craft store's email for monthly coupons.
Good idea on the coupons, especially since I have some time to source the foam. I'm thinking of modifying a futon mattress that I have, so we'll see how that goes. Take care
I really like the design! Simple but yet it works so well!
Thanks man
Amazing work and design!
Thanks! It turned out great and I was super happy with it
Looking good !!
Thanks, Loose Moose!
Really enjoy watching your videos keep them comming. Gives me motivation when working on mine 👌
Oh great. Yeah, I have fun with it ... and it seems to be coming together.
Brilliant idea. Well done
Thanks! Yeah turned out great
I love it, I just have to make sure my old Astro van has enough roof clearance for it to swing over! I'm thinking I could also hinge the back to the seat so it could fold in to create more overhead clearance! It also has to straddle the wheel well when unfolded... Hmmmm.
Astro van! I love those things!
That's some good work there.
Thanks man!
Cool skills!
Thanks! It’s always cool seeing your pics on Instagram
The easiest one I have seen to build thank u for sharing it
Thanks for checking it out ... yeah, it works great
Wow I love this design bro. Keep it up. Your skoolie is looking better and better by every video 💯💯💪💪
Thanks music man!
Yeeeeey! New prison bus episode ✨✨
hey, thanks for watching!
WOW, I love your couch design so much better then all those cunfussing wooden slat couch/beds.
Oh cool! Yeah, I wanted to make a folder for that reason ... and to show folks that there are other options out there. The plans are on Etsy, too, so the idea can spread around. :)
great build
Thanks!
Nice design! Question- did you work up the measurements so that the cushions will be the right size for the mattress as well? Love this as I haven't seen this design on any other bus build- and I've looked at A LOT over the past year or two. (I'm converting a short bus as we speak!) Thanks for all your videos brother. I've watched most of them on this conversion process!
Yep, based the size on a futon I’m planning to modify for the two cushions... I also measured a few other couches and chairs for rough specs. Good times on the bus!
I hate to be an internet troll but this is safety so ... At 3:56 you use the rip fence to make a cross cut. The longest side of you piece of wood should be against the devise you are using to guide it with. This cut would have been much safer with a miter gauge or crosscut sled.
Good point! My sled was sitting there on the floor ... should have used it!
Thanks I used this idea for my bus
It's cool to think of this concept spreading around! Thanks for letting me know :)
cool folder!! thanks for posting!....c
oh yeah! thanks!
Do another build with another bus please
Ya think so? Really? I was thinking about getting a van after this ... or an old Army truck ... and going from there
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Actually that would be much cooler I think you should do an army truck as so many poeple a building vans on TH-cam
I love your videos and also subscribed
I started from knowing nothing and I learned so much from these videos
Tight idea
thnx!
Nice work on the couch l like it very creative I used 5 125 pound slides that came out towards the center of the bus and held the weight of a person no problem but your idea is very cool.
Slides are cool -- I just wanted to go a different route
I wouldn't charge you for the plans and i can probably build it with out them but thanks for searing
the center hinge will be holding the majority of weight when someone sleeps on it. one hinge. four screws. possibly 120 pounds average on there for at least 5 hours at a time. The hinge will not wear well. in steel maybe but I doubt ply will have a long lifespan. Perhaps a fold out support for the centre hinge? I dont know... some kind of enforcement? full length hinges perhaps?
I think he's intending that space for his kid but regardless you could pick up replacement hinges in any hardware store in the USA while traveling.
Good point ... I've done a bit of testing (rolling around on the folded-out bed; kind of embarrassing), and the weight on that 1/2 of the bed seems to be distributed onto both the legs and the hinges. I have a sense that the mattress will spread the force a bit, too. The fold-out support you mention is a great idea ... and a somewhat more substantial hinge in the center (piano for say 12") might be good, too. Thanks for giving me something to think about!
Nothing like a decent random orbital sander . Like how you designed the couch all totally logical smart choices you made looks good man that bus gonna be amazing when finished ... If I become Philthy Rich anytime in the near future I may have to make you sell it 😎
I see some one who watches Deboss Garage!
John Possum you have to admit he's more interesting than 75 % of the content on here
To each their own. I bingewatched most of spencer's bus vids in an evening or two. I found it interesting because I've been tempted to do such a conversion myself.
You guys are funny. Michael, you may find the bus parked in front of your place someday with the keys in it! :) Take care
You’ve gotta do one John! Or maybe a van??
Yes, "cattywompus" is the technical term.
Oh yeah! Love it
hi. nice clear video. thx. sub'd!
Awesome. Thanks!
Dang, imagine the rage, if someone flops down on that couch and breaks it.
Waaaah! That would be too much to handle
With the fold out legs of the couch, can I ask why you went to so much effort making all those jigged angled legs when you could have just had a single piece of timber running the entire length of the foldout bit. i mean, you've hidden all those legs behind a panel of ply anyway. Sorry to sound picky, but with so much work to do, i would have used a more economical support mechanism for the leg of the couch that touches thr floor. cheers.
I was going for a certain style, as with other things on the bus, along with lightness and stability. You could do it a lot of ways for sure!
I just went and favorited your Etsy shop, I have a shop also MadeByPamela if your into body jewelry haha
Oh cool! I'll go check out your shop now. Thanks for the tip!
are u going to hook up solar ? if so I would be following that one for sure.
It’s a maybe for me ... trying to save $$$$$$$$$$$
this seems short what is the hieght of the couch where you sit
backrest is a bit short for sure ... bed length is same as a queen but narrower (used a futon)
"groove" is a dado
That’s right! Thanks
Did you use 1/4" or 1/2" Plywood?
Gotta use 1/2 or 3/4 to keep stuff from flexing ... and go with the good stuff for better results :)
I love it wow that’s sexy as hell great design, and really nice work......
Thanks!
when will you post again????
I have the next video in the works, but I'm sorry to say that summer heat has kept me from working on the bus as much as I'd like
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Nice! Does the plywood bend overtime, or is half inch strong enough?
3/4” is definitely beefier ... gotta use quality stuff if thinner
That's no a bus. Its a train with wheels. So long
Oh so true! Just keeps going!