I started watching your videos this weekend. This bus conversion is going to look so cool when your done. I'm sticking with you guys through out the build. I hear your going to travel afterwards. Looking forward to this.
Not sure if you realized or not but the coolant tank that pumps up to the top, well it needs to be flat not on one side. If you put it up on the side you need to reposition the coolant pickup from the bottom to the side so that it can get at as much of the coolant than it would turned on it's side.
Put 3/4" plywood counter tops in wit a couple coats of Varathane for the winter, then next year once wood has cured, put the final counter tops in. Don't let waiting for the PERFECT idea to hold you up.
There is something very exciting about watching men problem solve and get the job done. I just love seeing the progress you and your dad are making, well done.
Mela and Don I hope it all works out with the wood for you kitchen counter tops ; but if it doesn't I know you will find something just as nice . Don and his dad are quite a team . The dynamic duo !!!!!
I wonder if collaborating with a mill/kiln channel like Out of the Woods might be a solution to your countertop problem. It would be a huge hike from OH to TN, but maybe there's another channel that's closer. Just a thought.
Aww Mela, it’s so good to see you up and about! 💕👏👏 I’m also so sorry to see the beautiful slabs of wood be cut down but even if they aren’t going to be used on the counter tops they are still going to be used and not wasted. You are doing such a brilliant job and I’m really blown away with every update at the skills you’ve demonstrated! When you opened up that panel with the compressor all I could think was OMG what a mess! But you saw the inner workings of this amazing machine… like surgeons! Very impressive Don and Dad! 🙌🙌🍀!! ✨💫
Glad to see Mela is up and about. Won't be long and you will be running around. Don: You sure looking like MacGyver. Always have a good plan. I'm sure that old compressor, Put up For Sale. Will be gone. (Make some money back and clean up). All coming together. Another exciting video. Regards
Don...A old country saying is "you are handier than a pocket knive". Mela you are so lucky to have a guy who can do anything. Ex. Plumbing. Electrical. Automotive, woodwork, heating and air conditioning. Don reminds me of my husband. He was like that. I miss him. Mela it takes awhile to come back from a operation like the one you just had. So please don't get frustrated. Give yourself time to heal. Don't lift anything heavy until you heal. I have had lots of Friends who has had this surgery. And the doctor told them to rest and let things heal.
Sorry for the setback. As a woodworker, he knows well how moisture can run a board, his jointer and saw blades. Best wishes for continued recovery for Mela. Hang in there, it’s always worth it in the end.
Thanks Jerry. Yes we are lucky to have his help with this project. I'm sure the countertops will be beautiful at the end of the day even if they aren't what we initially imagined
Be patient it will all work out. All In Gods Timing!! Mela ,glad you are feeling better.take your time In getting around! Keeping You All In Prayer🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️
That wood was a major problem. I was so sorry to hear about it, I hope that when the moisture has been removed it doesn't warp too much and it is still useable, I am very pleased that Mela is recovering well.
Thanks Barry. So far it is drying well but the warping does mean there is less available wood to use. So we are thinking we may have to mill more. But we'll make it happen eventually!
@@Rehabit8 That particular wood has a lovely grain and I know it will enhance your bus when it is polished up. If you are going to varnish it can I suggest that for the first coat of varnish do a 50/50 mix with white spirit first, this allows the varnish to soak into the wood instead of just sitting on the top and also it stops the varnish from cracking or flaking later on,
Make your own air kiln with a plastic bag like roll out tube or biuld an air box than on both use a rented industrial blower fan and a rented indutrial heater like the one they used after floods. This will get the wood dry within 3 days to a week . 👈🤓👍 Depending on the outside temps and humidity. The drier the hotter the better.
You can look into doing a trade with someone who has dry slabs of another type of wood. I have Puerto Rican Mahogany, but I'm in Tuscany. Grew up in Indiana.
It is so wonderful being apart of the Rehabi-Tribe. It was so nice to meet you as well. You know we both cannot wait until next year. You will be done with your bus and so will ours. We will be able to meet up again somewhere warmer. And get a good bus tour. 😁 Again Thank You and keep up the awesome videos one bite at a time.
Oh no, what a shame about the wood for the counter tops. I hope it works out and you can use it. Nice to see you walking around and feeling a little better.
Just grab some butcher board countertops from home depot for now. They're cheap and they look pretty good. Then once your wood is ready you can swap out the counters.
Why don't you cut the boards up an make a butcher block top. By using the wood in small squares or strips you can solve the moisture issue as you go. This would look great especially if you epoxy the wood when complete. It's worth investigating. I think it's an option that's saves time. Stay safe J.
Oh I'm so excited to watch today! I scheduled my appointment to get the ball rolling! Lol anxiety hit me like a train, which I didn't expect. Nervous excitement really but I'm excited to see your progress ❤💖🥰🤗 Not nice guys! Lol to leave it on a cliffhanger is TV level production! 🤣 Can't wait until your next update 🥰😁😉
Hope you are recovering. I do have a question about you kitchen layout. Why dont you put a filler piece on the cabinet next to the fridge, that way the sink can come forward like it should to the edge of the curve. Those little corners will be had to clean and also you give your drawer more clearance
I have a friend who dug a hole and set a fire that burned down to coals and then he put wood boards into the hole, over the coals and smoked the moisture out of each board. You could try that??? Just a suggestion
AC compresser is heavy , I just put both arms through taillight door and with truck right behind me , tailgate down to set it on and just picked it up!
Where you went wrong with the wood it should've been laid flat on a concrete floor not stacked with boards between it . You might be able to save it if you lay it flat on the floor with bricks on the warped areas . Good luck I hope it can be saved .
When mechanics work on these buses, they generally pull the entire engine via the sled by using a forklift. That's why you can't get a wrench in there.
Hi Guys Firstly Mal may I ask where you from as I can hear a slight accent when I hear certain words from you. So Mal where are you from please?? You can tell that you and Don aren't from the same place straight away but like I said certain words Mal give you a slight accent and I have a feeling that there's countries you could be from tho I could be mistaken but never the less I would love to know please. Mal also as a female I know that we don't give our bodies time and chance to heal correctly as there's always something we gotta do 🤦. I can't imagime what your going through as I haven't had done what you have had, I have had a few friends go through so I can only assume you are/have felt like they did and I had to push them to relax and give their bodies time to recover and none of us are doing a bus build!!!!😮😮 Don you are truly amazing your not only carry on your shoulders the thought of 'how's Mal' your also trying to do everything including the projects outstanding on what is in my opinion gonna be an amazing, beautiful home but also what your doing both inside and out on the bus build a fantastic job!!!! You Don should be so PROUD of yourself, I do truly believe that when completed that yours and Mals home is gonna be an outstanding build, beautiful, unquie, amazing, fantastic I really can't put into words how I think this build is gonna not only look but also be 🤔. Don give yourself some credit as it's well overdue 🙏👏👏👍👏👏👍😱👌👌😍😍. Please stop being so hard on yourself Don, we know you guys wanna be done on the road before winter but what will be will be So yeah Mal please try and take it easy if you do that hopefully you will be one less thing on Don's mind tho somehow I think no I know he's still gonna worry about you that guy of yours who I wanna call SUPERDON,he isn't gonna stop worrying about you til your 100% well but then he will get back to the way he has been (I picked this up from the 1st video I watched of you guys) ie he always thinks and is concerned about you!!!! VIEWER'S PLEASE COMMENT IF YOU ALSO THINK I AM RIGHT ABOUT SUPERDON AND THE WAY HE THINKS ABOUT HIS MAL???? You guys are great together your a prefect match and you guys do truly belong together 👩❤️💋👨❤️💞🤓💕❣️ the love you have for each other it shows on screen you know us viewer's (I definitely can), can feel and see the love between you guys 👩❤️💋👨👩❤️💋👨 Lisa UK xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx
If you’re putting a mini split toward the back isn’t it going to just suck in bus exhaust? I hope I’m wrong or that you’ve got a solution for that. Seems like it would be a carbon monoxide nightmare.
Don't know who told you engine likes to be hot but that's not true at all but good luck & hope that unite can get enough air mite want to find out be 4 running it to much cuz mite not do that much good but hard telling not knowing ....
Engines run more efficiently when hot. That's why your car has a "normal operating temperature" indicator on your dashboard (temp gauge). Too cold and the oil doesn't lubricate as well as it should.
I Know you shoot these video's in advance but P L E A S E be careful working under the bus, a jack can fail tires and suspension can shift. ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS BLOCK the bus with solid wood blocks under the frame! Busses can and do Kill people! Just a word of caution from one bus person to another. Keep up the good work, My new one is coming along at turtle speed but that's okay.
Hi Dan, we’ve already installed one minisplit AC/heat system and plan to install another. The bus AC would have potentially been one of the more expensive yearly expenses to keep maintained.
The mechanic and bus school sounds exactly what someone who will be living in a bus needs
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I started watching your videos this weekend. This bus conversion is going to look so cool when your done. I'm sticking with you guys through out the build. I hear your going to travel afterwards. Looking forward to this.
Welcome aboard!
Not sure if you realized or not but the coolant tank that pumps up to the top, well it needs to be flat not on one side. If you put it up on the side you need to reposition the coolant pickup from the bottom to the side so that it can get at as much of the coolant than it would turned on it's side.
Hey Joe thanks for looking out for us :) yes we plan to move the pump connectio to the bottom value and also relocate the overflow stem :)
Put 3/4" plywood counter tops in wit a couple coats of Varathane for the winter, then next year once wood has cured, put the final counter tops in. Don't let waiting for the PERFECT idea to hold you up.
Thanks Dennis, yes that is one of our thoughts to temporarily solve the problem
A clever man once said "one bit at a time" thats how progress is made.. even with moisture
If you speed dry it, you should use straps around the bundle to help keep it from warping as much.
That compressor removal went so well! Congratulations.
There is something very exciting about watching men problem solve and get the job done. I just love seeing the progress you and your dad are making, well done.
Your dad’s such a good sport. How wonderful he gets to experience this with you!
🙌 he's the best!
Mela and Don I hope it all works out with the wood for you kitchen counter tops ; but if it doesn't I know you will find something just as nice . Don and his dad are quite a team . The dynamic duo !!!!!
I wonder if collaborating with a mill/kiln channel like Out of the Woods might be a solution to your countertop problem. It would be a huge hike from OH to TN, but maybe there's another channel that's closer. Just a thought.
Aww Mela, it’s so good to see you up and about! 💕👏👏 I’m also so sorry to see the beautiful slabs of wood be cut down but even if they aren’t going to be used on the counter tops they are still going to be used and not wasted. You are doing such a brilliant job and I’m really blown away with every update at the skills you’ve demonstrated! When you opened up that panel with the compressor all I could think was OMG what a mess! But you saw the inner workings of this amazing machine… like surgeons! Very impressive Don and Dad! 🙌🙌🍀!! ✨💫
Thanks Adriana!
Glad to see Mela is up and about. Won't be long and you will be running around. Don: You sure looking like MacGyver. Always have a good plan. I'm sure that old compressor, Put up For Sale. Will be gone. (Make some money back and clean up). All coming together. Another exciting video. Regards
Don...A old country saying is "you are handier than a pocket knive". Mela you are so lucky to have a guy who can do anything. Ex. Plumbing. Electrical. Automotive, woodwork, heating and air conditioning. Don reminds me of my husband. He was like that. I miss him.
Mela it takes awhile to come back from a operation like the one you just had. So please don't get frustrated. Give yourself time to heal. Don't lift anything heavy until you heal. I have had lots of Friends who has had this surgery. And the doctor told them to rest and let things heal.
Sorry for the setback. As a woodworker, he knows well how moisture can run a board, his jointer and saw blades.
Best wishes for continued recovery for Mela.
Hang in there, it’s always worth it in the end.
Thanks Jerry. Yes we are lucky to have his help with this project. I'm sure the countertops will be beautiful at the end of the day even if they aren't what we initially imagined
Be patient it will all work out.
All In Gods Timing!!
Mela ,glad you are feeling better.take your time In getting around!
Keeping You All In Prayer🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️
That wood was a major problem. I was so sorry to hear about it, I hope that when the moisture has been removed it doesn't warp too much and it is still useable, I am very pleased that Mela is recovering well.
Thanks Barry. So far it is drying well but the warping does mean there is less available wood to use. So we are thinking we may have to mill more. But we'll make it happen eventually!
@@Rehabit8 That particular wood has a lovely grain and I know it will enhance your bus when it is polished up. If you are going to varnish it can I suggest that for the first coat of varnish do a 50/50 mix with white spirit first, this allows the varnish to soak into the wood instead of just sitting on the top and also it stops the varnish from cracking or flaking later on,
Hang in there and GREAT Job!
I hope the moisture comes out of your wood so you can get your counter tops put in and other hooked up. I hope to see another video soon.
It’s take time just take it easy. U will be back into the game soon.
I love watching your progress on the bus 🚌… glad your feeling a little bit better Mella … looking forward to the next clip with baited breath x
Thank you! 😊
Make your own air kiln with a plastic bag like roll out tube or biuld an air box than on both use a rented industrial blower fan and a rented indutrial heater like the one they used after floods. This will get the wood dry within 3 days to a week . 👈🤓👍 Depending on the outside temps and humidity. The drier the hotter the better.
ha interesting! Thanks will look into that
@@Rehabit8 No problem and good luck. And don't stress. Where there's a will there's an A. Remember that from the 80's
hi guys I really like to see that the works continue. Mela happy to see you on the construction site. 🥰
Sorry for my linguage
You can look into doing a trade with someone who has dry slabs of another type of wood. I have Puerto Rican Mahogany, but I'm in Tuscany. Grew up in Indiana.
You guys are a strong couple...didnt hasitate to do the project together with people who care about you....keep strong and Jesus bless you...
It is so wonderful being apart of the Rehabi-Tribe. It was so nice to meet you as well. You know we both cannot wait until next year. You will be done with your bus and so will ours. We will be able to meet up again somewhere warmer. And get a good bus tour. 😁 Again Thank You and keep up the awesome videos one bite at a time.
Here’s to 2022! 🥂 Lovely to meet you guys
The more you can do yourself the better off you are
Oh no, what a shame about the wood for the counter tops. I hope it works out and you can use it. Nice to see you walking around and feeling a little better.
Just grab some butcher board countertops from home depot for now. They're cheap and they look pretty good. Then once your wood is ready you can swap out the counters.
Aww dang-it :( Sorry about the wood needing to dry. Hang in there..progress is still progress. :)
Why don't you cut the boards up an make a butcher block top. By using the wood in small squares or strips you can solve the moisture issue as you go. This would look great especially if you epoxy the wood when complete. It's worth investigating. I think it's an option that's saves time. Stay safe J.
Hope you get it all sorted soon! Will look
Awesome!
You and me both!
Oh I'm so excited to watch today! I scheduled my appointment to get the ball rolling! Lol anxiety hit me like a train, which I didn't expect. Nervous excitement really but I'm excited to see your progress ❤💖🥰🤗
Not nice guys! Lol to leave it on a cliffhanger is TV level production! 🤣 Can't wait until your next update 🥰😁😉
You got this Jen! There will be lots of emotions. Sending you love and light
Hope you are recovering. I do have a question about you kitchen layout. Why dont you put a filler piece on the cabinet next to the fridge, that way the sink can come forward like it should to the edge of the curve. Those little corners will be had to clean and also you give your drawer more clearance
You do what you have to when you remove your compressor, good choice and nobody got hurt. Which Detroit Diesel do you have, series 60 or earlier?
yup 60
You will be ok that is how it is😁😀😄🎆🎇🎊🎉🏩🔮🎈🎈🎈🎈
You guys may want to check out barn wood. I re-used wood from my 1805 house as counter tops with epoxy glass.
I have a friend who dug a hole and set a fire that burned down to coals and then he put wood boards into the hole, over the coals and smoked the moisture out of each board. You could try that??? Just a suggestion
Está melhor 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😢❤️
AC compresser is heavy , I just put both arms through taillight door and with truck right behind me , tailgate down to set it on and just picked it up!
Maybe left the fram work in the rear for strength
The frame work was not structural to the bus. It was only to hold the compressor we took out
Do a trade of slabs with ............ Trade your slabs for dried ones if you are still in this dilemma.
So good to see Mela up and out. Dont over do it girl.. .
Don't know why you cut up the slabs all you needed was to cut off one edge to join together and cutting them up smaller is whats making them warp.
There is no rush young lady, just let things sort themselves out, excuse the pun but the bus is not going anywhere yet...🤣
Don.. I didn't know you were from Ohio. I am a buckeye too. I was borned and raised in Cincinnati. I now live in Central ky.
did you have 7hr op and out hour half later??? wow hope you doing ok love the videos
Really hope you put some screening or some product, in those holes in the compressor bay to keep rodents out!!! Otherwise buy more traps!!!
Where you went wrong with the wood it should've been laid flat on a concrete floor not stacked with boards between it . You might be able to save it if you lay it flat on the floor with bricks on the warped areas . Good luck I hope it can be saved .
Put in a cheap countertop and next summer and replace it when your wood is dry
When mechanics work on these buses, they generally pull the entire engine via the sled by using a forklift. That's why you can't get a wrench in there.
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Hi Guys
Firstly Mal may I ask where you from as I can hear a slight accent when I hear certain words from you. So Mal where are you from please??
You can tell that you and Don aren't from the same place straight away but like I said certain words Mal give you a slight accent and I have a feeling that there's countries you could be from tho I could be mistaken but never the less I would love to know please.
Mal also as a female I know that we don't give our bodies time and chance to heal correctly as there's always something we gotta do 🤦. I can't imagime what your going through as I haven't had done what you have had, I have had a few friends go through so I can only assume you are/have felt like they did and I had to push them to relax and give their bodies time to recover and none of us are doing a bus build!!!!😮😮
Don you are truly amazing your not only carry on your shoulders the thought of 'how's Mal' your also trying to do everything including the projects outstanding on what is in my opinion gonna be an amazing, beautiful home but also what your doing both inside and out on the bus build a fantastic job!!!! You Don should be so PROUD of yourself, I do truly believe that when completed that yours and Mals home is gonna be an outstanding build, beautiful, unquie, amazing, fantastic I really can't put into words how I think this build is gonna not only look but also be 🤔. Don give yourself some credit as it's well overdue 🙏👏👏👍👏👏👍😱👌👌😍😍. Please stop being so hard on yourself Don, we know you guys wanna be done on the road before winter but what will be will be
So yeah Mal please try and take it easy if you do that hopefully you will be one less thing on Don's mind tho somehow I think no I know he's still gonna worry about you that guy of yours who I wanna call SUPERDON,he isn't gonna stop worrying about you til your 100% well but then he will get back to the way he has been (I picked this up from the 1st video I watched of you guys) ie he always thinks and is concerned about you!!!!
VIEWER'S PLEASE COMMENT IF YOU ALSO THINK I AM RIGHT ABOUT SUPERDON AND THE WAY HE THINKS ABOUT HIS MAL????
You guys are great together your a prefect match and you guys do truly belong together 👩❤️💋👨❤️💞🤓💕❣️ the love you have for each other it shows on screen you know us viewer's (I definitely can), can feel and see the love between you guys 👩❤️💋👨👩❤️💋👨
Lisa UK xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx
Thank you for your kind words Lisa! Mela is from South Africa.
If you really want it, buy a live edge counter. Don't settle for less than what you really love!!!
Why don't you look for other wood.
If you’re putting a mini split toward the back isn’t it going to just suck in bus exhaust? I hope I’m wrong or that you’ve got a solution for that. Seems like it would be a carbon monoxide nightmare.
The back mini-split will not be used during driving. Only when we are stationary.
The portion of the mini split that's in the engine bay doesn't handle the interior air. It's just the compressor and condenser.
Don't know who told you engine likes to be hot but that's not true at all but good luck & hope that unite can get enough air mite want to find out be 4 running it to much cuz mite not do that much good but hard telling not knowing ....
Engines run more efficiently when hot. That's why your car has a "normal operating temperature" indicator on your dashboard (temp gauge). Too cold and the oil doesn't lubricate as well as it should.
I Know you shoot these video's in advance but P L E A S E be careful working under the bus, a jack can fail tires and suspension can shift. ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS BLOCK the bus with solid wood blocks under the frame! Busses can and do Kill people! Just a word of caution from one bus person to another. Keep up the good work, My new one is coming along at turtle speed but that's okay.
I am totally baffled about WHY would you remove your ability to have AC while on the road?
Hi Dan, we’ve already installed one minisplit AC/heat system and plan to install another. The bus AC would have potentially been one of the more expensive yearly expenses to keep maintained.
Man she is tough in you