markopolo
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Fantastic! Look at all the aisle space. Accessing the overhead cupboards will be easier. Is it to scale?
What program did you use?
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cheeze1
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Completely to scale,  if you look closely, the base is the current floorplan.
The program is Google SKETCHUP. Its free, and I VERY HIGHLY recommend it to anyone who likes to fool around with plans on the computer. There is too much to tell you here, but I just got done folding the bench up and down and folding out the 'flip up." Just go to Google, click on 'more' and its down 2/3 on the right.
Btw, in the Sketchup Program, I can walk around and thru the plan in 3d.
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burlmart
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Very informative. I would like to see where the flip up dinette benck back is when down and when up.
2005 Trail Lite 213 B-Plus w/ 6.0 Chevy
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cheeze1
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Ha! Funny you should mention that! I'm working on that now!!
I just ordered 4 of these:
http://www.hardwaresource.com/Store_ViewProducts.asp?Cat=787
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ron.dittmer
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burlmart wrote:Does anyone remember these?
A 1987 Allegro on an Astro chassis.
A B+ in all respects! When considering a used RV a few years ago, I considered this one, but the floor plan and single rear wheels turned me off.
My wife & I are "Dancing With The Stars" for PADS on 1/23
Read about it in my "View Profile"
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cheeze1
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Update on Design:
The flip up bench extension seems to be impossible to engineer the way I want it. I consulted with my DW and she can up with a similar fix to Gary's bed extension. Some kind of hangers like Gary used, and the extension will be stored under the bench. Going to get Ms. 213 in a couple of hours and begin!!
OK, she is home. I have an electrical box between the water tank and the exterior wall. I need some of that distance for my couch/bed. Can I mount the box on the wall?
AND, can I put screws in the outside wall for mounting cleats? I see that the present dinette uses them now.
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Gene in NE
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cheeze1 wrote:Ha! Funny you should mention that! I'm working on that now!!
I just ordered 4 of these:
http://www.hardwaresource.com/Store_ViewProducts.asp?Cat=787
Clicky Thingy
2002 Trail-Lite Model 211-S w/5.7 Chevy
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Gene in NE
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cheeze1 - In your 11/16/08 12:27 pm posting you ask a couple questions on sidewall construction. I have a roof construction plan and a side construction plan for a model 211-S that I had gotten from R-Vision. I had been to the factory near Warsaw, IN and watched them construct the walls. They are constructed with aluminum square tubing 1" x 1-1/2" sandwiched between the exterior fiberglass sheet and the interior luan sheet with insulation between the ribs. The wiring is pulled through plastic conduit embedded in the insulation. The aluminum tubing is drilled to pass the plastic conduit. The sidewalls are not constucted like a house with studs so many inches on center. They seemed to frame around the windows and other openings then extend to the perimeter. The roof on the other hand was about 24" on center. Depending on the load being transferred to the wall, I would think the expandable molly bolts should work for most applications.
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cheeze1
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I wonder if a stud finder could locate the aluminum struts?
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cheeze1
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First day: down to the rug. Its amazing tho'. The furniture fabricators must belong to the " if one staple is good, then 20 should be better" school of construction. Seems that using plywood would have been a lot easier and stronger. I'm now going to be building a second base for the base part of the couch.It unbolts easily from the frame.
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