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Subject:Re: Another BZ Shelf Gets Installed!
From:Michael Elliott
Date:Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:02:38 -0800

You betcha, Bill. Wiki away all you like!
--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR

On 1/28/2008 2:41 PM B Monk wrote:

> Didn't know the wiki page existed. I like it. I'll have to add a few
> articles I have written
> a few years back for the LiMBO newsletter. I should still have them
> somewhere on a CD.
> I plan on making the shelf out of a piece of wood thats laminated in
> similar grey
> to match the cabinets of the Westy we plan on picking up this weekend.
> It'll be a great place to set the portable DVD players on and the stuff
> animal collection they carry with them on our road trips. Now that the
> kids are older they will be sleeping up top. This way we can have a cup
> of tea before bed and not disturb them like we used to when they slept
> on the bottom. Thanks for again for the link Michael.
>
> Bill
>
> */Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>/* wrote:
>
>     Is there something more you need than what is on the wiki page?
>
>     http://vanagonwiki.net/index.php/Buese_Shelf
>
>     --
>     Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>     71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>     84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>     74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>     KG6RCR
>
>
>
>     On 1/28/2008 1:47 PM B Monk wrote:
>
>      > I lost the email with the pictures/drawing of the shelf. Could
>     someone please email the
>      > details to me?
>      >
>      > Thanks,
>      > Bill
>      >
>      > Tom Buese wrote:
>      > You are welcome! Stay tuned for a removable shelf to mount inside
>      > the sliding door.
>      >
>      > Mr. BZ - alias Mr. Shelf
>      > On Jan 27, 2008, at 4:43 PM, Dan Weeks wrote:
>      >
>      >> Finished making and installing my BZ shelf today. Was going to make
>      >> it out of baltic birch 9-ply, but found I had a rough-sawn chunk of
>      >> Walnut in those EXACT dimensions. Nary a saw-cut needed. So, after a
>      >> great deal of planing and sanding--it was REALLY rough--I got it
>      >> done. Finished it with a hand-rubbed oil finish that's a blend of
>      >> turpentine, linseed oil, and beeswax. Tom's drawing was great, and
>      >> the shelf works perfectly and adds a sort of funky,
>     woodbutcher-class
>      >> to the interior. And the subtle smell of linseed oil. Mmmm.
>      >>
>      >> Thanks again, Tom and Mr. Squirrel, for making this available to us
>      >> all!
>      >>
>      >> Dan
>      >>
>      >> 82 & 83 Westys
>
>