Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 11:12:58 -0700
Reply-To: "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Some kind of shelf?
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Hi Neil, that's a good idea.
The wingnuts(1) might bump into each other, but that's to be worked out.
I also like Jake's hose clamp + L-bracket idea. Either way would result
in a new crossmember(2) high up.
The next detail to be worked out is how to hang the shelf. The shelf
wants to be quick to put up and take down. It could be hung(3) with
ropes, but that would be tippy. Chain, likewise. Stiff(4) brackets would
be better. If the crossmember was fastened so it didn't rotate, then a
couple of strap metal brackets could be made shaped like an upside-down
"V". Hang two Vees over the crossmember and maybe drop a pin into
matching holes(5) drilled through the strap and crossmember to help
restrain the Vees from rotating, too. The bottoms of the Vees could be
bent toward each other to provide feet for the shelf to rest on, maybe
pegs-and-holes there, too, to secure everything.
I reckon that if it dangles(6) 12 inches (30cm) below the new
crossmember, it could be up to 10'' (25cm) deep (fore to aft), and more
than 36'' (90cm) wide without bumping into the canvas.
I probably didn't write this up as clearly as I could have, and it's
probably not as simple as it could be. It's just an idea. I dunno about
you guys, but when Mrs Squirrel shows up with boxes of far healthier
food that I would choose (produce, mainly) finding a place to stash all
that becomes a hassle. A 3-foot wide shelf that could accommodate small
boxes of food and which was easy to put up and take down would be most
helpful.
(1) See yesterday's disclaimer
(2) Likewise
(3) Ditto
(4) This is getting stupid
(5) Real stupid
(6) I'm going to bump myself off the list.
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 6/1/2007 10:03 AM neil wrote:
> Wood this (pun intended):
>
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil/iWeb/Site%205/U%20bolt.html
>
> hold a piece of galv steel tube to struts? If mounted, um, criss-cross
> across new tube to struts?
>
> If there's a size that fits diameter of strut/tube combo, and threads
> long enough, you could use wing nuts for **relatively** quick removal.
> Or if it's possible to leave in place, then mount with threads
> pointing toward rear of van.
>
> Neil.
>
> On 5/31/07, Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> When the poptop is up, I'd like to hang a shelf between the top's upper
>> struts -- a flat piece of wood, maybe, hung by ropes from a new
>> crossmember (piece of PVC pipe maybe) which mounts horizontally between
>> the upper struts near the top. I can't quite picture what I'd need to
>> mount that new crossmember to the struts. Some fitting that clamps to
>> struts, I reckon?
>> --
>>
>> 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
>>
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