Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 15:49:35 -0700
Reply-To: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Announcement: the BZ Shelf
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On Jan 2, 2008, at 7:06 PM, Doug wrote:
> Nice Job Guys!
> Now how about plans for a sliding-door foldable shelf?
Vee vill consult Ferdinand & get back to youse!
Tom B.-martini bar?
> Doug
>
>
> Michael Elliott wrote:
>> Back in August or so Mrs Squirrel and I became frustrated with
>> having to
>> deal with boxes of groceries and stuff which were constantly
>> underfoot
>> when camping in places where the local critters were eying our
>> comestibles
>> with considerable interest. I wondered whether it might be
>> possible to
>> hang a shelf in the otherwise unused overhead space at the front
>> of the
>> raised poptop and posted a proposal involving chains and skyhooks and
>> stuff, an idea that was doomed to never work.
>>
>> Several folks suggested better ways to go about it, but nothing
>> seemed
>> very easy to me. Then Tom Buese, who was apparently looking for an
>> excuse
>> to avoid doing real work, popped up with a design for a shelf which
>> mounts
>> easily on the poptop's crossarm with a couple of hardware store U-
>> bolts,
>> holds a surprising amount of stuff when deployed, and folds flat
>> against
>> the roof when the top is down. He put together a prototype and
>> emailed a
>> dimensioned drawing of his idea to me. I banged a version together
>> in a
>> couple of hours without hardly any significant loss of blood and
>> mounted
>> it up. After a test on a short camping trip, it has become a
>> permanent
>> addition to our Westy. Best thing I've ever done -- besides
>> marrying Mrs
>> Squirrel, I'd say.
>>
>> After the Vanagon Wiki went "live" this year I suggested to Tom
>> that we
>> could post a how-to article about his "BZ Shelf" but it took him a
>> bit of
>> time to take the pictures and refine the drawing. But finally, after
>> considerable nagging on my part, I got him to post the stuff to me
>> so I
>> could write the article.
>>
>> If you're like me, able to use a reciprocating saw without hardly
>> ever
>> cutting off a finger, own a Westy, and find yourself sometime
>> wishing you
>> had a darn place to put pots and pans and coolers and stuff that
>> seem to
>> crowd your floor when camping, do yourself a favor and build a BZ
>> Shelf. I
>> reckon you'll be glad you did.
>>
>> So here it is, with Tom's permission: photos and plans at
>> 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
>>
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