Date:         Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:54:26 -0700
Reply-To:     Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Another BZ Shelf Gets Installed!
Comments: To: B Monk <wmonk@SNET.NET>
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On Jan 28, 2008, at 3:41 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.

Then you are also probably not aware of the Wiki article writing
contest that ends on Thursday at midnite+-!?
The prize is a custom made BZ shelf shipped to youse for the best
article submitted to the wiki by then.

Mr. Bz!


> 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