Sunday, November 15, 2009

What's the hold up?

In this case, the "hold up" is the bracing under the bed. It is installed and working great. I would have liked to have made it "purdy" with some edge banding and sanding, but I took some pictures of it now, instead of waiting.

Here is a picture of the brace from the rear of the trailer. The brace is built of 3 pieces of plywood that are all 17 1/4 inches high. The two outer pieces are 39 inches long, and are attached to the floor and the back piece of the bed/sofa platform. The front piece is 32 inches long and is attached to the front piece of the bed/sofa platform. This allows the center piece to slide back and forth between the outer pieces as the bed is converted to a sofa configuration.

From a lower angle, you can see the brace still leaves much of the storage area open.


This is what it looks like from the front when it is in the sofa position.

And here is a view of it in the bed position.


Here is a view of the bed from a higher angle in the front.

Here is a picture of the handle I added to help slide the bed up into the sofa position, and back. It is just a loop of 1" web strap strap screwed into the bottom of the center section of the bed platform.

Next, I'll be adding finishing touches to the raw edges of the plywood, then I can get started on building the front cabinet and counter top.
Stay tuned!
Gil

1 comment:

  1. Pretty clever work! You taking orders for these things? Handy Dandy Home on wheels!

    ReplyDelete