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Bed in the back of my LWB, finished ready for painting!!!
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Author:  bohuler [ Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:10 am ]
Post subject:  Bed in the back of my LWB, finished ready for painting!!!
I'm going to S/A next weekend and seeing my swag needs a new mattress, I decided that instead of taking my swag, fab up a bed frame for my weekend away :D

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I started out with a hard rubbish futon bed, that I cut up with my spanking new cordless grinder :peaceout:
Cut it down to 1400mm so that it fits in the canopy and doesn't poke into the cabin and interfere with gear changes and handbrake.
I had some square tube floating around that i cut up for the supports. A few bits of flat that I bent up to support the edge pieces. Clips into the bolts that hold the canopy down.

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Tomorrow I will get a sheet of ply to cover the bars and extend over the fridge in the passenger seat so my feet have support while i sleep :D
And I will get some foam for a mattress and post up some pics of the finished product.


Dave
Author:  86slowsierra [ Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:14 am ]
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links arnt working mate
Author:  bohuler [ Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:17 am ]
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They are now :D F%6k i hate html :p
Author:  buzbox [ Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:25 am ]
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A new swag mattress would've easier. I saw them in a Clark rubber catologue yesterday, They're only about $50 :lol:

But, I'll give you points for effort :D
Author:  86slowsierra [ Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:45 am ]
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nice work mate.
Author:  bohuler [ Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:48 am ]
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Its cost me the grand total of $3 so far and thats just for a grinder cutting disk, so i think that i'm ahead on the $50 mattress from clark rubber :lol:

edit: With the bonus that when its not being used as a bed, I can use it daily to store more tools and shit :peaceout:


Dave
Author:  Built4thrashing [ Sat Apr 16, 2011 10:23 am ]
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Hell if i canmanage to sleep in SWB sierra then a LWB would be easy.
Author:  bohuler [ Sat Apr 16, 2011 10:51 am ]
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2200mm of pure stretched out goodness, i think i can settle down real nice and comfy with with that :lol:
Author:  hutch [ Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:19 pm ]
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Nice... put foam on the roof, cause your gonna smack ya head in the morning when you get up. :lol:
Author:  shakes [ Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:32 pm ]
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It's gunna be colddddd in there. Hope you got a good sleeping bag.

Nice work btw ;)
Author:  bohuler [ Sun Apr 17, 2011 6:30 am ]
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Got the 12mm chipboard from bunnings this morning and a mattress from clark rubber.
Add a few screws, hinges and bolts and i'll let the pics say the rest :woohoo:

The view from the back
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View from the front
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With the mattress
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Mattress folds up for fridge access and driving :peaceout:
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And very little interferance with my side vision from the drivers seat!
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Just need to pull it out and give it a coat or 2 or 3 of house paint to seal it up and its all ready to go!
Costing
Metal frame : free
12mm chipboard 1200 x 2400 : $20
Screws, bolts and hinges : $6
Mattress : $80
I'm stoked for just over $100 get a bed for camping and also a shelf I can use daily going to work :D
Dave
Author:  atari4x4 [ Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:25 am ]
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nice work, you've even got a spew window... just make sure there isn't any fly screen.
Author:  abclarke [ Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:25 am ]
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Haha looks great mate! Good work!
Author:  BlueSuzy [ Mon Apr 18, 2011 1:13 am ]
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Nice work, if you ever want a double, just make it fold to the other side for travelling.

I like this!

As i can do it for mine if needed :D
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