My 1976 Palm Beach Project

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It's been a minute since I updated this thread, we have been moving steadily along!
This weekend we taped everything up and got the interior painting done.

Painted with an airless sprayer.

The white got 2 thick coats and the green got 2 coats plus 2 coats of clear over the top.
The top section of this cabinet section will be sliding frosted glass.

I'll get more pictures at some point when everything is back in.

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Justin Brady
http://www.thegmcrv.com/
1976 Palm Beach 455
 
Very nicely done, Justin.
Keep us posted, and please, with more pictures.

Daniel
--
Daniel Jacobs, No GMC, but an admirer of them .... We'll see what the future brings ....

Always remember, the world is full of nice people!
So, if you can't find one, be one!
 
Made some more progress this weekend.
Got the cabinets all installed, the headboard wrap around installed and the floors installed!

Flooring we went with Core-Tec it's 100% vinyl with a cork backing and is waterproof, very easy to install as well.

Also finally got the tv figured out, I mounted it to a linear actuator behind the footboard of the bed, so it will be completely hidden until you
press the button and then it will rise up at the foot of the bed.
I'll post some photos of that later.
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Justin Brady
http://www.thegmcrv.com/
1976 Palm Beach 455
 
Very nice workmanship Justin, can you share more details of the TV lift? I'd this unit off the shelf or did you build it?

I'm in the market for a unit so any input is appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike
 
Mike,
I built it. The off the shelf ones are crazy expensive.
It's just a 12v linear actuator and 2 ball bearing drawer slides.

I measured the TV as 16" tall, so I needed an actuator with 16" travel. Coupled with a pair of 18" travel drawer slides I had left over from the
cabinets it slides up effortlessly.

I made the mount for the back on my CNC plasma cutter, but it's very simple you could make it with basic hand tools and a welder.

I don't have any photos of the mount but I can take some when I take it out to install the tops.

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Justin Brady
http://www.thegmcrv.com/
1976 Palm Beach 455
 
Thanks Justin, any additional info and or photos would be very helpful. Your correct about the cost of these actuators so I may have to build one as
well but I will need approximately 24" travel.

Look forward to your details,
Stay Well,
Mike
 
It's been too damn cold to do much lately. Kills my motivation when its 18 degrees outside.

I did get the shower pan built.
I had to do it twice because the first one I forgot to offset the drain hole by 1/2". Whoops. Good thing I've got plenty of walnut sitting around
haha.

Design in cad so the water all drains:
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Cut and glue:
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Send through the widebelt to flatten it out, then a skim pass on the CNC to get it perfectly flat on the bottom. Flip it over and:

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And 4 hours later

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Switch to the ballnose bit and wait another 5 hours:
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Back to the 1/2" endmill and we're done
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And this is where it goes, tile is up next to cover all the redcoat
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All the walnut needs to be sanded and finished as well

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Justin Brady
http://www.thegmcrv.com/
1976 Palm Beach 455
 
As a woodworker and an RV guy, that is fantastic!
--
1975 Glenbrook, 1978 Royale rear bath
Raleigh, NC
 
> It's been too damn cold to do much lately. Kills my motivation when its 18 degrees outside.
> I did get the shower pan built.
> I had to do it twice because the first one I forgot to offset the drain hole by 1/2". Whoops. Good thing I've got plenty of walnut sitting around
> haha.
>
> Design in cad so the water all drains:
> http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Capture.jpg
>
> Cut and glue:
> http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_20170221_173703756-1336x1002.jpg
>
> Send through the widebelt to flatten it out, then a skim pass on the CNC to get it perfectly flat on the bottom. Flip it over and:
>
> http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_20170311_142915720-1336x1002.jpg
>
> And 4 hours later
>
> http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_20170311_170550159-1336x1002.jpg
>
> Switch to the ballnose bit and wait another 5 hours:
> http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_20170311_183538301-1336x1002.jpg
>
> Back to the 1/2" endmill and we're done
> http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_20170311_183857197-1336x1002.jpg
>
> And this is where it goes, tile is up next to cover all the redcoat
> http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_20170302_183417614-1336x1002.jpg
>
> All the walnut needs to be sanded and finished as well.
What kind of finish are you going to use on that shower pan? I am not aware of anything that is actually waterproof that will allow the wood to show
through. The other possibility is that you don't intend to actually shower in it.
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73 23' Sequoia 4 Sale
73 23' CanyonLands Parts Unit 4 Sale
Upper Alabama
"When I grow up I am going to be a curmudgeon."
 
The shower pan will be finished in Conversion Varnish (as will the rest of the bathroom wood), which we use to finish wooden sinks that have held up
no issue to daily use for 5+ years so far and we sell commercially with no reported issues.
It's clear.

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Justin Brady
http://www.thegmcrv.com/
1976 Palm Beach 455
 
Justin
You don't have a location in your signature section.....cold is a relative
thing..where do you live??

Mike in Nova Scotia

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> 1976 Palm Beach 455
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Michael Beaton
1977 Kingsley 26-11
1977 Eleganza II 26-3
Antigonish, NS

Life is too short to hold a grudge; slash some tires and call it even !
 
Mike I'm in TN, so not the kind of cold you're used to! It got up to about 65 here in Jan then dropped back into the 20's until last week pretty
much.

Got some time last night to get the tile set. Still need to grout, but have to wait 24 hours for the thinset to dry.

After staring at the wall for an hour trying to decide how the hell to cut the tile to fit the crazy shape we had an epiphany.
We cut the exact same wall out of the saved file on the CNC and laid it flat. BOOM easy peasy.

We used resin tile so the only way to cut it is with a band saw, which is a huge pain in the ass because they are so tiny and want to fly off
everywhere if you don't do it just right. Anyway that all worked out just fine, took several hours but in the end totally worth it.

Once we had that laid out we mixed up a bucket of Laticrete 254 Platium and went to town.

It went pretty smoothly, a little running back and forth to the bandsaw to trim a few spots but ended up working well,
Probably took an hour to the do the big wall and then 45 minutes to do the rest.

And here we sit before grout.

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Justin Brady
http://www.thegmcrv.com/
1976 Palm Beach 455
 
Come on up Justin, I can out-cold you just about ant time of the year!
Good luck on your project...

Mike in NS

> Mike I'm in TN, so not the kind of cold you're used to! It got up to about
> 65 here in Jan then dropped back into the 20's until last week pretty
> much.
>
> Got some time last night to get the tile set. Still need to grout, but
> have to wait 24 hours for the thinset to dry.
>
> After staring at the wall for an hour trying to decide how the hell to cut
> the tile to fit the crazy shape we had an epiphany.
> We cut the exact same wall out of the saved file on the CNC and laid it
> flat. BOOM easy peasy.
>
> We used resin tile so the only way to cut it is with a band saw, which is
> a huge pain in the ass because they are so tiny and want to fly off
> everywhere if you don't do it just right. Anyway that all worked out just
> fine, took several hours but in the end totally worth it.
>
>
> Once we had that laid out we mixed up a bucket of Laticrete 254 Platium
> and went to town.
>
>
> It went pretty smoothly, a little running back and forth to the bandsaw to
> trim a few spots but ended up working well,
> Probably took an hour to the do the big wall and then 45 minutes to do the
> rest.
>
> And here we sit before grout.
>
> --
> Justin Brady
> http://www.thegmcrv.com/
> 1976 Palm Beach 455
>
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Michael Beaton
1977 Kingsley 26-11
1977 Eleganza II 26-3
Antigonish, NS

Life is too short to hold a grudge; slash some tires and call it even !
 
> Mike I'm in TN, so not the kind of cold you're used to! It got up to about 65 here in Jan then dropped back into the 20's until last week pretty
> much.
>
> Got some time last night to get the tile set. Still need to grout, but have to wait 24 hours for the thinset to dry.
>
> After staring at the wall for an hour trying to decide how the hell to cut the tile to fit the crazy shape we had an epiphany.
> We cut the exact same wall out of the saved file on the CNC and laid it flat. BOOM easy peasy.
>
> We used resin tile so the only way to cut it is with a band saw, which is a huge pain in the ass because they are so tiny and want to fly off
> everywhere if you don't do it just right. Anyway that all worked out just fine, took several hours but in the end totally worth it.
> http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_20170322_182311465-1002x1336.jpg
>
> Once we had that laid out we mixed up a bucket of Laticrete 254 Platium and went to town.
> http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_20170322_210158740-1002x1336.jpg
>
> It went pretty smoothly, a little running back and forth to the bandsaw to trim a few spots but ended up working well,
> Probably took an hour to the do the big wall and then 45 minutes to do the rest.
>
> And here we sit before grout.
> http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_20170322_224438278-1002x1336.jpg
I am not an interior decorator, but that shower pan looks out of place. Needs to be sterile white or something, to fit the rest of the room.
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73 23' Sequoia 4 Sale
73 23' CanyonLands Parts Unit 4 Sale
Upper Alabama
"When I grow up I am going to be a curmudgeon."
 
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