Dining room in the motorhome – on the bus:
I chose to use the original bus seat frames for the dining room seats. My bus was built for New York and as such was equipped with seat belts for all passengers. Using the seat frames as the seat base in the dining room, I can use the original seat belt anchorages.
So that the base has such a width 42 “, as I wish, I cut off a piece of the second seat and welded it. The backrests have also been removed. |
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Wants, that the dining room is a little higher than the original seats on the bus. The base has dimensions 24 “x 42” x 16 “heights, and it will be 4” pillow.
The wooden seat is attached to the seat frame with the same steel ties, which were used to attach the original seat cushions. I doubled the number of strips and used wood screws 5/16 x 2 1/2 “instead of the original sheet metal screws # 12. |
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The backrests are high 24 inches and deviation 10 degrees. |
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Seats in the dining room are framed. At the end of each bench I will make a face with a flush panel, when I get to the finishing of the woodwork. There will also be a step along the front of each seat, so that the countertop (36 “x 42 ‘) could be lowered, forming a bed. The total sleeping area will then be 42” x 75 “, which is roughly the size of a double bed. |
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 Insulation and bonding. Everywhere there, where it was possible, I glued the tape as a vapor barrier. The tape is screwed to the ribs and the inner sheet metal with drywall self-tapping screws and glued with polyurethane construction adhesive. BTW: The polyurethane-based material is much more pleasant to use in a closed bus (lower VOC) and it seems, that cures better at lower temperatures than ordinary "liquid nails". |
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Panele i parapet. The window sill is an old oak floor. The paneling is one of the few things, which I bought, I wanted a consistent appearance throughout the bus, and this is difficult to achieve with landfill material! OK, many models 2×4 has also been purchased. |
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The finished table is made of a solid core door leaf from Home Depot, the legs are laminated together 3/4 “, and the shavings come from a few old hat stands, which I had in the pile of wood. I will put copper collars on the tops of the legs to protect the paintwork – that is of course I choose the color once. |
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 To simplify the design of the seat cushions, I just pinned the material on the foam to a piece of plywood 1/4 “B / C. I used high-density foam with a small amount of fibers on the foam blank. |
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 I put double sticky tape between the fabric and plywood before stitching, to strengthen the joint and strips of ordinary adhesive tape on the edges of the plywood, because I was scared, that the edges will wear off the material over time. |
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Complete pillows.  |
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The seatback board has been trimmed a little too long, to keep the cushion around the seat, which gives enough space to fasten the seat belts, when they are not needed. The pillows were attached to the base with self-tapping screws 3/4 “. |
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Ready bench with unfolded seat belts. . . |
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. . . and with their seat belts fastened. |
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 Because the front seat in the dining room does not rest against the partition, I wanted, to be strong. This frame will also provide extra storage space at the front of the bus. |
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This is the last of the wide pine paneling, I only have one more item, for which I'm saving for a mirror in the back of the dining room.
I found several 3/4 CDs of this″ pine paneling. It was great stuff! A few cracks, no distortion and all nails have been pulled out! |
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The dining room is fully trimmed, including the door to the glove box in front (behind) seat. |
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 When the table legs are folded, the tabletop falls down on the rails at the front of the seats and the entire dining area becomes a full-size bed. |
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Dining corner / bed from a different angle. |
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 The whole is complemented by a fabric panel that matches the seats in the dining room |
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 A framed mirror at the back of the dining room. I think, that next to the mirror, or maybe a brass barometer, a nice kerosene lamp mounted on the deck of a ship would look good. |
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