Monthly Archive for February, 2010

Lots to do!

We’ve probably put about ten hours or so into the RV during our two workdays so far, and I’d imagine Brian has done another two or more on his own. This has produced one nearly-finished product, and fairly solid plans for most of the rest. Nevertheless, we’ve got a lot to do in the exactly four weeks remaining before the party bus pulls out.

Still to do:
- Build a mount for the television, as Brian mentioned below. That’s probably the most intricate project left, and will be the next thing we tackle.
- Build a bunk bed frame, which will suspend a small twin bed over the queen in the bedroom.
- Build some kind of scaffold that will let us essentially span a bed across the two captains chairs at the front of the RV.
- Build a simple platform with a support, which will be placed over the entry stairs and under a beanbag pile, for our last passenger.

And of course, that’s just the carpentry side of things. We still have to set up all the A/V equipment, all the amenities (beds and such), and stock the RV with the consumables we need for the weekend.

The road2pax is long, but excitement is building. I can’t wait!

Quick Updaate on the RV #PAX #PAXEAST

We have begun work on the RV.  Last night we finished what we are calling the console tray.

I’ll attach a sketchup file in case anyone wants to see it in more detail. (Measurements in file may be off which may be enough to convince me to update it).  This tray rests underneath the couch and has a slideout that allows easy access to everything.  The current plan is to have the tray hold an XBox 360, Original XBox, PlayStation 3, and an Onkyo receiver.  They will sit on a foam board to help with vibrations.  Between each device, there will be an eye hook.  The purpose of the eye hook is to allow us to run a bungee cord through the hook and over the devices.  This should hold the consoles down on the tray and again minimize movement and vibration.  The tray is pretty beefy so it shouldn’t move.

The consoles will feed to the receiver via HDMI.  We will then have a long HDMI cable running from the receiver to the 37″ Toshiba LCD TV mounted on the opposite wall.  This will require a pretty long cable.  I’ve read arguments on both sides about whether or not it is necessary to buy an expensive HDMI cable.  I think I will take a gamble on a cheap one from Amazon and see what happens.  At worst, I’m out $15 on a 35′ cable.

Now that this is done, we will move on to the TV.  Unfortunately there is a window right where we want to mount the TV.  Because of that, we have had to design a new mount.  More on that later but here is a sneak peek