Van Conversion Part 5 Van Conversion Part 5 is the end of the end for my blogs about converting a delivery van into a camper. Just like Disney Land, I expect the camper to change and evolve as time goes on. I’ll update that process as it unfolds in the future. But for now, on […]
Van Conversion Part 4 Van Conversion Part 4 is sort of the beginning of the end: time to put it all together! Start at the Beginning In this case, the beginning is that thing you have to do before you can do anything else, i.e., the floor. Originally, I intended the camper to be a
Van Conversion Part 3 Van Conversion Part 3 is all about the cabin interior framing…which isn’t to say there is external framing, because there isn’t. How Good is Your Model? For most of my engineering career I got to play with models, computer models actually. This is part of the reason I know a little
My Creative Process My creative process usually starts with a problem to solve. Typically, this would involve fixing something that broke or redesigning/fixing something I’ve bought, but doesn’t quite meet my needs. This time around it involves fixing my broken headphones (see pic above). There’s Your Problem The accident of greatest concern to nuclear power
Converting to Digital Converting to digital from old school film is today’s topic. But first, we’ll start with a little Motivation There are two things that will get me to do something, the first is a deadline. Sometimes deadlines are flexible, sometimes not, but they should be met. The second thing that gets me to
Planning and Design Part 3 This is Planning and Design Part 3 of this may be the last of planning and design posts(?). Where We Left Off At the end of Part 2, I presented the two floor plans I’ll use to build the camper interior. Admittedly, these plans probably don’t make any sense without
Park at Night Park at Night may be the title of this post, but I’m gonna talk more about the night part than the park part. The Park I used to live in the big city, Worcester, MA. At least it should be considered a big city: second most populous city in New England (not
Van Conversion Part 2 Van Conversion Part 2 picks up pretty much where Part 1 ended. I finished removing everything I didn’t want, so now I can put in the stuff to make it a camper. This begins with the windows. Let’s Be Clear I knew early on in this process that I would be
Planning and Design Part 2 This is Planning and Design Part 2 of however many it takes to do right by the subject, or until I get tired of writing about it. When We Last Left Our Hero …he was off chasing another rabbit. As I mentioned at the end of Part 1, I had
This is Monhegan Island Part 2 of 2. My Monhegan Story My guess is that someone at work told me about Monhegan Island. It sounded so idyllic I just had to check it out. At the time of my first trip (early 1980’s), I was working as an engineer in the nuclear power industry. It
