I’d like to change some of the windows in it. I remember when I lived in NJ, one of my buds there had a schoolbus that he used for his construction vehicle. We used to talk about how to change the windows to some other configuration than up-and-down sliders, but he never got around to it. Now I have a schoolbus and I’d like to change the windows into some more useful configuration. I’ve considerd sliding side-to-side, and hinging from the side and/or the top. I even thought that I might take one of the vertical braces out, and convert two small windows into one larger one.
The problem is I want to keep the windows glass, and I can’t figure out exactly how to keep the new stuff weather tight. I have a ton of woodworking tools, but very few metal working tools except for the normal stuff that a house builder might have. I’ve asked all the glass and auto glass places around here and they’ve not been any help.
Any advice?
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Figure out a way to jamb then shut and keep them that way!
Then black then all out.
Windows are the quickest way out for a tool thief.
I'd be thinking of ways to keep them shut and attach some metal screening or diamond mesh instead of trying to make them open better!
Jeff
Buck Construction Pittsburgh,PA
Fine Carpentery.....While U Waite
Good advice for a contracting bus, but I'm planning on using it as a vending vehicle for my (on the side) concessions business, so I have to be able to open the windows - theoretically, the largest openings possible.
Hey, a first time poster. Welcome.
One of my favorite old backcovers from FH#70. Seeing your doing the schoolbus thing thought you might apprerciate it. Large Photos so it's a slow download.
...sitting in his nowhereland.
I think I may have this issue, I'll have to check. But in the meantime, it took forever to download them both, and I couldn't open either with any programs that I have (and I tried 7 or 8)! If you have time, please resend in another format, preferably .JPG format (much smaller and easier to open).
OK rez, quit fooling around and go to the photo gallery to get your Irfanview. You can download it and learn to use it in the time it took me to down load and resize your pictures. The larger one displayed with a message about errors making it unreadable. A really large file like that can drop info along the way sometimes.
Anyway, here's the smaller one reduced to a sixth of the size..
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"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit.
The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are."
--Marcus Aurelius
Okay, I'll take a stab at it, but think you're a bit optimistic on my learning curve. But then again sometimes I get lucky and stumble on the obvious....sitting in his nowhereland.
I thought we went down this road rez?
Does your software change bmp to jpg?
That would have done it.
Man, I don't know.
It all started when all I wanted to do was end the Luka Novella thread with a punchline photo of that old FHB backcover. Found a way to make it stick and open and thought I was downtown. Now I'm staring at a blackscreen on Irfanview hitting buttons to continue with the great photo adventure but see no hope so I think I'll retire to being a word man again. Gotta go build my last wall upstairs in the house on pooh corner anyhow. Looking pretty good for the Jets which means Brownies might get their shot at a little fanfare after all. Peace and I'm outta here....sitting in his nowhereland.
The Irfan view has a help selction to follow instructions on screen but to start off - go to file - open and browse in your conmputer to wherever you save all these photos to selct one and open it.
After it is open, you can go to file - thunbnails - which will open an accessory tree type series of whatever photos you have in that folder. It works explorer style so you can navigate to other places. OK that's for finding and opennning photos.
Once you have one open, go to Image -
Information - will tell you amoung other things, how big a file you have
Resize /resample - will let you select the photo size and DPI resolution(72 DPI and 720 wide works pretty good for posting and emailing)
Enhance colours - will let you brighten up a dark photo but you can lose some clarity when you do that.
If you mess up the way it looks, don't sweat it - just re-open it and you'll have the original back again.
Once you have it the way you want it, go file - Save as - and you can selct where to save it and under what format. Use Jpg for photos and I find that my line drawings are smaller files as GIFs, compliments of Luka Give it a new name if you still want to keep the oroiginal in it's original condition.
In whatever program you have, it probably still works in a similar way. Select save as from the file drop down and tell it that you want to save it as a JPG aand that concversion alone will probably cur file size to 25% of original without changing the screen size or resolution. I have a couple programs that don't say save as for a choice. I get the same thing by selecting the file - export command. The scanner is one of these.
Have fun and god luck.
Excellence is its own reward!
"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit.
The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are."
--Marcus Aurelius
Yo guys - I understand the diversion of the thread, but does anyone have any info or suggestions on the original question about modifying windows on a school bus?
We did get off on a side road with bad tires on the old bus there didn't we?
I didn't adress it because I couldn't think of anything good at the time.
How's the old pocketbook? You could have some vinyl windows made up I suppose in whatever configuration but I wonder if your state would allow it if it werre not safety glass. You might not be able to get inspection. So maybe you need to have them made of clear lexan. Personally, I'm with whoever suggested locking them tight and painting them shut and invisible. The bad part of that is that you want that light when you are scrounging around inside for a piece of hardware.
I had a Chevy minivan school bus for a work unit once. I think there's better ways to go since that..
Excellence is its own reward!
"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit.
The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are."
--Marcus Aurelius
Start watching Jesse James on the Monster Garage.....Discovery Channel I think....
You'll get all sorta good ideas for cutting up and reassembling vehicles!
If you want the side to open.......cut the whole row of windows out.......weld in some aluminum stock to beef it up......hinge it at the top.....weld on a flange to weather strip.......and the whole thing'll flip up......tons of access.
JeffBuck Construction Pittsburgh,PA
Fine Carpentery.....While U Waite
Thanks. Looks like the roadmap. Investigation is in order.
I shall return, one day....sitting in his nowhereland.
Armed to the chin with Jpgs no doubt!
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Excellence is its own reward!
"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit.
The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are."
--Marcus Aurelius
Chin? no. Splintered fingers, sore back and a little blood now and then, ya....sitting in his nowhereland.
some foilks just have to go and make this digital world sound awful hard to drive around in..
Excellence is its own reward!
"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit.
The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are."
--Marcus Aurelius