Love Bus

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Project by

MINIMAL
Chicago, USA

General Information

Surf’s up! Made with good vibes by MINIMAL, the team that designed the Carvey machine for Inventables.

Project License

Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)

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Material		Description	Price
	Baltic Birch Plywood (×2)	18" × 24" × 1/4" Baltic Birch Plywood
	Black Acrylic Sheet	Dimensions: 8 in × 12 in, Thickness: 1/4 in
	Clear Acrylic Sheet - Cast	Dimensions: 8 in × 12 in, Thickness: 1/4 in, Material Type: Cast	$5.99
	White Acrylic Sheet	Dimensions: 12 in × 12 in, Thickness: 1/4 in
This project's Bill of Materials is not complete.			$5.99 from Inventables

File	Description	Unit Price
MNMLBUS-flat-cut_wood01.svg	cut from 1/4" wood of your choice	$0
MNMLBUS-flat-cut_wood02.svg	cut from 1/4" wood of your choice	$0
MNMLBUS-flat-cut_white.svg	cut from 1/4" white cast acrylic	$0
MNMLBUS-flat-cut_clear.svg	cut from 1/4" clear cast acrylic	$0
MNMLBUS-flat-cut_black.svg	cut from 1/4" black cast acrylic	$0
Download Zip		$0 from Inventables

Purchase Axles and Axle Caps

1 minute

Purchase Axles and Axle Caps from McMaster-Carr

Part# 2025K1
2-each
1/4" Dia. 3" overall length Stainless Steel Axle Shafts
link

Part# 94802A120
1-pack of 10
Push Nut Cap for Unthreaded 1/4" axle shafts.
link

Cut Path Setup

30 minutes

Setup proper material and bit for each cut.

Cut Files:
Wood01 – .25" Birch Ply , 1/16 2FL FishTail
Wood02 – .25" Birch Ply , 1/16 2FL FishTail
White – .25" Opaque White Acrylic , 1/16 2FL FishTail
Black – .25" Opaque Black Acrylic , 1/16 2FL FishTail
Clear – .25" Clear Acrylic , 1/16 2FL FishTail

Cut Out All Parts

240 minutes

Switch out material and setup cut files for the all six cuts.
(see step 2)

Finish All Parts

120 minutes

Sand, polish, and finish all parts to desired level.

Glue Up Wheels

20 minutes

Apply a thin layer of JB Weld, Super Glue, or a strong adhesive of your choice between each wheel and tire. Clamp work together and let glue set.

Assemble Bus Chassis

5 minutes

Starting with the back axel, press fit axel cap to one end of the axel. Add a wheel and place on to chassis center board. Add second wheel and cap off with a second axel cap. Repeat steps for the front axel.

Assemble Bus Layers

2 minutes

Add each layer of the bus in order to create a gradual profile curve.

Add Surfboard

1 minute

Press layers together and insert surfboard to lock layers together.

Looks awesome!
Eduardo Saez

Hey there. All your files are locked somehow. Ive tried running them through illustrator cs6 multiple ways, as well Every link to files except the first one are either just pictures in another browser window or not shared publicly???.
Paul Munger

@paulmunger Thanks for pointing that out! We fixed the sharing settings and files are now unlocked. If you want to download the SVG files you can right click on the link and choose “download file”, then they should open in illustrator. Thanks! MNML
MINIMAL

I like this project but the black file and the download zip file are having issues. The black easel file says it is not public and the zip file is not found. Just FYI.
Glenn Golden

Bonjour, Joli travail. Je n'arrive pas a ouvrir le fichier noir il n'est pas partagé en public. Je débute dans la cnc et j'aimerais réaliser le projet. Merci d'avance. Benoist.
Benoist Cottigny

This project looks great! But the black file says it hasn't been made public. Is it possible to get that last file released?
Joel Effinger

Love Bus

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General Information

Project License

Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)

Baltic Birch Plywood (×2)

Black Acrylic Sheet

Clear Acrylic Sheet - Cast

White Acrylic Sheet

MNMLBUS-flat-cut_wood01.svg

MNMLBUS-flat-cut_wood02.svg

MNMLBUS-flat-cut_white.svg

MNMLBUS-flat-cut_clear.svg

MNMLBUS-flat-cut_black.svg