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Lowly Update: Had a bit of time to work on the spare tire bracket located on the back of the habitat box. The bracket will be mounted to the box using the T-slot corner extrusions and used for keeping the 2 spare tires upright and resting on the the steel outrigger which extends off the back...

Lowly Update: Interior cabinetry was finished by a professional painter in a few passes with the assist from the Mrs and my dad. So satisfying to get this done and start unmasking with the Things: With the interior cabinets finished it was time to go to work installing all of the bits and...

Lowly Update: For the record: I hate painting. Finishing the cabinets was a big hurdle. We decided to "whitewash" the built-in cabinet carcasses. Diluted white milk paint was mixed using a thrift store blender and applied using foam brushes so that the baltic birch plywood face and end grain...

Lowly Update: Its been a minute since my last update - summer and family stuff keeps piling on. Progress continues but at a less than desirable pace. Here's some stuff to prove I haven't thrown in the towel. Cabinet installation was completed resulting in test-fitting of all sorts of...

Lowly Update: More 3D printed goodies. Above the passthru between the habitat and cab is the location where air and electricity is run from one side of the truck to the other. I needed to build a cover for this area to hide the ducting and wire runs. I thought about cutting down a large PVC...

Lowly Update: A scattershot group of 3D printed components for the habitat while the cabinets get sanded and I wait for warmer temps in order to get them finished. First is a multicolor nameplate for a couple of electrical buttons on the fresh water side of the system: I needed to provide...

Bump: Price reduced to $15,000

Lowly Update: I designed the dining table to not only telescope up and down but to also double in size. This required a bunch of headaches as one would expect. First was milling the holes/slots for the concealed hinges. These had to be exactly aligned using a router set to different depths...

Lowly Update: Some more 3D printing, this time for the interior. First was the latches to hold the interior back wall hatch doors closed: A bunch of these are needed to conceal behind the hatches and be opened with the flick of a finger: When the rear bed is lifted up to the ceiling the...

Lowly Update: With the tanks back in the shop I was able to start fitting the components to turn them into working diesel and grey water tanks. The diesel tank/box has the following hookups: compressed air, diesel heater pickup, level sensor/sender, breather, engine diesel pickup & return...

Lowly Update: Tank and box work progresses. With all of the mounting brackets welded on by RGW the tanks/boxes were brought back to my shop for the last time. They were jacked back up into place and the steel subframe cross-members were match center-marked with the mount holes on the boxes in...

Lowly Update: A scatter shot of projects involving the 3D printer have been completed on Lowly. First was a couple of temperature controlled fans to pull air from the habitat's envelope and push it through the electrical cabinet (and back into the habitat). The goal is to provide a little...

Lowly Update: External tanks and storage boxes were welded up by Rogue Gear Works. Time to bring them home and test fit them - good thing I've got a big van! First had Things 1&2 help assemble the latches onto the box doors: Got the boxes located underneath the truck behind the rear...

Lowly Update: The exterior rear of Lowly's habitat will have a pivoting framework that will allow for elevated bicycle storage and a way to lift and lower our spare tires without the need for a complicated and electrically driven 4-bar linkage system. Some of the bits & bobs of this system...

Lowly Update: We will be using a urine diverting/desiccating toilet in Lowly. It will be housed in a compartment adjacent to the shower, sealed in by a large exterior cargo hatch: The toilet will be mounted to a custom aluminum shelf that slides in/out on super duty locking drawer slides...