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Still not 100% sure on the pup-up material. I'm strongly leaning towards good old cotton canvas though.

Yep. It's set up so the potti, stove and half the sink are accessible when the bed is down. Midnight calls of nature and then who ever gets up first can get the coffee going. Just enough room for two (friendly) people to stand up and fold the bed.

Interior is 76" wide by 84" long. Floor is 74". About 60" of headroom with the slide-up up. Lots of headroom with the pop-up up. Headroom above the bed is about 24" with only the slide-up up. With the pop-up up, its a wedge from 24" to about 40" (final height here will depend on the angle of...

Almost queen size. 76" long and 58" wide.

Pretty busy and pretty productive weekend, mostly centered around getting the slide-up lifters installed. End result is four lifters installed. Here's the rear pair: I bolted them in through the wall with some finder washers. Aluminum angle across the top and bottom to tie them together and...

Thanks for the continuing positivity all! Finally got back out for a very little bit of progress today. Cut a chunk out of the medicine cabinet to accommodate the extra lifter. Never a good sign when the sawz-all comes out :( I think it will work okay. Will need to add some more aluminum...

Thanks for all the kind comments everyone! No updates to report on the electrics (sorry Anton) or anything else really. A little rain over the weekend killed yet another attempt at more painting :mad:. Just ordered up some aluminum angle so I can (hopefully) get the roof lifters installed -...

Good looking truck! Great idea on the Unistrut nuts in the tracks. Did you use the 1-5/8" or 1-1/4" size?

Okay, gotcha on the slideouts. Those will be an interesting challenge to design/engineer. Should be doable though and super cool. Yeah, I don't see why you couldn't bond aluminum to the plywood/honeycomb core. As long as you could keep moisture from getting to the wood that would be a slick...

I like the ambitious design criteria! Honeycomb panels generally claim an R-value of around 3 per inch. Most foams are in the 5 per inch realm. Is that a big difference? I don't know! Foam is about 40% better insulator I guess. Honeycomb composite panel construction would not use a frame...

Not much real progress other than fiddling around with the table. Next step was a scary one - routing out the pretty finish I've worked so long on for the hinges. I made a funky but functional jig It took longer to make the jig than to do the actual routing on the table, but the results were...

Got after the the next step in the painting process - primer. Only got to the roof and the bottom of the camper itself. The latter was fun, laying on my back, trusting the jacks, getting paint spreckled all over me and inhaling fumes despite a mask. Here's the selfie laying underneath :sombrero...

You're gonna have to give an update soon on your build - I'm sure I'm not the only one patiently looking forward to more details on what you've been up to :coffee: Thanks! Hiding or showing the imperfections is all about the angle of the photo! lol. Now then, funnest part of the progress...

Okay, spent the last few days fighting the laws of physics and geometry and trying to get the doors and gas springs working together. Can't say I understand it but through trial and error, muddled through the process. First attempt at the upper door came out okay, just beyond 90 degrees...

I agree the FireFly looks interesting. My biggest question with it is: how will it react to real world charging conditions in vehicles? According to FireFly, their battery wants bulk charge at 14.4v and no float charge (but 13.4 is okay if you must). They don't mention an absorption voltage...

Yeah, that Sterling is a nice unit - but even the 60 amp version costs way more than my battery! Good choice if money is no object or you're protecting a big $$ bank - I'm looking towards a simpler yet effective approach. We'll see how it goes... FireFly is interesting, but is the charging...

Latches are off Amazon - https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01ELG1T2Q/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Not heavy duty but pretty nice for the price.

Mocked up the kitchen now that I'm done with the counter top. The faucet is a hose type and will double as the shower. Little trimming to do and I won't actually install it yet. Little more work to do inside the cabinet (backing plate for one of the camper anchoring points) that will be...

Hadn't thought of that approach. Seems like it would squeeze out all the resin though? Well, either way I'm going with what I got for now!

Check out the Breha canopy lifts (Australian). I got a pair shipped from down under. Haven't installed them yet but will be trying them out soon. About as low-tech as you can get.