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Here's a pic of tediously drilling out all the screw holes and filling them with epoxy and dowel. In this shot the fiberglass on the roof has been done. Just to recap the butt joints recieved 2 layers of 4" 6oz tape and then the whole thing is covered in another 6oz woven sheet. Here's a...

Just estimating by eyeballing it I'd say it was about a 50% spring back. I just wanted a slight bow to make sure water wouldn't pool, but I didn't want to run into issues with mounting things on a very curved roof. I am guessing it'll provide some additional strength when I am walking around...

Pics of putting the roof on. Made up a jig to bend all the roof 'rafters' so that the roof would have a slight bow to it. You can see in the one photo where the maxxair fan will be going. Got some more of the shelving done too. Also, been picking away at more insulation, but didn't take any...

Neat idea. Pretty sure that I read somewhere that the BMS is in the tool on the Milwaukee stuff so that the overdischarge protection comes from the tool. Something to think about anyway.

Nice build, following along

Got the brackets bent up and put together. It's a bit crude at the moment. Both chairs flip forward to make the second bed.

Back to the interior, I got the drawers for the counter side made and mounted. I also got one on the seat backs done. You can also see the electrical box that will provide AC power to the counter as well as three switches which will control the outside porch light, the main interior lights and...

It wasn't all about looks, but more about configuration. I wanted a longbox extended cab (same cab size for all the trucks I've had) Ram doesn't offer this configuration, and GMC/Chevy only have the forward opening doors. I had the suicide rear doors on my GMC and much prefered them to the...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I owned an 02 GMC Sierra then bought a 14 Ram 1500, now in a 19 superduty. Never been a ford guy but I think they're the best looking of the bunch at the moment.

Well with the new jacks on I just had to see how it fit in the truck. I whipped up a little cart for it to help get it outside and put it in the truck. Things to note: I have to change the orientation of those front bumpers to horizontal instead of vertical line they are now. They catch...

I tried to think up some kind of innovative solution for lifting it in and out of the back of the truck. I am not that inventive it seems and just went with rieco titan camper jacks. Also added the cabinets where the countertop will be. Again, I did some cutouts on the top which will be...

Here you can see that I've got the 45 degree angle pieces added at the top and the front one insulated as well. Also, got all the 'ribs' added that I talked about earlier. You can see here there is a routered part where the cabinet and countertop will go around the water tank and the webasto...

The jig would have sped things up a bit I am sure. The beauty about epoxy is that you've got a little room for error in the cuts, unlike using glue. Onward with more photos... Made the drawers for under the bed. These are full extension slides and the drawers are 28" deep if I remember...

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Got the back wall angles cut. They are 45 degree angles. Also, added the forth wall. Got a front shelf mounted as well, its visible through the door. I also decided to cut some holes in areas where I didn't need the full half inch plywood sheet. You can also see the conduit I added under...

I'll give it a shot, thanks for the help!

Trying to drop photo into text box and I keep getting an error that "something went wrong". I've reduced photo sizes to less than 100kb and still same issue. Any ideas or tips?

Carrying on I began building the upper part of the camper. Adding the walls I braced them with 2x4 to make sure things were square before epoxying them into place. I managed to find a, pretty much new, door off a teardrop trailer for $200. It doesn't have a seperate screen door, but does...

It sucked, but I work with what I've got. Also, borrowed a portable tablesaw and chopsaw from a nice friend. I've done some home renos, but never built anything like this before and it's also my first crack at fiberglassing. I did a few test pieces and was happy with how strong they came out.