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Thanks! No it's not sold yet. I need to list it on this forum instead of craigslist...

So yeah, the last corner seam was pretty much guaranteed to be a pain in the ass. The roof is slightly larger than the attachment point on the shell, so each piece has a slight taper to the ends. I left myself lots of extra room just in case I didn’t measure something. (I’m a notoriously...

Since the neighbors have been listening to us use power tools in the backyard for months now they were curious as to what we were building... so we popped up the roof and showed off a little bit. This looks way cooler than I ever thought it would! Still need to finish the back edge, but...

Since the camper is almost a usable thing we made an appointment with the DMV to get this thing inspected and legal! That means it needs to be able to go in the truck. We made a hoist system in our backyard to lift it up. Aside from a little imbalance from the battery on the port side it was...

We're making pretty good progress down the sides of the camper. It's very orange in here! :o The sides are pretty much done now! The windows are HUGE and flow a ton of air! The mesh doesn't block the view at all really My iphone doesn't like trying to balance the colors between the...

Now it's time to actually attach the canvas. A lot of campers just have the canvas screwed into wood. That would be convenient and quick, but wood rots. We have two pieces of aluminum angle epoxied to the camper shell and roof that we are going to attach our canvas to. The top will just be...

Got some small stuff done today. The inverter is mounted and ready to go. I also made some covers for the cookie/chip cabinet so they don't fly out. ;)

Finished up another window! By far the most annoying part of sewing these windows is keeping the canvas rolled up and out of the way. I have a lot of canvas and a small table, so this is harder than it sounds. I made my own little buckle ends. I’ve been slowly working my way through the...

I've been using this youtube tutorial for the windows (like obsessively) If you watch the video linked above, you’ll see that they’re sewing a window into clear plastic for a boat enclosure. Since I can’t see through my orange canvas, I had to mark the underside differently. They just see...

I didn’t get a lot of other stuff done on the camper this weekend since I was concentrating on sewing the canvas, but I did manage a little bit! We ordered a power inverter so we can run laptops and my coffee machine, however it was just way too big for any of the spots we were going to install...

Despite my rampant negativity, I did actually manage to finish this stupid bias tape and it doesn’t look awful from a few feet away because it’s black and I bought black thread! Ironically I only bought the black thread because they were out of the clear/white thread that’s usually used. So...

Now it's time to start the canvas! I’ve actually had the fabric for quite a while now. I bought like 6 yards of bright orange vinyl coated polyester and 2 yards of black for “just in case” and “oh crap I want a cover for this thing!” I chose 18oz weight because that’s apparently what most pop...

Now I need to cut the hole for the hot air duct Time for a countertop test fit! The stove cover needs some trimming now due to the thickness of the epoxy layer. It should look amazing when it's done though. The sink cover fits perfect! I'm super duper pleased with how the countertops...

My goal today was to finish up the water tank and plumbing. I spent a solid 15 minutes throwing things around in the shed looking for this 3' section of clear flexible tubing. Finally found it. Water supply system is complete! The carpet that I put in the floor to protect the water bladder...

One of my "must haves" for this camper build was the ability to have a normal drip coffee pot. I found the perfect spot for my power inverter and ordered one that I thought would fit, but it wasn't going to work.. so I had to send it back and wait for my new one. I even chose my new pot...

Today I decided I was going to work on the cabinets and other interior fittings. First up was pretty easy. I drilled the hole for the drain line going to the sink that I have yet to install. The Countertops should be fully cured by this weekend, so hopefully we can get those installed soon...

ok guys! back from vacation! sorry for the delay! :) After the issues with the bubbling on the epoxy countertops, I finally found the motivation to sand out all the ridges left from the popped bubbled and pour another layer of epoxy. Definitely learned my lesson to seal the wood surface...

You're 1000% right with this...and it's something we never got around to doing. We forget it's mildly irritating until we're going to sleep for the night and then forget about it immediately the next morning. ;) I usually end up throwing a jacket over the switches and calling it a night.

The bed slide is getting two layers of fiberglass instead of just one since it will be supporting the full load of two people. Figure it couldn't hurt and we have a ton of fiberglass left. After our trip to Home Depot we finally got the right type of tubing for the water fill! I had to...

I learned a valuable lesson about the epoxy gloss I used on the counter and table. It forms bubbles easily, so I should have sealed the wood with something else before pouring it on. Whatever. I'm just going to set that aside until I'm not mad at it and go glue the corner cabinet in place...