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Jfet
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Feb 18, 2013

Our custom true flatbed truck camper build thread

Ok, I am going to collect random thoughts and progress pictures and put them here in a thread. Goal: Construct a true flatbed camper with cabover, no slideouts but full 8 foot floor width inside. ...
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Jfet
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Feb 18, 2013
Picked up a Miller 211 MVP 110/220 volt MIG welder and some 1x2 in 11 and 16 gauge.

Practiced for a few days (have a tig/stick welder, so not totally new, but the MIG is hot glue gun easy!) and have started producing *ok* welds....good enough for government work (at least at the state level).

(Ignore the silicon in the weld, that is evidently normal for MIG)

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