I just moved to Sacramento from Reno. There is quite a bit of partying to be had here and plenty to do, not the scene I'm used to (in Reno) but I'm still getting settled in here. SF is only a train or car trip away so you can still make trips there a lot. I'd say it'd be worth it to get your feet on...

I cover my vehicle inside and out with a coating of playa dust every year.

yggy, how about we weld all your art cars into one monster robot like voltron haha

been meaning to give you a ring sometime....

EspressoDude wrote:50 ft high and fairly slender. It was a reasonably rigid member...

tehehe

don't forget to be prepared for wind during construction too. we had some damn crazy winds building this year! we lost many sheets of ply and they caused much damage, and these were all nailed down as is typical. That was one hell of a night and luckly it was pretty much only us and the man/temple c...

I vote for virginia lake!

hi matt!!!

Plus shade cloth comes in BLACK

very cool idea, I like it!

just tossing out an idea, wind vanes on it so the wind can do the winding

just so no one misses it!!!!!

Elliot wrote: 14 feet wide would require an Oversize Load trip permit for each state you travel thru. And they don't sell those permits lightly. Normal maximum width is 8 feet 6 inches (102 inches), except that mirrors and some other safety items may stick out a bit further.

Will you be offering whippings behind this woodshed? If so I'm getting in line now!

Happy early T-day everyone!!!

Damn that looks tasty trilo!!!! excited to gorge myself stupid tomorrow. Hosting the feast here and will of course have some flame effects, gotta be thankful for propane, and propane accessories.

Froves wrote: i got a shitload of wood today too!!!!!

excited are we?

Anyhow, I don't see how the internal "guying" you're visualizing requires a cable all the way up to the top. If each level has adequate shear strength and is well-attached to the next, eg similar to a multi-story stud frame building, you'd attach anchors to posts close to the base, similar to seism...

In mentioning the metal, I am reminding you to bring a magnetic rake. It makes life much easier when you want to get the heck out of dodge. The internal guying is simply a cable that runs from the top of the structure to a anchor in the ground (with a turnbuckle). Basically it holds the structure st...

Note Bob YOU didn't install or raise any of that, you just used slave labor as your machine. and we are talking about internal guying which is much better ascetically, in this case, resulting in a higher pull out force, than external guying. Now I haven't run the calcs for this structure so I don't ...

Saddles up to ECM. How's everyone doing today? My hands are falling off from weaving and sewing kevlar, I've been up all night doing it to get an order out. Making enough fire hula hoops to equip an entire army...I wonder where they plan to invade. I always keep an oven mitt on me just in case, I th...

trilobyte wrote:I know the Trojan Horse has been done recently, and Dan's taking a well-deserved break from big art next year, but man a giant Trojan Cat would be hilarious...

it's very odd that you say that considering the recent convo i've had.




2013. Incontinence, it's the shits!

I guess you could buy, install and remove earth anchors by hand, but WHY? We have always used the ones from the artery and they have nice equipment to make it happen in minutes (and they remove them). You could also instead of using a truck transport all your pieces by bicycle, sometimes self relian...

well the short version (short on time) is that cables are run from the top of the stucture (usually at the corners) down to earth anchors that are driven into the playa. We've used this method on several structures, most recently on Burn Wall Street. The earth anchors are augers that can be driven b...

Glad to see your enthusiasm and progress. I agree that your structure appears to need some guying, but don't worry you don't have to have gaudy cables on the outside. Internal guying is sturdy and well hidden, yet provides the necessary down force to counteract wind and burner forces (yes people WIL...

Damn I still have the formations of the grand canyon memorized from my Stratigrraphy class. I try to forget but they just won't go away.

Using this thread to ask a question; if an undercover at BM asks me what I'm on, and I tell him, what are the chances of a ruined night? How deep undercover will they go? Do they educate themselves on the art and follow you back to camp, or is it pretty much "got drugs? no? ok bye." I've been doing...

you should try Storey County Jail next time I DID! This guy knows how to deal with the NV small town sheriffs http://www.ktvn.com/story/19827391/escaped-virginia-city-prisoner-found-near-american-flats Sorry Yggy, but he Barney Fife'd the deputy: "when a deputy was doing cell checks Jeremy James Mor...

What do you do with dead geologists? ..........Barium





Geologists will date anything.

hey we are having corny geology jokes and no one invited me? some light geology reading http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma551gd0rH1qbozjao1_500.jpg During a heated discussion Opal screamed at Amber, telling her that not only was she not a jewel but she wasn't even a mineral. "Is that so," Amber sn...

you've got mail Ano So far my largest human powered vehicle was the Trojan Horse in 2011 EPIC!! Heheh, love the 'so far' part...that'd be something to top the Horse 8) Always gotta push your boundaries right? Although I'm not sure what can be bigger and roll. Moving the horse was a stressful time fo...

providing them with a clawed projectile may not be the wisest course of action.

make sure to get some good pix of the revenge the little ones exact upon your house!

I looked into this for my willys jeep a while back. Lots of info on the pros and cons on the net if you search, especially 4x4 sites. People do it for rock crawlers so the carb won't be starved at extreme angles. There is a slight loss of power when compared to petro, but not huge. And your exhaust ...