I’m redoing a small trike poofer and trying to be in full compliance w the FAST. I see competing advice about whether one needs to put a pressure regulator between the source tank and the accumulator tank. I will do course have a low pressure regulator in place for the pilot light and safety shit of...

Both my spouse and I ordered our tickets through the DGS this year. Her's arrived over a week ago but mine have not. Same address, same last name. Should I be concerned yet?

I’m constructing aluminum water jet cut streetlights that are hexagons made of 1/8th thick 8” x 8” panels with graphic cutouts for our camp. The hexagon bases have 1 5/8 shade structure bases so I may mount them atop 6 ft chain link fence posts. To secure them to the playa, I was thinking about simi...

I’m curious about where 4 wheeled gas powered playa surfers fit into the vehicle policy. I’m thinking about putting together a gas powered scooter and would love to build one with 4 wheels. If it’s a stand up, single person mobility machine, would that be legal?

In an effort to not sweat if ill score a ticket this year, as well as knowing a couple folks who truly benefit from the low come ticket sales, I decided this year to register for the Pre sale. I received a confirmation that I had successfully registered but never received the follow up email with th...

I am planning on bringing my Sprinter Van this year to the playa and thought I might ask others what they do to mitigate the damage to their vehicle. I was curious about Sprinter specific advice if any one has any. I've read that bringing a new air filter to replace once back on tarmac is a good ide...

Last year I brought out a evapotron based upon the circular pool method and it worked great. I've noticed some folks advocating for showering in a stall that one then transfers the water into the evapotron, others mention soaking old towels into the water and hanging them up to quickly dry out. Has ...

I have found that my 12 VDC solenoid valve that I purchased from a burner propane arts supply company intermittently doesn't open, leading me to check my electrical connections. They are all solid. When I disconnect the high pressure system from the valve, then it gives the tell tale click and works...

So its been a while since I checked in with you bike building brothers and sistahs... This weekend was the truly glorious coming out party for the Voltcycle. I spent an afternoon with a local Boom Box builder Cassofbass who takes vintage suitcases and builds custom boom boxes out of them. He helped ...

Wrapped 'around' the nozzle in a helix-oid shape, positioned 3-4 inches above the high pressure 'valve'. Which is not really a valve but the open end of iron pipe, the actual valves are 12v solenoid valves coming off the accumulators, the charged gas then travels through about 8 feet of iron pipe i...

On our poofers we use the copper tube wrapped in s.s.w., always worked great but now I'm thinking about going over to high pressure pilots, because the subject of fun with pilot lights.. Do you orient your pilot light vertical to the high pressure nozzle or wrap it around the nozzle in a helix? Do ...

Token. Holy cow that was exactly the mother load of helpful tips I was dreaming about. I will get about modifying my set up. Thanks a TON. When you say industrial furnace igniters, are there 12V DC ones out there? Any suggestions as to which one I might go source? As to the next question, my poofer ...

Are spark plugs the preferred option? Does one set it up such that the spark plug fires as the main propane is released or just to ignite a pilot light?

Thanks!

Yes! I am running a low pressure copper line to a pilot light (pictured) that I bent in a circle around the pipe that opens via solenoid and exits the main propane. My intention was to alway leave the pilot light running - only because I don't know any better. I did cover the brass pilot line with s...

I did wrap it with steel wool, but it wasn't SSW and seemed to disintegrate with time. Perhaps that is the issue? Do you use a Pizo for your pilot light? From the photo you might see that the copper tubing wraps around at the level of the nozzle, I wonder if I mounted the pilot ignition further down...

Here is a pic of my set up (minus the soot build up). I'm hoping there is a more fool proof solution out there... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/IoUT9kHc40yZ3Ex5w9tqyZCunnnRK32VEVAoQSdPK1g=w151-h201-p-no https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/21dWmiUPSQjuUmB1YlPUqtU_3EXwWLr7tOhWq3TD0XA=w152-h201-p-no

I have built a mini poofer to be mounted on the back of my trike. It works well, not too crazy huge a poof, but perfect for a trike mounted application. I constructed a pilot light out of copper tubing with a Pizo lighter soldered up close to the copper. As I've been testing it the past few weeks I'...

That is a kick ass looking trike. Super cool rear trunk...

Are those UV LEDs and are the balls treated with UV reactive paint??? 8) No, they are just 5050 LED strips. The balls are "glow in the dark" balls purchased at a sporting goods store. The table definitely requires overhead lighting as the LEDs are so bright. 2.0 will have an overhead section with l...

I've got the Fatty wheeled trike with Flame effect dialed in... https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-BWj_ti75iJE/VS9wqY6r8vI/AAAAAAAACpA/Kh0GYNFKI0M/w767-h1022-no/IMG_8630.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9rhOSsVi1Ss/VS9w3xB53vI/AAAAAAAACpg/PMvqZ-oJE80/w767-h1022-no/IMG_8653.JPG Here is a little...

Badass... Are the tail light animations sound responsive? Arduino controlled?

Thanks, I have corresponded with Dave X regarding the mini poofer design. No one wants a citation or unnecessary attention!

TRIKE IS BETTER.

Here is a little compilation video of pics I shot while putting together the Voltcycle. Now I can move on to the LED Tron Pong table (2.0)

Ha! That was my sweet 11y/o daughter who I had filming the test shot. She was expecting a much smaller poof than we got... She thinks her dad is a bit nuts!

Tiahaar, THANK YOU for the inspiration and advice. I truly appreciate it, from tips on getting the trike itself going, to the propane effects. It's fair to say that the pilot light didn't have any trouble last night on my test run! I hope to find my little trike out near your big boy trike sometime ...

The next step will be fabricating a rear shelf that can hold a propane tank for a rear trike Poofer with the solenoid switch mounted onto the handle bars. BOOM! haha i plan on doing the same thing! plan on using one of those camping 3lb green tanks and a tiki torch to use as the idle flame! probabl...

Tiahaar, Thank you VERY much for the up close pics and schematic. I did a test run on my pilot light and igniter system today and it went well. Do you think this pilot light arrangement ( with steel wool added) will get blown out when the main poof goes off? https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-dSQUpb...

Thats looking like a bad ass sound system. I spoke with the caseofbass.com owner, Ezra this week about getting some drivers for the trike sound system. Today I assembled the flame effect and pilot light. I did a test run of the pilot light and the remote igniter. Seems to work just fine. I threw som...

Elliot's stuff inspired this pedal trike https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1254/1472081477_caa7141a4d.jpg Tiahaar, any close up photos or schematics of your mini fire effect set up? I'm setting one up on my trike and am thinking about trying to use smaller tanks and maybe skipping an accumulator in fa...