Whats up guys one week to go, counting down, so excited and cant wait for that so we burners gotta a very friend of us that wants to go but his wife has been keeping him on a tight leash we are seeking for a good excuse so then he can come alone and join us she knows what burning man is, which make...

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I'll get right on it.

A simple wrench may work fine for you. For a single person tent, four 12 inch lags and a manual socket wrench will be fine. Four 12 inch nails with washers and a claw hammer will work fine too. I've worked a few 24 inch lags with a simple adjustable wrench. You probably wouldn't want to do more than...

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Going coolerless two burns and counting.

Remember to taste the water before you fill up.

We had a big jug of not-so-great tasting water that someone filled up near the playa.

There is an enormous difference in electrical consumption between a regular AC unit with a compressor vs a Figjam cooler. The Figjam takes advantage of the the playa's naturally dry air to do the heavy lifting, plus you get a humidifier as a bonus.

Now, it would be quite something if someone made a lag adapter for a 'Yankee screwdriver' spiral ratchet screwdriver and added an extender and foot stirrup. Then we could just stomp lag bolts straight into the playa without breaking a sweat

Who's going to try it first?

I'm a pretty big fan of using shade cloth as a stressed member. A neat discovery this year was that a freeform tent can have structural redundancy. One of the skinny paracord guy lines wore through due to a truckers hitch, but the shade just readjusted to compensate. The structure stayed up and bare...

For blenders I've used a couple of solutions. My favorites have been pedal powered blenders. They take about 10 hours to build. For best results don't actually use a blender, use a food processor. They have longer blades so they have a faster blade tip speed for the same RPM. RPM is usually the limi...

Three ways without bringing a generator in order of least to most involved: 1) Get a modest inverter (600W~1000W) and run it from your car. Maybe you can even plug it into your cigarette lighter. Be careful not to empty your car battery. 2) Run a solar panel with an adjustable DCDC boost converter t...

Did this end up happening? Did it work ok? What protocols did you use? What were some traps you wish you'd known about beforehand? What would you do differently next time?

FYI BxB = Burner Express Bus
& BxA = Burner Express Air

I had the same question but ended up coming to a different conclusion: don't use an impact driver if you can avoid it. Fear of Murphy's law prompted me to invent a custom hand crank tool similar to a speed wrench. No electricity, no moving parts, essentially no chance of breaking. Here it is: https:...

We use a vetting process where every member has a sponsor who vouches for the person and also vows to pick up the slack of the person if they don't fulfill their duties.

We also tend to agree to disagree about some things. This way we can move forward without getting too bogged down by fights.

Sorry to drift the thread but I've had some success using shade that is not based on conduit. I've only ever used 8 foot 2x2 lumber. 2016 I used two pieces and a tarp. It worked okay. 2017 I made an icosahedron draped with tarps and camo. It was a lot of pieces for a small shade. 2018 I made a freef...

I'm always drug free and sober but/and I think it's fine for people to do whatever they want. My only frustrations are when people need to get shit done but don't because they got too fuged up. That and when I want to get in someone's pants but I can't because they're too inebriated to consent prope...

Thanks for posting this! It's a pretty good resource. I've brought solar to my camp the last two years. A bunch of people really loved the solar compared to a fuckin' generator. Several told me they only wanted to camp with solar from now on. Surely your spreadsheet has helped lots people streamline...

This thing will drive bigger bolts for sure. I've found that smaller/regular impact drivers tend to get pretty bogged down after about 9 inches. This eats the battery. There's plenty of torque with the crank tool. In fact the lever arms are a bit too wide and I punch myself in the bicep. Yes, this i...

My tool was pretty popular this year so I'm posting it here for your enjoyment. Electricity can be in short supply at the burn so I devised a lag bolt crank that always works and never breaks. Purpose: easily and reliably install and remove lag bolts. Features: essentially no moving parts, no electr...

Chalk board.

White board markers get gunked up with dust. Chalk is inherently dust based, and cheap AF.

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