Work In Progress 2015/2016

[robbidobbs]

Exterior sign inventory done. Collation and reprinting about to commence.
Jeepers! There's a lot of units!

[Ratty]

Way to go Robbi! I just sew and sew. I haven't even made lists.

[trilobyte]

I don't know that it would be all that effective, Sheik. Aside from being a lot more complex than you might think, they're generally flat steps/levels which would make things tougher for water flow. Plus with water evap, you would ideally want to have the water flowing onto and through something with fabric or that air can get to from both sides (double the effectiveness for evap). Take a look at evapotrons, there are a few great designs out there that do modified waterfall designs using stuff like chickenwire for the framework and fabric over top for the water to flow through.

[caro.]

Just finished my latest warming stove last night and tested it. It won't work for the person who has slightly windy spots I originally intended it for but its going to work really well on playa. It passed the hot dog roasting test with flying colors(none of them charred) and is as expected a wood hog. Best warming stove yet. Going to free range it by making a steerable wagon for it soon.

Wow.. well done. I agree - best and most artistic one yet. Good job.

[ygmir]

Learning a new skill:

and, I can still count to ten..........

[MyDearFriend]

Truly madly deeply envious, my dear.

Wish I could be there to pick up the scraps!!!

[trilobyte]

Damn, Yggy, that thing is awesome!

[Patsh]

Wow, Yggy!! Nice saw! Looks like fun.
(nice WOOD, too, though I imagine that's what ALL the girls tell you)

Cedar? If so, it's HUGE compared to the desert cedar here!

[MyDearFriend]

Huge wood + Yggy = yes of course, absolutely.

Totally not kidding about the scraps, either, if you have more than you know what to do with.

[ygmir]

MDF:
you want scraps for your stove? or other projects?
Of course whatever you want is yours. I have slabs and outside cuts and all sorts of size pieces.

Patsh: yeah, I have cedars here 6' at the stump. Very different than the desert variety. I have a chunk 4' across and 6' tall I'm saving to carve a one piece "throne" from.........

[Patsh]

MDF:
you want scraps for your stove? or other projects?
Of course whatever you want is yours. I have slabs and outside cuts and all sorts of size pieces.

Patsh: yeah, I have cedars here 6' at the stump. Very different than the desert variety. I have a chunk 4' across and 6' tall I'm saving to carve a one piece "throne" from.........

Halfway between Jerome and Clarkdale, (a 3 mile or so span,) is my friend (and fellow Burner) 's home, which is a trailer, completely covered with the outside cuts from the Foley sawmill just on the other side of Jerome. They're flat against the trailer, and rounded on the outside. It looks almost like a log cabin. Very cool...

Actually, he's the one who made the three burning man pendants that I wear every day. One copper and two smaller brass 'buttons', which he gave me on the Playa in 2012. I've known him for veritable decades, here in AZ.

I hope you'll show us the progress on your throne, when you get started on it. I imagine you sitting in a very majestic Viking throne, with a big grin!
(edited to add... and a staff [or two], and nothing else!)

[lucky420]

Glad to see you still have all your fingers Ygmir

And I loooove the smell of the forest and fresh cut wood.

[ygmir]

and so, I had to cut 5' off the end of the next log, since it was the butt cut, and had way too much taper.
What to do with it?

make a chair? well, start making a chair, anyway:

[lucky420]

It's a charming chair! But what about splinters?

[Elderberry]

It's a charming chair! But what about splinters?

haha I was thinking the same thing.

[ygmir]

you may have noted I said "start making a chair", in that it's not done..........haha

[MyDearFriend]

*imagines picking splinters out of Ymir's, ummm, yeah*



Nice chair!!!

[bigbluedoggy]

Work has commenced in earnest on our newest offering: The Vortex of Destiny! I do enjoy a project! Been too long since I built something big and silly!

[trilobyte]

Woohoo for big and silly, BBD, I love it!

[Elderberry]

I have no idea what the hell it is, but it sure is starting to look impressive.

[ygmir]

yay BBD!!! can't wait to see it!!!

[ygmir]

got started on making granite slabs into bricks:
Note, the cureved cleavage. There is a subtle reason that I'm sure Rhino will know, I wonder if others will. Typically, granite has two, right angle directions of cleavage, and pretty straight.
and now, I realize why these slabs were surplussed from the monument quarry.
tools: hand set and 4 lb. hammer.

[robbidobbs]

Interior signs printed. Now need to copy them and they're done. Exterior signs done and packed.

[motskyroonmatick]

Test burn of new stove I built today tells me it needs a taller chimney. Work in progress.

[ygmir]

wow, quite the rocket stove Motz!! does a piece of wood that big still work ok? I wonder about a chamber in the bottom?

[motskyroonmatick]

Thanks Ygmir! The bottom chamber is the hinged ash collector and I left the little bit of air gap at the top of it to promote burning of embers that fall through the fire box screen. The piece of wood you see in the magazine is only about 4 inches long and probably should be split several times to work better than one solid piece. The stove works and I did get that rocket sound from it for a little while which was pretty sweet. Next time I will double the height of the fire box portion and tonight I'm adding more chimney to see if I can make it draw a little better. It is a success that can use some refinement.

[Patsh]

wow, quite the rocket stove Motz!! does a piece of wood that big still work ok? I wonder about a chamber in the bottom?

From here (upon a certain, or uncertain amount of delicious home-made Polish vodka, I must say....) it looks like the bottom chamber would open, with a hinge, to empty the ashes... but, that's only from my "temporarily" skewed perspective. I may (or may not) see it differently by morning.

So, have I mentioned what Awesome sisters I have?? And, who the hell is spelling all of these words apparently correctly spelled?? I've been having such a great time in Montreal and Quebec... *sigh*

[Patsh]

Thanks Ygmir! The bottom chamber is the hinged ash collector and I left the little bit of air gap at the top of it to promote burning of embers that fall through the fire box screen. The piece of wood you see in the magazine is only about 4 inches long and probably should be split several times to work better than one solid piece. The stove works and I did get that rocket sound from it for a little while which was pretty sweet. Next time I will double the height of the fire box portion and tonight I'm adding more chimney to see if I can make it draw a little better. It is a success that can use some refinement.

Dang. Please disregard my last post.... I'm quite a slow typer.

Never mind...

[caro.]

Test burn of new stove I built today tells me it needs a taller chimney. Work in progress.

Looking good. Looks like your auto-feeding stove is finally coming to fruition. Excited to see how it turns out.

[trilobyte]

It looks interesting, but I'm not sure I follow how it works. Is the big square tubing coming up the top the chimney, or the part you'd cook on? Or is it both? I like the hinged ash collector, huge bonus points for not having to scoop the ashes out or wait for it to cool and dump the thing out to empty.