One Item for BMan 2013 a Day

[Captain Goddammit]

I did a test-assemble on the camper shade, made from four upright 1 3'8" fence poles clamped to my camper jacks with a 20-foot-long 1 3/8" fence pole rail at the top on each side... decided I DO need crossmembers. That's why you pre-test stuff.
Time to weld up more brackets!

[Elliot]

Told you so! Nah, nah, nah....!

[Captain Goddammit]

Well at least you also told me to use the fence poles! I like them, that was a good idea. I didn't find "T" brackets I liked (they are about to become sorta 3-dimensional "T"s when I modify them to also hold crossmembers) I liked or thought were strong enough so I welded up my own from the next size up fence pole. I have some unused side panels from an old Costco 10x20 carport, 20' long and about 5 or 6 feet wide. I'm thinking of attaching them together in the middle and using them as my shade material... because it's what I have... which makes it the ultimate, ideal, best material in the whole wide world to use.

[Elliot]

I might never have thought of fence tubing for this purpose -- in spite of having 300 feet of it permanently installed in my yard! I was asking around for abandoned Costco type frames, when a friend wondered if I wanted some similar tubing. Turned out it was brand new fence tubing, left over from the days when he ran a Sears-Roebuck store! Yeah, stuff we already have, or otherwise free, is a good way to go.

[Savannah]

Is your tent canvas, or nylon?

[Captain Goddammit]

Today, primer and cool paint for the total make-over the First Mate is giving my camper interior... two tones of silvery metallic aqua colors ("ice floe" and "tide pool"), a little silver, some white... sorta tropical oceany Florida-ish... and that's just the beginning.
I should take "before" photos tomorrow morning - but it's just like any other camper, all dark wood everywhere.
I'm gonna keep the exterior stock and low-key, the less attention you attract on the highway the better, but I told her she could do anything with the inside she wants.

[Bounce530]

Great shopping day, today:
everything (except the fan) for a figjam bucket cooler
most all dry food on 'the list'
all the malwart shopping done
all the harbor freight shopping done
all the army surplus store shopping done
all the booze bought
all the stuff that was bought today de-packaged

Tomorrow will be the final set-up and inspection of the MV, and then the tear down to start packing it up, as well as tearing down the mini man.

[TomServo]

Need wiring harness for our trailer, garters, and MY ticket...but I am patient! Already signed up for two DMV shifts. TG sewed on my cuff title, and my new patches are affixed to my footie pajamas, Pajama Camp, I will be your neighbor! For the first fucking time, EVERYTHING will be ready pre burn!


ready..set...

[Sic Pup]

A 30" Fulton wrecking bar helps get 'em back out.

Forgive me for being too forward but the thought of a beautiful woman with a wrecking bar is just...ummm......er....... too exciting to me.

My military tent stakes came yesterday, ordering them is about the only thing I did playa-related all week. I'm off today and vow to finally open my storage boxes, take inventory and get a serious list together....... failing that, at least open the package with the tent stakes.

Oh.... I did add soup to my shopping list... thanks guys.

[otakup0pe]

Yesterday helped the neighbors build their bar and then break in their bar.

Today I'm going to hopefully figure out what I am doing wrong with a battery-mornitoring voltage divider and then solder up a circuit board.

[BeeWeeDee]

FIGJAM = The two chain links to connect to a 12" spike is genius. I have been trying to bend rebar using a torch all week and all I get are brittle pieces breaking off when I go to bend them. I already had the spikes and found a length of chain that was cut into 26 of the 2 link connectors.

Posts like that make up for all the drivel and snark on ePlaya - but I tend to enjoy that in a perverse kind of way too.

Today I cleaned out the garage refrigerator and plugged it in - getting it ready for making ice blocks and a place to put frozen pans of food.

Started on making the tipi floor from 15 yards of canvas.

[FIGJAM]

I'm crashing our local "Rebar Bender" party next weekend to demo the easy!!!

[unjonharley]

I'm crashing our local "Rebar Bender" party next weekend to demo the easy!!!

For rebar I use two pipe for a bender..

[FIGJAM]

I ain't gonna bend nothin!

[Sic Pup]

I'm playing catch-up:

Cleaned the garage made room for a staging area for all the little piles I've been squirreling stuff to.

Emptied two large totes:

Confirmed stove is in working order
Confirmed cheap boom box that I use as iPod amp is working
Tested Camelbak knockoff
Sorted through stuff in Camelbak knockoff
Washed Respro mask
Sorted through ratchet straps bungee balls, bungee cords, stakes etc.
Tossed shit I didn't use last time, a tub of Vitalyte, pain reliever, mercurochrome and assorted ingestibles that are over two years old

Surprisingly I've added very little to my shopping list, I'm actually more prepared than I thought.

Oh, I started thinking about my black jeans/black shirts/black boot ensemble and the thought occurred to me I might get a little warm in the sun so I supplemented my wardrobe with a pair of scissors:





Tomorrow I'll test the solar lighting and give the tarps the once over.

[maladroit]

Oh, I started thinking about my black jeans/black shirts/black boot ensemble and the thought occurred to me I might get a little warm in the sun so I supplemented my wardrobe with a pair of scissors:

Pure Class!

[Canoe]

FIGJAM = The two chain links to connect to a 12" spike is genius. ...

It's better than that!

Notice the THREADS!

... FIGJAM uses giant lag screws and a power drill to zip them in and out of the playa.

[Martiansky]

Picked up a set of bed risers to use to lift cooler off ground. They stack all together so they don't take up a whole lotta space like a pallet.
3- 6 packs of Horizon milk
YooHoo
chow mein meal in a can
pouches of tuna salad
pancake syrup
coffee
sugar
Clear bin to keep food in

Dropped it all off at my sister's house

Now I'm going to go set out bins and sort stuff in my basement

[theCryptofishist]

Notice the THREADS!

I thought you were talking about sic pup's cut=offs.

[Elorrum]

Picked up a set of bed risers to use to lift cooler off ground. They stack all together so they don't take up a whole lotta space like a pallet.

genius... I've been toting bricks, and have some bed risers in the "go to goodwill" box. switch? no, I don't think I should give goodwill bricks with so many miles left on them.

[theCryptofishist]

Some people use those luggage holders--like in hotel rooms.

I couldn't find one at a thrift store, so I bought a new, cutting down our forests, wooden one.

[Savannah]

I have to have my gear packed in 6 hours, so . . . I'm standing in an aisle at Home Depot building a Frankensteinian PVC shower cage with which to Hide My Shame.

They do not have triple/corner connectors, so I'm using crosses n' elbows whatever is here. HEE.

[MikeGyver]

I have to have my gear packed in 6 hours, so . . . I'm standing in an aisle at Home Depot building a Frankensteinian PVC shower cage with which to Hide My Shame.

They do not have triple/corner connectors, so I'm using crosses n' elbows whatever is here. HEE.

I know that was two hours ago, but you could get away with brass piping connectors with pvc bars.

[delle]

Flights and reservations at Sands : SECURED

Active search for last ticket : UNDERTAKEN

There's no turning back now!!!!


....and..... I got a pretty good idea for something to wear that's actually theme appropriate and actually kills 2 birds with one stone. So I started working on that today.

Kinda scary to have to put a year's worth of prep into 30 days. Especially 30 days that are mostly already booked doing other "important" stuff. Still. Now it's real, and I might not even be quite the empty-handed street-dresser I'd feared I might be.

Now to un-darkwad myself.......

[Patsh]

Flights and reservations at Sands : SECURED

Active search for last ticket : UNDERTAKEN

There's no turning back now!!!!


....and..... I got a pretty good idea for something to wear that's actually theme appropriate and actually kills 2 birds with one stone. So I started working on that today.

Kinda scary to have to put a year's worth of prep into 30 days. Especially 30 days that are mostly already booked doing other "important" stuff. Still. Now it's real, and I might not even be quite the empty-handed street-dresser I'd feared I might be.

Now to un-darkwad myself.......

Don't forget all your el wire from 2011 is already here, and bike head-and-tail lights are covered...

[Savannah]

I have to have my gear packed in 6 hours, so . . . I'm standing in an aisle at Home Depot building a Frankensteinian PVC shower cage with which to Hide My Shame.

They do not have triple/corner connectors, so I'm using crosses n' elbows whatever is here. HEE.

I know that was two hours ago, but you could get away with brass piping connectors with pvc bars.

I managed to make it work, but thank you! I didn't know that.

I haven't done anything with the nails yet but I'll probably be getting crafty soon.

[winterdream28]

Today was a great day!
Got the solar power and battery combo all working. My boyfriend is having just way to much fun, he has the whole thing on switch boardsO.o. So swamp cooler is a go, bought all items and ordered the swamp cooler pads. Had a very hard time tracking them down. Also got some more food and water out of the way, first aid kit, baby whips, and ear plugs:)

Dare I say besides the shade structure nonsense we are good to go at this point that can't be true lol


It's getting real now:)

[MikeGyver]

Going through all my El-Wire tonight to figure out how much I have that still works.

[Elorrum]

Still sorting and cleaning. Working out some accumulation/clutter issues while getting ready. Found my pink dinosaur hat! yay! Got some Trader Joe dried seaweed salad... hoping it makes a late week appearance and fools a salad craving. It's got a high weirdness factor in any case, and that makes it a treat. Got some thin Styrofoam panels to beef up a dry ice cooler. Haven't found the bare slow color changing led's to upgrade boring white keychain swag lights. Ordered some more.

[Sic Pup]

I've actually made some strides towards getting together a complete packing list from a variety of sources (mainly prior years lists and one or two items from Asana). Right now it's one long running list but I'll divvy it up into Travel, Shelter, Food, Clothes etc and than a column for have / buy and source (TJs' Savemart, etc)

I'm sure I'll be thinking of things right up until 447 and then I'll throw in the towel and go into "Damn the torpedoes - moderate speed ahead" mode. There comes a point where you have to tell yourself if you haven't thought of it yet you really don't need it.