One item for BMan 2014 a day

remi · Post by **remi** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 9:48 am

Just ordered a Tackikilt... pretty dope, only 100$.

Also picked up a full size bbq... not going to try to survive off canned foods this year!

Picked up 2 x 55gallon water barrels.

It was a productive weekend.

Post by **AntiM** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 3:02 pm

Got my teeth cleaned. It counts!

Sunbeam56 · Post by **Sunbeam56** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 3:09 pm

Placement and Early Arrival tix!!!!
Woo Hoo!!!!
Underage teenage cheerleaders, jumping up and down, jiggling their pert little pretties!!!!
(Woops, that's perverse).

Mid life crisis moms who have been accepted as pro cheerleaders in skimpy pants and virtually no top shaking their pom poms!!!!!

GreyCoyote · Post by **GreyCoyote** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 3:11 pm

Sunbeam56 wrote:Placement and Early Arrival tix!!!!
Woo Hoo!!!!
Underage teenage cheerleaders, jumping up and down, jiggling their pert little pretties!!!!
(Woops, that's perverse).
Mid life crisis moms who have been accepted as pro cheerleaders in skimpy pants and virtually no top shaking their pom poms!!!!!

No more caffeine for you...

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 3:57 pm

melodiousdirge wrote: Those look sweet! I wish I had your sensible restraint... I wound up building a trailer for my trike to house the damn speakers.

Trailer! genius! Wish I had the cargo room. I'm hoping I still have some room for trike cargo on the back after the subwoofer gets built.

melodiousdirge · Post by **melodiousdirge** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 4:01 pm

Elorrum wrote:Trailer! genius! Wish I had the cargo room. I'm hoping I still have some room for trike cargo on the back after the subwoofer gets built.

We'll see how difficult it is to drag a trailer with the potentially soft playa this year. I'm adding a subwoofer too - the PA speakers I used are capable of obnoxious volume but they don't have much punch. What are you planning to use? Car audio stuff is all so bulky and heavy - I am attempting to modify a computer subwoofer to work on 12v.

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 4:29 pm

I got a couple of these, 2x50 watts, STMicroelectronics TDA7492 chip, I guess whatever a class D means, bridgeable (maybe a later bigger version) small 2.5" x3" and one of these powers the two skull speakers fine and loud. I'm splitting the audio out from an ipod or whatever, to one of these for the speakers, and then to another with low pass filters to the subwoofers (4 tang band 4 inchers.) 12Volts should do it. I'm wiring some pots before the amps so I can adjust the volume of either the speakers or the sub. I tried a passive sub crossover, but could never find speakers that really matched well enough. I've had a lot of fun with the tripath chip amps, lepai, and sonic t-amp, but wanted a little more power this year.

kittyrodriguez · Post by **kittyrodriguez** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 4:34 pm

Made this giant light up flower to plant in our dome. Also added lights to my parasol and made a fiber optic whip. Woo! I love when my playa projects start coming together...

EmilyD · Post by **EmilyD** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 4:39 pm

Kittyrodriguez, that's beautiful!!!

Took Ratty's advice to heart and "Started with what I had" today. I'm revamping my playa coat so it fits better, and most importantly...

WE GOT PLACEMENT TODAY!!! Whooohooooo!

melodiousdirge · Post by **melodiousdirge** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 4:42 pm

Elorrum wrote:I got a couple of these, 2x50 watts, STMicroelectronics TDA7492 chip, I guess whatever a class D means, bridgeable (maybe a later bigger version) small 2.5" x3" and one of these powers the two skull speakers fine and loud. I'm splitting the audio out from an ipod or whatever, to one of these for the speakers, and then to another with low pass filters to the subwoofers (4 tang band 4 inchers.) 12Volts should do it. I'm wiring some pots before the amps so I can adjust the volume of either the speakers or the sub. I tried a passive sub crossover, but could never find speakers that really matched well enough. I've had a lot of fun with the tripath chip amps, lepai, and sonic t-amp, but wanted a little more power this year.

Very cool! You just did a smaller (arguably much more sensible) version of what I did. I'm running a tripath amp as well for my main speakers. It does something like 80Wx2 at 39 volts, so I have a boost power supply, and I got a little channel mixer for volume control. The subwoofer wasn't part of the original plan but the PA speakers I have don't really do much low end. I found a used, powered subwoofer on ebay that's identical to my computer sub, only without the rest of the speakers and so on. I'm taking it apart to just bypass the AC-DC power supply and run the amp from DC batteries directly. Hopefully it doesn't murder my battery life - it may need to become a detachable part of the system that I only connect when I'm in camp.

AfricanFire · Post by **AfricanFire** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 5:13 pm

Placement and Early Entry confirmed. Woo hoo!

Yesterday I went a little crazy at the fabric store. The first project is in time out, I have to rethink my design as it just isn't working how I wanted it too. Next will be various shimmery skirts, tube tops and a mesh cloak thing.

Sunbeam56 · Post by **Sunbeam56** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 5:17 pm

"Made this giant light up flower to plant in our dome. "

Kitty - that is REALLY BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
Woo Hoo!!!

Where will you be in the BM city?

kittyrodriguez · Post by **kittyrodriguez** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 5:41 pm

Sunbeam56 wrote:"Made this giant light up flower to plant in our dome. "

Kitty - that is REALLY BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
Woo Hoo!!!

Where will you be in the BM city?

Thanks! It was pretty easy to throw together.

We're camping at the fire station, BRC-ESD #3, 3:00 and C, behind the med tent. Look for the big red heart. I don't know where in our camp we'll be yet, there are 150+ of us, but our camo dome should be pretty easy to see. Hoping for street side placement, but not sure yet.

Geekette70 · Post by **Geekette70** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 8:36 pm

trilobyte wrote: Tell us about your progress as you prepare for your trip to Black Rock City...

My 26' X 36' 80% Aluminet arrived today!!! My shade concerns are now officially over. (Now to did through the forums and find that darn link for the plastic grommets so I can get those purchased!)

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 8:42 pm

melodiousdirge wrote:

That's really nice. rechargeable batteries and a solar panel! You're doing some very cool things. I have a very similar amp and the voltage increaser, but I got a little scared, the fan on the amp didn't seem to engage. I worried a little about overheating etc. plus rattling on a trike. (although I've been saving them for Burning Man.) I have a small fear of using my good ingredients some times. Then my car gets too small for all the stereo possibilities.

Very cool flower, kitty!

Meat Hunter · Post by **Meat Hunter** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 11:10 pm

Trailer:
New wheel bearings
Lubed trailer hitch & trailer locks
Checked trailer lights
Spare trailer light bulbs
Checked spare tire & lock

Automobile:
New tires and air filter
Changed motor oil & filter and transmission oil
Checked spare tire, jack and jack handle
Checked A/C & motor coolant
Spare fuses

Lonesomebri · Post by **Lonesomebri** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 12:26 am

Contributed today to an Indiego campaign for a guy who plans to walk around and hand out cold drinks, a walking bar.
Just in case I don't make it out there myself.

delle · Post by **delle** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 6:03 am

Where the fuck am I????

Jovankat · Post by **Jovankat** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 7:22 am

I confirmed my frequent flyer perks with my airline, I get to bring a third checked item up to 23kg (50 pound) for free

Anyone want or need any quintessentially Australian items?

Patsh · Post by **Patsh** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 7:45 am

Jovankat wrote:I confirmed my frequent flyer perks with my airline, I get to bring a third checked item up to 23kg (50 pound) for free Anyone want or need any quintessentially Australian items?

Vegemite!!!!

Jovankat · Post by **Jovankat** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 7:53 am

Do you really want some? I can bring you a jar or a tube if you like. Or if you just want a fix come to Asparagus Forest's Straya Day event on Tuesday. My 3rd suitcase will mostly be bringing food for that.

melodiousdirge · Post by **melodiousdirge** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 8:02 am

One of the ingredients for my ironman inspired chest armor arrived today. It will house my camera, a hands free red light in the center of my chest, some cargo rings, possibly my ID, etc. The red ring for the light up portion showed up and it is INTENSEly bright. I might need to hack the control module a bit to make it dimmer, cuz it burned circular afterimages into my retinas even in broad daylight:

Also made some more progress on the battery pack batman belt (yes there is a cat in nearly every photo I share, unless I go to the trouble of cropping them out):

Patsh · Post by **Patsh** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 8:13 am

Jovankat wrote:Do you really want some? I can bring you a jar or a tube if you like. Or if you just want a fix come to Asparagus Forest's Straya Day event on Tuesday. My 3rd suitcase will mostly be bringing food for that.

OOoohhhhh... YUM!
Is this around 2:45 and B?

Jovankat · Post by **Jovankat** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:02 am

Nope Asparagus Forest are over at 9:15 and E. They're the guys I camped with last year and I'm helping out a bit with logistics Straya Day.

Sunbeam56 · Post by **Sunbeam56** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:58 am

"confirmed my frequent flyer perks with my airline, I get to bring a third checked item up to 23kg (50 pound) for free Anyone want or need any quintessentially Australian items? "

Draco volans?

Jovankat · Post by **Jovankat** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 11:09 am

I'm pretty sure I couldn't put one of those in my suitcase. And I sure as shit ain't sticking one down my pants for you

melodiousdirge · Post by **melodiousdirge** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 1:53 pm

LED work lights installed and wired up on the back of my trailer. Planned this out when I still thought we'd be setting up in the dark, but they will still be useful because the back of my trailer is inside my dome when it's all set up. I now have house lighting in my dome!

geospyder · Post by **geospyder** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 2:22 pm

Camoed Fez...

kittyrodriguez · Post by **kittyrodriguez** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 4:47 pm

Two fiber optic whips done.

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Hope-a-Lope · Post by **Hope-a-Lope** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 7:07 pm

Camo fez? What's more Burning Man that that? Awesome. And fiber optic whips always make me jealous. Nice work!

I reserved my rental playa bike today. Hopefully it's not a janky POS.

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