I wanted to try to make a lighter tent then the 45lb monster that I own. It really sucks to hike it a mile into the woods. So I made a tarp tent. Out of space blankets. So I now have a space-tent? I used two cheap 52.5 x 82.5 aluminized polyester blankets I finally …
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Walking stick shelter.
I have spent some time camping this summer. A few trips have been ultra lite trips. I use those space blankets as my blanket for the night. They suck. But they are light and cheap. And they are very noisy. Very noisy. Noisy to sleep under and noisy to pack back up and noisy to …
I am kicking around an idea for a cell phone based water sample spectrometer
It would be used for testing the water in my aquaponics system. I am not sure that the stuff I want to test is even detectable with the hardware I am going to use, but working out the mechanics is what’s challenging for me at the moment. The genisis for this idea is at http://www.backyardaquaponics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=11840&start=150#p345100 The process is …
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I am looking into picking up some pretty heavy stuff with my trailer
I need to get the stuff on and off of the trailer.This picture is what I dreamed up. I think it's called something like a shear leg crane or somesuch. The trailer can only hold 1200lbs, so it doesn't have to be too heavy duty. The crane frame components would be part of the side …
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Thoughts on Survival Kit Basics
I attended the Primitive Skills Meetup tonight [http://www.primitivechicago.com/events/63421742/] talking about Wilderness Survival Kits. One of the attendees asked about a ‘rule of thumb’ for the size of a survival kit. The unfulfilling answer was ‘it depends’. We discussed from an Altoids tin to a rucksack. The ‘Rule of 3s’ was laid out in class and …