Unfucking your shitty SRAM shifter..

 Cut and gut a 30 year old Shimano front mech deralieur.. Atlest that what i think it is.. but it does not matter since you remove the indexing pin making it a

 "indexless long throw shifter™"

Tools.. just snip of a bit of the housing that prevents the levers movement, preferably on bot sides.. trim with a knife,file, sandpaper if you are into stuff like that..

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My limited experience with the sram range is that its shit. It goes out of tune, need to much adjustment and is to delicate for real world use..

This is a upgrade thoug.  Since the gears sits so tight the shifting is super smooth and you only set wire tension and the limiter screws, thats it..

Now go unfuck your shitty bike..

Boat crap

 Indexing a kayak paddle.. On my last outing with the red bucket I had some paddle/glove issues.. The paddle rolls in the hand and makes the strokes a bit hit and miss sometimes which makes paddling in choppy water spooky.. This fixes that .

Some old handlebar tape, cut to length and glued on in the back/front direction.. 

This creates a oval handle..

I wrapped it with paper towels and tape just to put some pressure on it while it dried..

Then some textured shrink wrap over it..

I used my msr propane stove to shrink it..

The result..

Indexed/ovalized handle so I feel the paddle orientation all the time  and textured for better grip.. My neopren gloves with silikon on the fingers are super slippy so I got some Lomo poogies instead.

Also this is how i do shitty paddle leashes.. Cord and some latex tube to snug it down..

Snooze kit

 Dumb EDC fuckery.. I really dislike the whole internet EDC fetish but here we are..

Not really EDC though.. Its somewhere to stash my phone and glasses when im in the sleeping bag. And means to find them in the dark with GITD tags. That big brick one throws a pretty impressive light for what it is..

That orange thing is a carbon monoxide detector..

Fox Box

 Found a piece of beautiful plywood so I made a Fox Box..

Prevents the food from being covered by snow and also has a built in mount for the trail cam..

Strap/bracket for trail cam..

Cam hole..

In situ.. I smeared som paint on it to make it blend in a bit.. Nothing sticks our like plywood in the woods..

On another note..

This little blog in the back waters of the internet has been getting a enourmous increase in traffic.. 

Its very strange..Is it bot activities of some sorts?

Feel free to answer in the comments why the hell you all are here.

Apples

Apple picker update..

Its all pie from now on..

 

Totally, Yeah whatever

I treated myself to a proper stove for the tent.. One of those winnervell Titanium ones.

Even managed to roll the pipe without destroying it. It was one of those moments when my hands did the same thing as the dude in the tutorial but my eyes and my mind could not process what was unfolding..true magic..

Did a burn to set the pipes form..

The way it changes colour during the burn is also magical..

 

New home..

After some time considering various alternatives i decided on the 

Argali Absaroka 4p..

I choose it due to it not being a "true" pyramid shelter. When you guy out the Argali it becomes more like a octagonish shape, which i think handle wind better than pyramids..

And it have a option to run it with a stove if you want.. 

Also dual doors, kinda neat..

See? Its octagonish.. 

Weird to have to seam seal a pretty expensive tent and kinda lame that it only comes with 8 pegs and no lines but its a thing it seems nowadays..

I still might take out the MH kiva sometimes 

I just love that old tent..

Säter /

 Finished this a while back.. Another slow burn one..

Staff / office 

The ward

Personal quarters 

Entrance

Cold water therapy room

Three fiddy

 Working it out..  

It will be way shorter than the kayak project but its wide and flat so hopefully its stable.

The width of the individual beams was predetermined by the size of the found boards.. So to get the boat reasonably harmonic they will be placed sort of uneven along the keelstrip..

Im not sure about the stern piece, might look for a wider piece of wood to give it a stumpier look..

This might not make sense now, but it might eventually..

Ply

Beginning my winter project..

Some sort of boat thingy. Im doing the skin on frame method but this will be more like a skiff/dinghy than a kayak..

And per usual its going to be built with found/scarfed materials..

I found some sheets of really nice ply so those will be the ribs for the hull

Not that i need another boat, but the ply/material was there so Yeah..

 

Teaser

 

Pack re-works..

 The leather/antler chest strap works great.

I refined the chest strap design with some lengths of thin rope to prevent it from sliding down the shoulder straps..

The straps on the Exped Thunder are kinda skinny and tend to roll/fold so I added some old felt pads from a old Haglöfs kids backpack.. If it works I'll out a stitch in it to make it a "permanent fix"

Love this pack, great for +15-20 kg loads..

21.6 kg..

Sort of finished..

Added a steel ball for grip/counter weight..

I might take of some more of the OG pink paint to give it more character, after all its on display in my living room all the time so it might aswell look interesting..

Its also the most dangerous training implement in my collection so far..

 

Been a minute..

 

Got this miniscule piece of crap..

Absolutley a game changer..

Songs and lyrics

New seat configuration.. Trying to lower my COG as much as possible to feel more stable 

So i installed a bew foam seat, a smidge lower than the old plastic one. 

The old plastic bucket, wich ride about 2 inches above the bottom of the boat..

I tried to lower it by cutting of some excess plastic but it didnt do the trick..

I like doing the thing but also everything about the thing..

The smell of bird shit,rotten fish,and tar from the boats in the marina.

The smell of neopren gear drying in the wind 

The sound of gulls and sea birds.. 

The burning sun on my arms or the driving rain in my face

The water that changes colours and mood at any moment..

I feel rich..