Just stuff..

..to organize other stuff..

Tape buddy™

 

Alis finest..

 New A express stove pipe for the stove..

I figure that a 50cm longer pipe would cool down the embers burning holes in my tent.

Three outings and about 10 holes so far.. 

The Eagle Eyed observer can spot the small 

Sil nylon patches.. It a fix but a longer stove pipe is a better one..

 

Edit: You are instructed to shape/set the stove pipe by firing up the stove. I tried using my MSR pocket rocket just going over the stove pipe with the flame and it worked ok/good enough to pre-set it..

More coms..

 ..nerdery..

Lilygo T echo/meshtastic device.

Pretty easy to set up but you can most definitely rabbit hole this tech if you want to 

I live a bit outside of the local mesh but could access it and get messages out with no problems, so thats extremely good..

Update: I managed to brick it within 24 hours wich suck.. 

I also managed to flash it with the latest firmware wich is cool..

I forgot..

 ..to post this fix..

Cremated my sleeping bag a bit. My go to is to put tape on stuff like that but then i remembered that i had a tent peg pouch in the same colour..

Best fix ever..

My bag look homelessy but it does the job.

Also 1100 wiews this week.. I dont get it. Why does the bots come here?

Various..

..states of the Fox-Box™

Top pic is from todays food run .

Plenty of tracks from where the den is and all the food is gone..

Below is from after a couple of days of heavy snow fall.. Zero tracks to the Fox-Box™ and all the food from previous runs where still there. My guess is that my guy just stay in the den during conditions like these..

Before the snow falls..

 

Onwards

 Did the trip and dug it out..

Pretty straight forward process to re attach it. A piece of pipe, a weld and two holes..

And again.. 

This game of moving bits of scrap pipe and metal that already served a purpose in another way is the best thing..

This is bat country..

 Peak prepper stuff..

..or "Your dads first shitty Baofeng kit"

Mostly for snooping on those Rangers in their trucks this summer. The cell phone reception in the park is a bit patchy, wich i love but i think they might be using stuff like this to communicate.. 

Also good for boating saftey..

Dead easy to put in the PMR channels etc via the app, I tried but could not fuck it up..

Lets go on a journey..

 ..re booting the bike trailer. Again..

The bearings where pretty dead and the races where rusted in place..

Solution.. Weld a bit of metal and bang it out with a rod from the opposite side. Worked great..

 (Thank you YT China dude for that tip)

Then order the wrong size bearings..

10mm instead of 12mm axle..

I survive on a steady diet of fucking up..

So instead of using the OG axles I used 10mm

bolts shimmed with to layers of pipe to fit in the pipe on the trailer..

Then Its just a matter of gluing it in place..

Fixed it.. I think I got them reasonably straight..

Now I just need to re fit the hitch but that lies under 2 feet of snow in the marina so we will see when i get around to doing that..

Thank you for you patience..

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..

. 

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..