Ash Jackson

Ok, so for sure there's a handful of people coming and doing PEP!

I made this as a way to help myself think about what I'm doing, and also figure out what other folks might be doing for coordinating.

Ash's unofficial schedule that's totally non binding but hopefully a good way to think about the week:

Day	Date	Do	Details	Destination
1	Tues Mar24	Arrive, get settled	Think about what BB's you want to do, and what materials, tools, and pics are needed. We figure out what questions we have for WL. Maybe people exchange numbers for coordination?	Basecamp? Also wherever you're sleeping
2	Weds Mar25	Ash answers questions about PEP, and what I can about WL?	I hope to clean the shop for way more than an hour, and do Tool Care	Basecamp?
3	Thurs Mar26	Log peeling & wood carving?	I hope to peel another log and find green and dry wood for coat hooks. Maybe today's the right day.	Lab?
4	Fri Mar27	I put coathooks and instruction sheet in a Willow Feeder	?	Whichever one needs it most
5	Sat Mar28	?	?	?
6	Sun Mar29	?	?	?
7	Mon Mar30	Wrap up any BB's that aren't finished!	Take too many pics. I've yet to have a scenario where I was sad that I had too many pics	Wherever the unfinished BBs are
8	Tues Mar31	Travel home	Offensively early in the morning, in my case	MSO😢

Aaand here's the qr code to permies.com/wf in case anyone else might want to use it

Michael Cutts wrote:I'm interested in attending.  This would be my first time at "The Labs" and meeting any of you.  

That's great that you can join! I can't help with payments, but I've enjoyed my stays in the Love Shack and in the Bunkhouse/Solarium on past trips.

Thanks, Nicole! I used the window like a light table when I was tracing the tricky bits, too. I'll try to get a picture of that next time.

Definitely no additional electricity. ❤️

I humbly request 1/2 point for: "Make a hand-burned roundwood name badge, with hand-made PEP Badges, on braided cotton floss to wear around your neck"

My worked time for this definitely exceeded one hour, with each of the three tasks going over half an hour each. But I could maybe see getting under an hour total with skill and luck. Not by much, though. Maybe it's a skill issue.

I've always liked the idea of Paul's wood burned name badges, for plastic-free nametags. I also love the idea of physical badges for PEP.

So, I took a bit of christmas tree trunk cut I've been saving for years for this very purpose, drilled a big hole and burned in my name. Wood burner this time was 'the big flathead screwdriver bit I never use' and a candle flame for heat. I drove the hot bit into the wood to get some indentation, too.

Then I made physical PEP badges, by tracing in pencil Nicole's lovely badge art, which I scaled up and printed at 1"x2". I feel like sand badges made of paper is about the right level of permanence. I have thoughts for the higher level badges. I didn't make a BB100, because PEP1 is the 'big badge' I care about.

I created a QR code on the back of each badge that goes to permies.com/skip so that I can more easily explain 'WTF is PEP' to anyone who asks.
...and Yes, that's a 'Paul jar' for Food Prep.

Lastly, I braided floss just long enough to get it over my head. I dislike when my name badge hangs too low. I tied a square knot just right so I can undo it to add/upgrade my PEP badges.

A good reminder to take (and post!) good cleaning pictures.

I humbly submit these for an additional 1/2 point to the above BB.

More details on cleaning: I used a battery powered hand-vac, specifically because using my vinegar spray and a rag meant the rag got caught on little nicks in the wood, leaving behind tiny rag fibers (dirtier than it started). The closet floor I cleaned with a stiff bristle scrubber and vinegar spray.

Coydon Wallham wrote:How about we declare that when the sun is directly overhead, that is 12 noon, the exact middle of the 24 hour clock cycle? That is Common Sense by the most simple and clear definition- anyone anywhere can observe and agree on this as a basic principle.

Yes! I agree that local solar noon is the thing to be observed, and I wish more folks were of a like mind.

Here to grumble that we're still doing (or rather, that I'm still subject to) capricious clock changes.

I humbly request 1-1/2 points for: "Fix Trim issue at Bifold Door, where it's messing up the door, also add a handle to the door and then put the door back also yikes"

My my rationale for requesting this number of points is the BB is an expansion of a 1pt Nest-Sand BB: https://permies.com/wiki/157694/pep-nest/Fix-Basebaord-Trim-PEP-BB

A bifold door frame had rotted away, causing the bottom door thingy to be screwed into air. Pretty sure that's not how air works!

So I chisled out the rotted bit where the thingy attaches, filled the capacious hole first with wood putty (to create a workable substrate) and then with wood filler. I let the combo dry for 24-hours, and then successfully screwed the thingy back in.

Yikes! I also gave the door and floor in the closet a thorough cleaning. Turns out the only way to get the dust off every single slat was to give attention to... You guessed it, every single slat.

I decided part of this issue is that the bifold door doesn't have a handle, so I bought a handle in keeping with my landlord's silver/white aesthetic, and I drilled a now hole (and countersunk the back a bit) in the door stile to add the handle.

Now the door and thingy stay put when I open and close the door. Hurray! (Maybe this means the air filter will get changed more frequently?) Pics below.

We're flying in, but are getting a boot-ride from Missoula up to Wheaton Labs, and (boots-willing) I'm happy to share our ride.