Bea Cates

To get certified for this Badge Bit you must provide:
 - 4 pictures
      o pic of starting materials, PROPERLY placed in the batch box before fire
      o pic of fire started to warm the riser - at the back of the batch box
      o pic of additional wood added
      o pic of even more wood added

I lit the rocket batch stove in the Wheaton Labs workshop.

Provide pics or video (less than two minutes long):
- the wood you're starting with
- the construction partially underway
- the finished crate/box
- description of why you made the crate/box the size you did and what it's for

I made an approx 12" x 13" for the Wheaton Labs workshop area. I chose the box size for portability and so it would fit on shelves and cubbies around the shop area. I chose thinner wood sides and gaps in order to keep the box lighter. I was thinking it could be used to hold tools or materials. Currently, someone has purposed it to hold cardboard scraps for starting the shop's rocket heater.

I sharpened knives in the Wheaton Labs kitchen. This was one.

To get certified for this BB, post three pics.  

- Your chunks of wood that you are starting with
- Progress about half way through, with the hand tools you have decided to use for this
- Final product

As a fellow puny human, here are four tips that I've found helpful on my own place:

1. Woodworking (or any fabrication) is like sewing, only with harder materials. If you know sewing, the principles are the same: joining shapes in a way that will handle the stresses you'll put on them. Wood is just fabric, nails and screws are thread, frames and joints are seams, cuts are cuts.

2. A friend pointed out that Makita power tools are good for smaller hands because they're sized for Japanese workers.

3. Levers, ramps, pulleys, winches, and wheels = brawn. I also couldn't dead lift an 8x8, but I'd try something like strapping a set of wheels to one end, hefting the other on one shoulder, and dragging that sucker to where it needed to go. It's easy to make an adaptable set of wheels for tasks like this: one threaded rod, two bare dolly wheels, and four nuts.  I also like ladder sleds, dollies, carts, canoe hoists, and a nice drill winch.

4. The book There Are No Electrons: Electronics for Earthlings demystified wiring for me (and it's a fun read).

Ash Jackson wrote:...your mileage may vary

Thanks: will do. And some of the bigger stuff, tool.

paul wheaton wrote:
tipi: 8-15 nights: $300 (normally $450)

Dibs! Let me know if you didn't get it.

Well...this is exciting.

paul wheaton wrote:
2.a. pay for dibs.

@paul-wheaton, @samantha-lewis:

Could you give me a link for payment? I'm not seeing a $300 option for the tipi here: https://permies.com/wiki/sepper#tipi.

Ash Jackson wrote:Typically something like this would have a minimum requirement of BB20, but I'm willing to entertain less than that if someone is really motivated to learn PEP and do BB's.

I'm motivated and I have equivalent experience. Though i'm new to Permies.com, I've had an offgrid place for several years. Going through the BB lists, I'd've hit well more than 20 (though not with photos).

Will that do?

Yes, I want to do this!

I have a few questions:

1. Other than the $300 lodging fee, are there other fees for room/board/participation?
2. Is the tipi still available?
2.a. If yes, where would I sign up?
2.b. Is the stove in the tipi hot enough to boil water?
3. If I drive in, how far will the car be from the tipi?
4. How cold is it likely to be at end of March?

Please advise. Thanks!