Low Tech Laboratory Movie 2 - kickstarter starts September 19, 2023!

I agree with Mike - I like the 2nd music option

It looks like "the kickstarter page" is really coming together!

Here is the link:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/1851897196?ref=bsftvx&token=71785836
I love all the new images!

The story video is looking very slick!  

I've heard that the KS has been approved!

More images from the RMH Workshop feautured in the Freaky Cheap Heat doc available at the $1 Thanks Level!

A new RMH design!


The great Opalyn cutting bricks!


Click Here and then click on to be the first to back this project!


   

Here is Beau with the logs he dragged in for the grape arbor.  

175 followers!

I wonder how high we can push that number up?

Samantha Lewis wrote:Here is Beau with the logs he dragged in the grape arbor.  

Probably won't do it that way again.

Beau M. Davidson wrote:

Samantha Lewis wrote:Here is Beau with the logs he dragged in the grape arbor.  

Probably won't do it that way again.

Really?  I thought it was so clever.  

something anyone can do.
 even with just a car

Here is a pic of the Yurt going up!  




Thanks to Michael Ot, Liz, Moto Jeff and everybody who made this happen!

Look at the list of all the early bird rewards so far! It's amazingly generous for Paul to offer all these for $1!

A couple more stills of the rocket mass heater build in the red cabin.  This is one of three rocket mass heater builds that will be offered for ALL backers as the movie "freaky cheap heat"

number of people that have clicked on "notify me on launch" at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/low-tech-0



                              194!

number of people that have clicked on "notify me on launch" at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/low-tech-0



                              200!

Here we are having a little fun in the morning!  

It is good to laugh a bit before we get to work.



We get a lot done each day.  

Then it is time to rest and visit over delicious hearty organic meals.

I think this is one of my favorite projects ever!


The pump house at Wheaton Labs!
Starting out.  This is some of the original framing and joint work.  


Here the walls are up and the pressure tank is installed

Thanks for putting the pics from Wheaton Labs permaculture technology jamboree up, Samantha! I love to be able to live vicariously through your photos as I have never been.

Freaky Cheap Heat movie title!



What do you think?

number of people that have clicked on "notify me on launch" at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/low-tech-0



                              211!

Samantha Lewis wrote:I think this is one of my favorite projects ever!


The pump house at Wheaton Labs!
Starting out.  This is some of the original framing and joint work.  


Here the walls are up and the pressure tank is installed

Beautiful] pictures, and I'm farther from understanding the design, and farrr more curious to make sense of what I'm seeing.

3Q
Why put it underground?
Why need an insulated roof?
Pumping for flow or for pressure. If, pressure then better to be higher). And if not pressure, why a pressure vessel?

Never bored here! Intrigued.

Andrés Bernal wrote:Freaky Cheap Heat movie title!

What do you think?

feelin' hot n cozy n sleepy.

it sure does the job for me!

number of people that have clicked on "notify me on launch" at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/low-tech-0



                              220!

Monica Truong wrote:Thanks for putting the pics from Wheaton Labs permaculture technology jamboree up, Samantha! I love to be able to live vicariously through your photos as I have never been.

Thanks Monica!

It is really fun to hang out with a bunch of folks who want to work hard and get stuff done.
I love getting to help these projects come together and I learn so much!

number of people that have clicked on "notify me on launch" at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/low-tech-0



                              241!

Jane Lewis wrote:

Samantha Lewis wrote:I think this is one of my favorite projects ever!


The pump house at Wheaton Labs!
Starting out.  This is some of the original framing and joint work.  


Here the walls are up and the pressure tank is installed

Beautiful] pictures, and I'm farther from understanding the design, and farrr more curious to make sense of what I'm seeing.

3Q
Why put it underground?
Why need an insulated roof?
Pumping for flow or for pressure. If, pressure then better to be higher). And if not pressure, why a pressure vessel?

Never bored here! Intrigued.

Hello Jane!

Montana gets cold and wintery!
The room is buried and heavily insulated so it stays above freezing.  

This pump house is just one piece of the water system on Wheaton Labs.  
On the Lab, water is pumped out of the well using solar power.   Every sunny day water is flowing into a cistern situated on a high spot.    

Buried pipe runs the short way down hill to the pump house.

Tons of trenching and underground pipe has been put in with frost free hydrants servicing the 200 acre property.

This little pressure tank means all those camp sites and cabins can have water pressure even when multiple people are using water in different areas.

number of people that have clicked on "notify me on launch" at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/low-tech-0



                              272!

Here is a great pic of the log picnic table.





No fasteners. No metal. No glue.  

The table is held down by its own mass.  The joints are tight.  It feels really solid.  

It is actually a joy to sit there and feel the wood.  

It is biophilic somehow,  it just feels good.

Mike Haasl wrote:For the Log Stairs plans, I think it might be better to offer a Construction Guide (or words like that).  With steps, instructions and some drawings.  Stairs vary greatly depending on the rise/run so this particular set of plans might not be as useful as an instructional guide.  I'd be happy to help put that together.

Yes my head would relate to that better as well. Great idea thanks mate

I was trying to back this...

Not sure about the lingo

Does
"
Notify me on launch
"

Mean
notify me when I can pay?

Or does it mean
Notify me when it goes live

I thought the purpose of a kickstarter is to raise them finds to do the movie..

But I am not too clear

Please blame any stupid questions on my head

Thank you

Wanna be $15 backer

Samantha Lewis wrote:
Here is a great pic of the log picnic table.





No fasteners. No metal. No glue.  

The table is held down by its own mass.  The joints are tight.  It feels really solid.  

It is actually a joy to sit there and feel the wood.  

It is biophilic somehow,  it just feels good.

The word biophilic!!! 💥
Biophilic - for when our animal body goes YUM!

my new favorite word!

Ra Kenworth wrote:I was trying to back this...

Not sure about the lingo

Does
"
Notify me on launch
"

Mean
notify me when I can pay?

Or does it mean
Notify me when it goes live

I thought the purpose of a kickstarter is to raise them finds to do the movie..

But I am not too clear

Please blame any stupid questions on my head

Thank you

Wanna be $15 backer

We are still putting stuff together.  If you click on "notify me on launch" you will get an email when the kickstarter is started and then you will be able to back the kickstarter.  Your funds are taken when the kickstarter ends.  I get the funds two weeks later.  We will try to have the movie done shortly after that.

number of people that have clicked on "notify me on launch" at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/low-tech-0



                              351!

Here are my stats for all my past kickstarters.


LTLM1 had 481 backers on the first day.  A huge record for any of our kickstarter movies.




I know that kickstarter will tell others on their site about a kickstarter with a lot of backers.  I'm pretty sure that is the sole metric - the number of backers.  Not the amount of money.  So if we can get 500 backers on the first day, even if they put in just $1 each, that gets more attention from the kickstarter site than 400 backers that put in $100 each.  

At the same time, we are reaching out to 120,000 people.  Hmmmm ....   I gotta think think think ...    

number of people that have clicked on "notify me on launch" at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/low-tech-0



                              370!

Sauna Update!



The exterior siding is going up!   This was a huge project at the Permaculture Technology Jamboree this year.  

The Wheaton Labs Sauna is a "skid-able structure"

That means it is built on log runners or "skids" so it can be dragged by the tractor to a new site.  


One of the projects was to insulate the sauna using slip straw.  Now the boards are going up to protect the insulation.

number of people that have clicked on "notify me on launch" at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/low-tech-0



                              385!

new video   a little taste of what this movie could be!  

Watching the number of followers going up daily is EXCITING!! Will this KS break the record for number of followers before launch!?

Did some posting on social media and I estimate around 100 and maybe as high as 2,000 people may see it. I used my referral code and now the wait begins again.

T Blankinship wrote:Did some posting on social media and I estimate around 100 and maybe as high as 2,000 people may see it. I used my referral code and now the wait begins again.

That is great!  Thank you!!

There is so much good content, we just have to get it out to people who want to do this stuff!