Kickstarter for the Low Tech Laboratory Movie!! April 2023

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$21,931!

over 500 backers!

I am glad to see so many people finding real value in learning these skills and sharing this important knowledge!

22,891.00

Wahoo !! I was just able to get my pledge in!!

Am so looking forward to all the early bird goodies and
all the stuff at my level of participation : D

This is my 10th Kickstarter of Paul's that I have done : D

This is so great!   Thank you everyone!

Wow, you step away for a few hours and when you come back the kickstarter is 200% funded!!!

Way to go permies!

      $25,046!

Right now, (most) of the US is asleep
BUT
this kickstarter keeps getting more funds.

World domination?

I think it's working!!

23,393!!


added message after upload : my internet connection seems to be too slow to keep up with the funding. haha!

According to kicktraq, the day one (which was actually only 8 hours by the way they track) total was $21,694.  Pretty darn good.

But my guess is, that with 579 backers at the moment, this is likely going to be our highest participation kickstarter to date.  

Beau, maybe we should check our pockets for stuff about stretch goals.  I think by noon today we need to have made some stretchy decisions.

I'll go in the back and start rummaging around.

Over 600 backers!

Strech goals?   that would be great!

If people have suggestions for stretch goals, now is an excellent time to say something!

3 suggestions for stretch goals:

Justin Rhodes Permaculture Chickens eBook
Bug-Free Organic Gardening: Controlling Pest Insects Without Chemicals by Anna Hess
How To Make Goats' Milk Mozzarella by Leigh Tate

Wow, just a little bit shy of $30,000. Pretty amazing.

Hi Klara,

Those look like great suggestions!  

Samantha Lewis wrote:Hi Klara,

Those look like great suggestions!  

Hi Samantha,
Thanks! I just thought 'what would I want?!’ hehe
And many others might be interested in these, because with spring knocking at the door on the northern hemisphere, i see baby goat being born (thus much milk thus much whey!), it's bug time (aphids are on my garlic already), and chickens, well, they are relevant whatever the season!

We have 756 backers!!!

We are so clost to $31k!



I think the things I am looking forward to most in this movie are the bicycle spinning wheel, the rocket kiln, and the mycelium insulation.

Go to https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/low-tech?ref=7lapqn to support this awesome movie!

Congrats on another great Kickstarter!! I'm glad for the moment I'm in with the earlybirds! I have my confirmation from Kickstarter and everything. I'm just hoping I don't have a problem later like last time... My EU credit card tends to reject things that don't go through the "3D Strong Customer Authentication" gateway, which normally opens when I hit "pay" on websites here, but on Kickstarter it failed to do so once again, and I'm worried I'll be getting a "payment failed" message soon.

Any Euro-permies here that are experienced tricking out Kickstarter to cooperate and open up the verification gateway? I'm on a Mac and use Safari and Firefox. Thanks if any tips.

BTW for stretch goals, I'm interested in footage of any courses at Wheaton Labs or elsewhere, especially of the Low-tech variety.

$33,110!!!






Back the Kickstarter here:  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/low-tech?ref=7lapqn

I'm an euro-permie too and have been in the early birds backers too. This is the first time I support a kickstarter and hope everything will go smoothly. I'm really looking forward to the movie and all the others rewards for the early birds.

Dave de Basque wrote:Congrats on another great Kickstarter!! I'm glad for the moment I'm in with the earlybirds! I have my confirmation from Kickstarter and everything. I'm just hoping I don't have a problem later like last time... My EU credit card tends to reject things that don't go through the "3D Strong Customer Authentication" gateway, which normally opens when I hit "pay" on websites here, but on Kickstarter it failed to do so once again, and I'm worried I'll be getting a "payment failed" message soon.

Any Euro-permies here that are experienced tricking out Kickstarter to cooperate and open up the verification gateway? I'm on a Mac and use Safari and Firefox. Thanks if any tips.

BTW for stretch goals, I'm interested in footage of any courses at Wheaton Labs or elsewhere, especially of the Low-tech variety.

Could you just use PayPal instead?

I backed, yesterday, and will be bumping up my pledge, after payday, lol. Stretch idea: roundwood earthberm shed plans.

Hi Carla!

Nice work getting in for the early bird!

That is a great idea to get in now and bump up to a higher pledge later!

Stretch goal announced!



Click here for details on this awesome reward...

https://permies.com/t/211622/Greenwood-Apprenticeship-Mortise-Tenon-Magazine

Roy Ramey wrote:

Dave de Basque wrote:Congrats on another great Kickstarter!! I'm glad for the moment I'm in with the earlybirds! I have my confirmation from Kickstarter and everything. I'm just hoping I don't have a problem later like last time... My EU credit card tends to reject things that don't go through the "3D Strong Customer Authentication" gateway, which normally opens when I hit "pay" on websites here, but on Kickstarter it failed to do so once again, and I'm worried I'll be getting a "payment failed" message soon.

Any Euro-permies here that are experienced tricking out Kickstarter to cooperate and open up the verification gateway? I'm on a Mac and use Safari and Firefox. Thanks if any tips.

BTW for stretch goals, I'm interested in footage of any courses at Wheaton Labs or elsewhere, especially of the Low-tech variety.

Could you just use PayPal instead?

Thanks for the suggestion Roy! I am not a fan of PayPal for reasons and don't have an account, but if push comes to shove and I get the dreaded message that the payment didn't go through, I will look into it, they at least used to make one-off payments possible with no account. I really appreciate your help!

Are the stretch goals really for $100 backers or was that a mistake?

Yes, stretch goals are for those who back at the $100 level and up.

Dave de Basque wrote:

Roy Ramey wrote:

Dave de Basque wrote:Congrats on another great Kickstarter!! I'm glad for the moment I'm in with the earlybirds! I have my confirmation from Kickstarter and everything. I'm just hoping I don't have a problem later like last time... My EU credit card tends to reject things that don't go through the "3D Strong Customer Authentication" gateway, which normally opens when I hit "pay" on websites here, but on Kickstarter it failed to do so once again, and I'm worried I'll be getting a "payment failed" message soon.

Any Euro-permies here that are experienced tricking out Kickstarter to cooperate and open up the verification gateway? I'm on a Mac and use Safari and Firefox. Thanks if any tips.

BTW for stretch goals, I'm interested in footage of any courses at Wheaton Labs or elsewhere, especially of the Low-tech variety.

Could you just use PayPal instead?

Thanks for the suggestion Roy! I am not a fan of PayPal for reasons and don't have an account, but if push comes to shove and I get the dreaded message that the payment didn't go through, I will look into it, they at least used to make one-off payments possible with no account. I really appreciate your help!

I understand your hesitation.  I really despise Pp myself for their shady practices.  But in the end, they do work.  I just dont keep any money with them.  I have linked my credit card to use so Pp just works like a pass through.  Unfortunately I have to pay a few percent fee for using the card, which I'll gladly pay to avoid keeping money in Pp or linking to my bank account.

Christopher Weeks wrote:Are the stretch goals really for $100 backers or was that a mistake?

Hi Christopher!

That is for real!  

Everyone who backs the kickstarter for $100 or more will get the Greenwood Apprenticeship Course if we reach the stretch goal!


Here is a link to the thread for the course in the Digital Market.

https://permies.com/t/211622/Greenwood-Apprenticeship-Mortise-Tenon-Magazine#1775039

There is a little snippet of the course to whet your appetite.   Just watching that, I really want to get my hands on some green wood and nice hand tools.

I got my pledge in.
so excited to see the rest of the course!  

The second day of GMC was $14,649

At this moment, LTLM is $14,159

paul wheaton wrote:The second day of GMC was $14,649

At this moment, LTLM is $14,159

BWB's second day was $15,040

Thank you Paul and everybody at permies!  

You are putting so much good into the world!  

   900 backers!

I Am Back Oh Yea

I havent been on here in quite a while.   We finally found our forever home as covid was starting up and have been plenty busy ever since.  i got a youtube notification about the kickstarted promo vid and actually had a sec to click on it.  glad i did.  got in on the early birds and looking forward to the movie and all the extra goodies.  will probably bump up my pledge for the stretch goals.   the last one we got in on was building a better world.  even got to come up and meet paul and everyone to help pack up books for shipping.  we really enjoyed that.  Just want to say yall do an amazing job with these things.