Sometimes there’s just no rest for the wicked-and somewhere I must have been wicked because rest can be awfully hard to come by. 😄😄🙄🙄 Several weeks ago, our commercial ice maker stopped making ice. Our ice maker is one of...Continue reading
A Day in the Life of an Off-Grid Solar Installer
This is our project journal — field stories from off-grid solar installs around Northern Arizona. The 4 a.m. starts, the parts that don't show up, the problems solved on the fly, and a behind-the-scenes look at how these systems actually get built — plus a bit of life on the fringe along the way. Originally posted on the River Daves Place forum; you can read the full thread here.
Awhile back I showed you all some pictures of some work I was doing to our CNC plasma table-I…
Awhile back I showed you all some pictures of some work I was doing to our CNC plasma table-I reused an old equipment stand I’ve had for years to now house the computer and electronics of the table. But it...Continue reading
On the plasma table project, one way I came up with to hopefully help promote cleaning of the water…
On the plasma table project, one way I came up with to hopefully help promote cleaning of the water table was to give the slats a lift kit so there was more space for water and small material to flow...Continue reading
For all of you that may have plasma cutters, angle grinders or welders at home or even on the job-I…
For all of you that may have plasma cutters, angle grinders or welders at home or even on the job-I present the following as a reminder of how important ventilation and PPE are when cutting or welding metal. The negative...Continue reading
Once all the slats were cut, I installed one and took this picture to show the new and improved…
Once all the slats were cut, I installed one and took this picture to show the new and improved clearance under the slats. { “lightbox_close”: “Close”, “lightbox_next”: “Next”, “lightbox_previous”: “Previous”, “lightbox_error”: “The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again...Continue reading
Being kinda handy can be, well- kinda handy.
😄😄 It’s often nice to have the ability to fix things when they go wrong, get yourself out of a jam when needed, or avoid costly service calls. On the other hand, being kinda handy can be kinda a pain...Continue reading
No great story today.
Just wanted to share that our loader has been up at Joel and Amy’s place for some time and I just snapped this picture of it. Quite obviously, it’s a cat. 😄😄
“If you’re cold, they’re cold!” Actually-bullshit.
This common tagline to remind people that their dogs get cold easily too doesn’t apply to all dogs. This is our mama dog Stella. She’s a Great Pyrenees, and thousands of years of breeding for cold weather as a working...Continue reading
The first “work” week of the new year has me in the office for the most part.
In an attempt to make my office days more fun for me, I’m going to try and post up some past pictures of a project vehicle I sorta teased you all with some months ago. Welcome back to Project Bronco....Continue reading
I mentioned earlier about the Bronco’s redundant fuel systems.
I’m gonna dive into that next-but first perhaps I should back up a bit and explain the vision and intent of the Project Bronco build, along with a bit of it’s history. For starters, my involvement with Denise’s Bronco started...Continue reading