And Phil Dirt... Keep welding. I really do suggest a MIG setup. Everyone does the flux core wire. But once you go to MIG with the non flux core wire and the tank of gas you will never go back. It is cleaner and easier. But no matter what keep at it. Your burner value / playa street cred will explode. Someone told me that my importance as a welder/fabricator was right next to the guy with a half full quart sized bag of moly and the hot woman with no sense of shame who could not say no to anyone.
Now those are the two kingpins of the playa. So being right up there with them is quite the honor. And people love the welders. I mean in the A-Team it was BA who had to weld it all up to save their asses every episode. Same at burning man. Art car takes a dump. GO find the welder....wherever he might be. Bring him back over here. And find out what he likes. lol. I was pimped out a few times. It was nice. On May 24, 10:20 am, Phil Dirt <[email protected]> wrote: > I've just begun to learn welding and I'm eager to see what design you've > come up with. > > As for your 20 minutes and one person rule, I think you're on to something. > Many plans never reach completion on the playa because they take too long > and require too many people to finish. I did, however, build my hexayurt so > I could assemble it by myself. > > I lay out a tarp for the floor and the wall placement has already been > marked on the tarp when I test assembled it at home. The walls are > accordion folded so I can set them up as two sections that require only two > wall junctions to be taped during assembly, and I simply move them in place > to follow the marker lines on the tarp. The roof is folded as a single unit > and only needs one joint to be taped for assembly. The only time I need > help is to lift the roof and place it on the yurt walls, so this is a > one-minute task I can accomplish with anyone who happens to be in the area. > Final positioning and taping the roof to the yurt I can do alone. It's all > a matter of planning ahead of time. > > On Wednesday, May 23, 2012 10:19:32 AM UTC-7, Bender of camp charlie the > > > > > > > > uniocorn BM wrote: > > > Background. > > Me. Law school dropout, Learned to weld. Fabricated Stock cars. > > Joined the electricians union. (IBEW local 11) economy took a shit. > > I had free time. Always wanted to go to burning man. No money. > > Decided to help a group with my welding and get a ticket and have a > > home for 2012. Sent a quick email to a regional director of burners > > in Los Angeles asking if any needed help. Three hours later I was > > committed. > > > The Unicorn > > > Burning Man 2011. Spent 8 weeks welding a giant silly art car for > > Burning Man. These people were strangers with a silly dream. And I > > bought into it, Camp got me a ticket. I was left packing in hefty > > bags and whatever container I could find night before we left. My > > shelter was a large tent. I showed up to BM exhausted. I left the same > > way. I had a blast as the playa will love you if you selflessly give > > to a project. > > I watched people and groups and discovered a truth. > > > Twenty minutes and one person. That is my rule. If you HAVE TO to > > accomplish anything on the playa it had better be able to be > > substantially completed in twenty minutes and and with one person > > (you). (lol including sex? one burner asked me about this thought. I > > smiled. Yes.) > > > I watched the people. From large and small. Burning Man is the Super > > Bowl and World Cup of all people watching. Group dynamics fascinate > > me. And I realized there would be more yurts on the playa if it took > > less than three people to put together. If you try to round up more > > that three burners for a task it becomes like herding cats. > > > Now this idea/goal of anything being able to be completed in under 20 > > with one person presents a challenge to the yurt builders. > > > And watching them built i realized the two major parts to the project. > > Two smaller parts. The upright walls were one major part. The roof > > the second. > > > And I knew I was going to yurt in 2012 (playa gods should they smile) > > and I wanted more room than the traditional 4" high yurt i had seen > > everywhere. > > > Being a metal fabricator and welder I figured things out and came up > > with MY solution. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
