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This new TV bench was a little too deep for our taste. Not a problem! It'll only take a few minutes & I'll cut a few inches from the panels before assembling it. Turns out it's cardboard and not melamine like I expected. This "few minutes" just turned into a "few hours" to fix this š„²
- By - almostalx
So I have 2 awesome dogs at home, but I'm not the biggest fan of carrying full poop bags in my hands for 20 minutes while we finish our walks. Here's my new poop carrier canister thingny! Clips to my belt and when my dogs do their business I can drop the bags in there and finish the walk hands free!
- By - almostalx
Itās hard to imagine going back to having breakfast in front of a white wall in an appartement.
Shows the Silver Award... and that's it.
Thank you stranger. Shows the award.
When you come across a feel-good thing.
Everything is better with a good hug
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SUBFLOORS?
- By - wildernesswind
During a hail storm in Lake Tahoe, CA. You can see the rocks fuming from the difference in temperature. [OC][3024x4032]
When you come across a feel-good thing.
- By - almostalx
One of the best decision Iāve made when building my van was to get a 3D printer. It fixes so many specific problems that you can have during a build. And designing part that fit perfectly is so satisfying. These examples are only a fraction of all the 3D printed parts in my build.
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Thank you stranger. Shows the award.
Everything is better with a good hug
- By - almostalx
Our first conversion is DONE after 9 months of evenings and weekends! Let the adventures begin!
Shows the Silver Award... and that's it.
Thank you stranger. Shows the award.
When you come across a feel-good thing.
Everything is better with a good hug
- By - Timhaiti
Living in a van is not always instagram-worthy. But sometimes it is, and mornings like these are worth every other one waking up in a sketchy parking lot. First week full time and not looking back!
Shows the Silver Award... and that's it.
When you come across a feel-good thing.
Everything is better with a good hug
I'm in this with you.
- By - almostalx
It should've been obvious from the weight. Not sure what I was thinking...
Hi! I usually work with mostly the same species, but this time I'm building a small cabinet & a shelf that will have to match as closely as possible with the wall panel that's behind. You can ignore the colour since the company that makes those panels also sells the hard wax to match them, but I'm wondering what wood species would match the grain of this? Obviously it's not gonna be a perfect match since the panels are laminate, but I'm hoping to get something a little bit closer to the usual "pine, birch & maple" that I always use. Ideally something not too hard to source & not something like red oak or walnut that will alter the colour of the hard wax I'm putting on afterwards.
This game is hard in the best of times but especially tricky here. I'd guess white oak from that single picture.
Thanks! White oak was also my guess from the domestic species. It won't be perfect, but I think it'll be good enough.
Nice design, tough I would orient the ring in which the carabiner clips 90 degree from how it it right now so that the carabiner clips to the belt without wanting to twist (if that makes sense?)
I actually clip it to my belt loop and not the actual belt so thatās why I used this orientation
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I've been using an old tea can tapped to a carabiner for years so this can be achieved with almost anything. I just thought it was a nice way to experiment with printing threads & making it exactly as I wanted.
Hey OP, do you have an STL for us?
Not for now sorry, since my design is a blatant copy of someone elseās and I wouldnāt want to spread it if the original creator doesnāt agree. Iāll update this comment if that changes!
Depending on where you live, you could be arrested for dui. Yes, it applies to bikes in many places.
I know this is the internet and people feel obligated to say stuff like that, but this is the kind of law that just is not enforced to the point of arresting someone for having this on his bike. At least not where Iām from. Iām not getting smashed in an alley, Iām taking a sip deep in the woods. I literally took the idea from a rider in our group that happens to be a local police officer.
I am having this same issue - I tested with Logitech, Roccat, GloriousGaming mice and was able to get this all working via their support of a macro or a dedicated function but I can't figure out any way to get this working with the SteelSeries. I submitted a support request to see what they say.
They basically told me it was not supported yet š„²
If thatās true saying itās supported on macOS is absolutely false advertisement.
I think it was supported up until Big Sur.
Why do people complain about sleeping in parking lots?
Idk. These days every time someone posts a nice place to sleep thereās an army of mad people complaining that itās not the reality of vanlife and that the reality is sleeping in ugly parking lots.
Shasta, CA?
Revelstoke, BC
My God this is beautiful! Wow. Where is this? And thank you for your inspirational post. I've been living in a TINY apartment, saving my money for 9 years. My birthday is in March and I plan on gifting myself a new camper van!
This was in Yosemite. We didnāt sleep there, but we drove 10 minutes to have breakfast with that view š.
Is that an RO filter spout?
No itās just a regular filter. RO are pretty inconvenient in a van
I went the āhybridā route. Didnāt want to add framing to avoid thermal bridging, so I simply laid out my XPS to cover the whole floor. Then I added the plywood and I drilled through the plywood, foam and metal and added a bolt to secure it all together. I added about 4 bolts per sheet of 1/2ā ply. Worked great! Now Iām not worried my floor will move, but Iām also not worried about thermal loss because of all the framing. 6 months of awful gravel roads and unexpected braking later, everything is holding up perfectly.
I feel ya. Once or twice I forgot to empty the pee jug on my Natureās Head toilet and wellā¦ when you open up the toilet the piss just flow everywhere. Not my proudest moment.
I did something similar on my van. Works great for us and it was very cheap. Nothing is theft proof, but the more trouble we can cause them the better!
https://www.thule.com/en-gb/motorhome-accessories/bike-racks/thule-sport-g2-compact-_-rv-307341
Oh thanks! Didnāt see this one!
Lolo Racks
Not exactly what Iām looking for but thanks for the tip! Iād prefer having the bikes higher off the ground so itās less likely people will tamper with them if Iām parked somewhere.
What country are you in? I live in the US and have to pay the city I live in each month for water service, even if I donāt want to use any water they still charge me. Who pays for free water? Or are you meaning streams/rivers/lakes as a free water source?
Well today I learned that water is not free in the US. My bad. I live in Canada and water is free up there. Iām touring the US right now, but I had the same difficulty when I was in Canada.
I really like this idea but how cheap is the media... idk what it's called sorry. I know having exactly what you want is cool but is it cost effective material wise? Just curious
The printer itself is like 300$, so not really worth it if you are using it for this sole purpose. But each individual print is a few cents to a few bucks each so itās actually quite cost effective if you already own the printer.
Cool, that's exactly what I was curious about. So the actual medium its self is rather cheap. Do colors change the cost as I would assume?
No not significantly!
Maybe for next time, you should think about ventilating your fridge. I know itās tempting to just throw a drawer above, but fridges actually produces more heat than they cool down so the heat needs to go somewhere. If you read the instructions manual for that fridge youāll see they recommend a hole at the bottom and the top to allow air to circulate and avoid wasting energy. Itās probably not the end of the world, bit I just thought you should know because I have the same fridge and and did that exact mistake at first.
Nice! Where'd you get that bed set?! I can never find any cool designs like this
Simons!
What was your realistic savings like to accumulate x6 months of savings?
Around 15k and my wife did the same. Probably more than we need but š¤·āāļø.
Wow that's beautiful! I was looking at the ram promaster 2500! Can I ask what made you chose this vehicle? The 3500 looks so roomy!
Itās wider than the transit and sprinter so I can sleep side ways even at 6ā1! Pretty much the only reason haha
How much weight can they hold?
At least one towel, which was the only important part for me haha