Author: luke

3D Printed Fish Stringer

I designed and printed the ‘slide through fish’ end of a replacement for my lost fish stringer in a day. Yes this is one of the simpler possible things to design and not a difficult print, but going from start of CAD to physical object in water within hours is still pretty amazing to me.… Continue reading 3D Printed Fish Stringer

Robust Supports Started

The welds aren’t pretty, but the (heavy) concrete-and-rebar filled steel tubes they attach will keep the 40′ aloft and stable. Since realizing the piers are so strong I could remove the 20′ container altogether, i’m very tempted to do so… And complex 3D print finished: a very very tiny printing press. Many parts, much failed… Continue reading Robust Supports Started

Off-Route

This is *not* the right route to go south of Ensenada de Muertos: Those squiggles? We were too worried our truck would fall off the edge of the cliff to get good photos, but here’s the best we got: All told, we’re over 4 hours to get Alexander from La Ventana to El Cardonal. Would… Continue reading Off-Route

Lotsa Water

We leave for island ~7:30am, back after 2:30. Slight break for ceviche plus call it half an hour transport each way translates to 5+ hours spearfishing. I continue to love it. No record-setting fish for any of us, but I learn a new and obvious-in-retrospect technique: hunting under shelves. Big-eyed fish that I think are… Continue reading Lotsa Water

RV Appliance Strategy

Propane 12V blah blah blah is almost never worth it. Here’s an example with the fridge in our RV, swapped out today. Existing fridge: Dometic something 12v + 120v + propane. When I turn it on, it drains my batteries overnight even with 9kWh storage and 2kW solar. I suspect it’s just heating the condensor(?)… Continue reading RV Appliance Strategy

Little Things

Sometimes, tiny construction hacks are the most satisfying. We had no running water in the fifth wheel (officially christened Ballena Blanca by Moana). Boiled down to one leaking valve on the plumbing system, and replacing this required getting a new 1/2″ PEX valve (or some combination equivalent). 3+ hardware stores here yielded 0 PEX things,… Continue reading Little Things