Recent content by williaty

Any progress in bringing your service to the Bivy? I'm leaving on my spring trip next week and it made me think about this.

Brings up one of my pet peeves: All the tables sag Do I level like you did from the ends of the table (since it should look the best visually)? Do I level the bed of the machine itself (since that determines oil flow)? Do I level the area of the table nearest to the needle (since that's where...

Coolio. Like I said, I've worked with other software startups in the same place in their timeline as you, so I'm well aware it's always a juggling act. I also know that gently asking for features that matter to me to be supported on a regular basis has often been the only reason the final...

I filled out the intake survey a while ago. Any thoughts on when you might want to roll out Bivy testing?

I've answered your screening email. I've done a lot of testing work for the automotive aftermarket before, as well as a few software projects. I'm more familiar than I want to be with how to file and actually useful bug report, so I'd love to help you roll out support for the Bivy.

Are you going to support this via the ACR Bivy stick? I've been looking for a service lik this for at least a year since we camp in flash-flood prone valleys. I signed up for the early access thing on the website.

The 25 Series from 8020. I chose the 25 because the fastener size was M6 (20 Series is only M5) and I was worried about anything smaller being too weak. However, with the way this framed up into a bombproof rigid hulk, I think I probably could have gone down to the Series 20, saved a little...

I forgot to post these when I got them (mostly) done. I still need to make drawer fronts and clean up a few details but I wanted to get at least one trip with them done to find out if I needed to make any chances before I put the work in to make them fancy.

Either "harp space" or "distance to the right of the needle". Yes, the Ultrafeed machines have a VERY small harp space. I personally couldn't deal with it but then again I'm spoiled by full sized industrial machines.

I have one. It would *possibly* do it, but it'd be a damned miserable experience. I'm actually confident it'd stab through all that. Industrial machines of any type never lack for stabbing power. However, I'm just as confident that getting it to feed all that material evenly would be a...

You need to be extremely careful with this and read the fine print. That's the manufacturer's fine print, not what some guy told you would work fine on the internet. The vapor pressure of a backpacking fuel canister is WAY lower than the vapor pressure of a propane tank. If the stove (or other...

1) Unless you really, absolutely, must pack up store the machine after each use (such as when living on a sailboat), the Sailrite Ultrafeed machines are bad value for money. To clarify: they are good machines and their after-sales support is best in the industry. They just cost quite a bit more...

Some of the Gaia devs are active on Reddit. They're aware that sync is porked right now and are trying to fix it along with fixing folders. Gaia is a frustrating mess software-wise but their map data set just is so far beyond anyone else there's no decent alternatives.

What about a takedown shovel like this? https://www.boss4x4.com/product-p/mmf6-shv.htm It actually gets long enough to be useful with all the sections in but packs up pretty short. EDIT: That's the only shovel of that type I've been able to find with a non-sand/snow blade (not a flat blade) on...

Yeah that was my bad. I thought he was looking at a 20U knockoff because he wanted the ZZ. I only use mine for repairing sails and doing bartacks, really. I'm not sure it's earning it's keep. For what he's describing, definitely not necessary.