Luxury Decor To Fit Your Shipping Container Home
Jun06

Luxury Decor To Fit Your Shipping Container Home

If you’re looking for sustainable, functional living, a shipping container home could be perfect for you. It’s amazing how easy it is to turn basic shipping containers into comfortable, modern homes, complete with features like skylights, large windows for plenty of natural lighting, and plenty of opportunities for green living with geothermal heating and natural insulation. If you want style and utility, a shipping container home is...

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Shipping Container Home Design Plans
Mar21

Shipping Container Home Design Plans

Hot off the press and sharper than ever is our newest Shipping Container Home Design from Big Boom Design. This design is a re-issue of a previous design named C-Section. This design went somewhat viral in 2011 when I first posted it to this blog. The new version has been touched up tremendously and contains a few features including: skylights, hardwood floors, and sweet VW Bug (it would be cooler if it were a Baja Bug). If...

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Building a Better Incubator – Arduino Style
Feb11

Building a Better Incubator – Arduino Style

I’ve selected a container for the incubator that should serve as a nice insulated box and viewing window. The goal with the first incubator is to focus primarily on the function and much less on the form that it takes. I’d like to keep my cost on this project under $100 as a cheap proof of concept. The main expenses will be the electronics (motor, relay, sensors, etc). I’ll try to itemize out the pieces that...

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Doing my part to support Bee City USA, Asheville NC
Oct09

Doing my part to support Bee City USA, Asheville NC

I’m proud to live in the first nationally recognized Bee City USA. I’ve only recently become a beekeeper but I’m already hooked on these little guys. I first got the bug by watching a great TED Talk: Then when a friend of mine asked me to be involved with the Organic Growers School here in Asheville it gave me the opportunity to sit in on a Kenyan Top Bar Bee Hive class. I started with a traditional Langstroth Nuke...

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1974 Super Beetle Baja Summer Update
Oct09

1974 Super Beetle Baja Summer Update

The 1974 Super Beetle Baja has come a long way this summer. Not far enough to be driving it around yet but it’s about 90% there. The most recent updates have been new tires/wheels all around, Urethane Bushing set all around, and new glass for the front and back with new seals. I’ll post a few more updates before too long. Sitting Pretty Jeep Seats Secondary Battery Up Front Fun With Wires Clean Under...

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The not so small, soon to be, Tiny Home Headquarters of Asheville
Oct09

The not so small, soon to be, Tiny Home Headquarters of Asheville

Built during the summer of 1929 on the west side of Asheville North Carolina. It sits on 2 acres of terraced woods with a 1/2 acre field towards the back of the property. It needs a bit of TLC but I wouldn’t have it any other way. Let the projects begin… Money Shot The Back Field Front Porch Side Porch Office Hidden Outdoor Fireplace 250 Year Old Maple Tree Front Staircase Driveway View...

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1974 914 Porsche Engine Removal – DIY Step by Step
May07

1974 914 Porsche Engine Removal – DIY Step by Step

This posting shows the removal and complete dis-assembly (almost complete) of a 1974 914 Porsche/VW engine. I’ll try to go through the images and post individual descriptions on any steps that aren’t straight forward. The plan for the engine is a complete rebuild with the transmission going back into the car coupled to an electric engine. Page 2 and 3 of the gallery show the first steps in this process. If you have any...

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