Finally getting around to starting to post on brewery visits. Thanks, pandemic :/ Despite having visited over four hundred breweries around the country, I’m going to “start over” as far as this blog goes. I’m starting off super local. I’m fortunate that there are several fine breweries in my little suburban town, two of which…
Month: December 2020
Van Design #4 – Batteries
(Not much going on on the beer front of late, thanks to COVID-19. Yaaaaaay.) One of the topics of van design and builds I’ve been researching a lot is the electric system, and more specifically, batteries. There’s a fairly wide range of options when it comes to batteries, as far as capacity and cost. Many…
Van Design #3 – Bed platform (again), control panel, projector screen
Bed Platform Yeah yeah, I’m still on about the bed platform. I may have said it before; the place where you spend a third of every day and your experience there affects the other two-thirds of your day, it’s important to get it right. I believe I’ve finally puzzled out a good workable design. I…
Van Design #2 – Bed platform, wall and ceiling wood
I’m still struggling with my bed platform plan, as far as how to get the rear section to angle up properly when it’s time to push the whole platform back and stow it; more specifically, how to get the rear section to lay flat, but somehow pop up from flat when needed, so it will…
A short trip to a local taproom.
Considering the ongoing pandemic and the accompanying restrictions and precautions, small businesses pretty much everywhere are struggling, and it’s up to all of us to do our part to support them. So today, I went on a short outing to a local hangout.
Van Design #1 – Bed platform/garage
One of the existential quandaries that most people face when designing their soon-to-be homes on wheels is “which way am I gonna sleep?” The typical troika of cargo vans folks opt for when choosing this class of vehicle – Mercedes Sprinter, Ford Transit, and Dodge Promaster – are all 99% the same for the most…
Canning, Kismet, and Collisions
Well, that was a day.