moira

moira, 1 day ago

it is both mobile and ongoing, so it is not a matter of territory

moira, 1 day ago

they are walking and squawking across the property

and now further on to the southwest

moira, 1 day ago

@cheribaker I’m just happy we’re gonna see some good old fucking off into the sea. (Presumably.) :D

moira, 2 days ago

definitely no need for the bungie cord here

may need to thin the lower pad a bit if anything

let’s see about the noise now

#biketooter #maker #cargotrailer

moira, 2 days ago

SURPRISE IT’S LOUDER

Because there’s more weight on the wheel now. The new pad (white)makes it too tall so it’s pushing unto the cargo carrier bed.

#BikeTooter #maker

moira, 2 days ago

@pokeypoke yis ^_^

moira, 2 days ago

thin rubber this time

#maker #BikeTooter

moira, 2 days ago

YEP still loud but again much quieter, like before.

moira, 2 days ago

okay so what've we learned

1: the swivel wheel works! and pretty well. It's DEFINITELY VERY NOISY, but not comedically so.

2: the bungee cord solution is both quieter and handles over any weight this thing should be carrying anyway, BUT!

3: if we're in a situation where we need to cargo something actually kinda heavy (like over 40kg/90lbs, which is more than the thing was built to carry anyway), then it's worth having the wheel. Maybe build a reinforcement plate to stick in that'll firm up the cargo bed a bit, since it's just plastic.

But in all other cases, using a bungee cord to transition some of the load to the far side of the cargo structure is a clear winner.

#maker #CargoTrailer #BikeTooter

moira, 2 days ago

(I found basically this model, and it's rated for up to 40 moving human child pounds, which is to say in more general terms 40 dynamic pounds. You can go a lot higher if the weight involved is static, which this of course would be. 80 static pounds is a guess, but it's not terrible either. Plus, I can obviously can run the safety limits tighter because it's not a child.)

moira, 2 days ago

So yeah basically I think that's a wrap for this project? I have a bike cargo carrier now, the best I can do for the time being. It can carry a pretty good load - more than we ever get just stopping by the grocery, and from that first trial we know it's more than enough to use for dedicated grocery runs.

With the either bungee solution or the wheel solution, I'm not putting any visible (and therefore any meaningful) torsion on the frame, which means my hitch adapter works and is safe to use, so I can be pretty confident I'm not doing any harm to my bike with it.

Which was, of course, by far the most important question.

#maker #CargoTrailer #BikeTooter

moira, 2 days ago

So yeah, I guess it's finished! I've put the third wheel into the bike accessories drawer, I've put the cargo cover I sewed onto the higher-accessibility accessories shelf (first order retrieval is my friend), and ...

yeah! I guess we're done!

(Well... other than maybe sewing a reflector onto the cargo cover. It's pretty damn visible with that safety orange cover, but... just to be sure. xD )

Took me long enough, but hey, I got there. :D

#maker #CargoTrailer #BikeTooter

moira, 2 days ago

@pokeypoke I do! There are multiple sellers of such things on eBay and Amazon! This one in particular (which is fine so far, I mean, it's just bungee cord) I got with credit union rewards points here:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DFSG5SU

moira, 2 days ago

Yes, similar effect to the bread I’m kind of emulating. I’m very happy with this.

Also it seems to be holding up better than my standard baguette, I suspect because of the olive oil.

moira, 2 days ago

the already good crust really becomes an entity when toasted like this and i love that

#baking #bread #spinachFeta #experimental

moira, 2 days ago

@allanb I think so. So does @annathepiper which is nice.

moira, 2 days ago

I’m now convinced that I was correct in thinking that the bread that inspired this one used dried spinach flakes. It really works here IMO.

Gonna have to do it again and actually measure how much spinach went in this time (lol)

#baking #bread #experimental

moira, 2 days ago

(my current measurement was “go down to Albertsons and grab one bundle of fresh off the produce rack and dry all of it.” it was two rounds in my dehydrator.)

(and that also was for one baguette)

#baking #bread #experimental #spinachFeta

moira, 2 days ago

Also I did some test prints over the weekend, and the green lines print fine. Even at lowered resolution (to fit on 11x17" paper for example) they're distinct from red dash sharerow markers.

moira, 2 days ago

@depereo They’re really nice if you make baguettes a lot. Not very expensive either - it’s still just sheet metal, and it only needs one metal bending step at the factory.