/diy/ - Do It Yourself

I loved watching his documentary. He has ALOT of knowledge. To bad we dont live like this anymore :P.

Have watched that documentary and really liked it.

That fucking lock he made for the door. That was some great shit right there.

Agreed. Dick is THE MAN.

Seen the documentary. He's awesome indeed. It is a dream of mine to do this, but I'm guess it wont happen. Atleast not for another couple of years.

>>35316
You can still do that.

>>35679
he was like half a century old when did it.

>>35687
that makes it so much more impressive.
As far as I know, he had no previous experience in building homes from scratch?

"ALASKA: SILENCE AND SOLITUDE", "THE FROZEN NORTH", and another title I've forgotten feature Dick and his cabin. Really great to watch. Dick was one bad dude, really inspirational.

>>35774
"ALONE IN THE WILDERNESS"

>>35765
He was a bright man, capable of learning on the fly, but he was obviously familiar with wood-working and log home construction. I'm sure he honed all of the needed skills for wilderness survival before going out there. E doesn't strike me as the reckless type.

"It is always a pleasure to see what you can make... instead of buying it readymade"

I respect and like Tesla a fuck lot but as far as I know Proenneke is the true Saint Patron of /diy/.

>>35785
I'd vote for Dick as well

>>35785
I'd agree, but I'm still in Jaimie Mantzel's camp. He also likes in the woods in a house he build, but he is also building a giant spider robot out there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86Krv3gE-c4

>>35792
Lacks a certain charm that dick had.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYJKd0rkKss

What is the documentary you guys are all referencing called?

>>35807
"ALONE IN THE WILDERNESS" is the best of the three. He published his journals, too.

>>35687
51 when he started
>>35765
He'd done general carpentry/handyman work but I don't think anything resembling a home before.
>>35800
*Note, this is a sample from the full, hour-long video
>>35812
I think my favorite part is when he sees a bear and talks about how it's lucky for the both of them that the bear didn't like his smell and then cuts to a shot of his rifle. Dat subtle sense of humor.

are there only two parts of "alone in the wilderness" on youtube?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3NRdZ8J24Q

Alright, just watched the documantary. And I must say, I'm impressed. Pic related, my face on some of the things he built (door hinges, lock, the way he added the chimney, his own tools).

>>35837
just google "alone in the wilderness mediafire" or something similar. Geez, is this the first time you pirate something?

>>35858
why would i do that if finding the video on youtube is faster?

but i asked if there were more parts because i'm not sure how long it is and i don't feel like looking it up.

but nevermind now.

>>35858
Use Kickasstorrents.com and uTorrent to DIY! ^_^

>>35798
Maybe, but Dick didn't have a trampoline for the floor of the 3rd story of his house. =)

>>35193
Hey guys, creator of the month wheel here. We could make room for more people, but if we remove someone, their fans will be angry, while you will be happy, and vice versa. So I was thinking, any potential pantheon member you would like to add should have certain days dedicated to them if they were not suggested during the creation of the original 12 months

>>36401
Sorry for derailing the thread a bit, but I have a suggestion about the calendar. For the months where we've combined two photos, adjust the hues on both so it's more clear they're grouped together. My edit can be used or you can do your own. Or you can ignore me. You're the master of this calendar.

This actually makes me wonder why someone like Ralph Waldo Emerson isn't in the pantheon (I think, I haven't really been keeping up). One of the things he was really into was self reliance.

>>36436
Can't we add Dick to the sixth month?

Also, I'd suggest switching Doc Brown with Victor F., it makes more sense

>>36594
There's a purpose to it. Every December, Frankenstein brings the board back to life in time for the new year.

>>36668
But what does Doc Brown have to do with Halloween?

>>36689
Apparently in one of the movies they go to October.

>>36401
How about removing some of the fictional, not real characters with the people who actually lived and accomplished things with their own two hands? I understand that some of the fictional characters we've seen growing up served as major influence for our own diy-ness, but the ratio should show more real people.

>>36781
Well, half of the months already feature real people.

>>36788
Exactly, it would make more sense to have more of a 3:1 ratio for real people to fiction

>>36401
Why is Troy Hurtubise not on there?

>>36436
Who is the blonde woman and the one with chest hair...?

Why not Cody Lundin? He made something similar in the Arizona desert. Doesn't live on the grid and has quite a stellar house, which he built into the side of a hill.

His house never deviates from the low 70s, no matter if it's summer or winter, because of it's design.

Pic related.

>>38480

>>It’s winter in the high desert as I write this, and last night the thermometer outside read 9 degrees F (minus 13 degrees C), a bit colder than typical and, ironically, part of the same storm system that left 500,000 people without power in the Midwest. Regardless of single-digit temperatures, my home remained a cozy 72 degrees F (22 degrees C), and it did so without using any conventional energy resources. I have no heating bills of any kind and I don’t burn wood.

Richard Proenneke couldn't hold Cody Lundin's jock strap.

>>38486
Don't go there, buddy.

Put the women in one space and add one category for manly/naturalsustainable /diy/ers.

>>38489

No, honestly, he could not. Lundin is infinitely better as a naturalist and outdoorsman. Lundin designed, built, and upgraded the house to take full advantage of mother nature. Proenneke had to continuously light fires to deal with the temperatures because he had no fucking concept of Solar South, trade winds, etc. He also built his house on a hillside overlooking a lake (real, real smart).

Again, Cody Lundin > Richard Proenneke

>>In the summertime, when outside temperatures hit triple digits, I enjoy inside temps in the high 70s (approximately 25 degrees C). I have no cooling bills of any kind. A simple roof overhang designed for my window height and latitude keeps the higher summer sun’s rays from hitting the stone floor. My windows and doors are situated to take advantage of the prevailing weather patterns and the cooler nighttime breezes. In fact, the entire front of the house is a huge parabola that acts as a scoop to harness the dominant southwestern weather systems for optimal natural free ventilation when required. Once again, thermal mass and insulation keep out hot temperatures while maintaining the cooler inside environment.

>>38498

Continued.

>>Although much of the time I use a small, two-burner, propane-fueled stove for cooking, my solar oven cooks everything from lentil soup to chocolate cake for free. Regardless of my frequent stove use, by paying attention to fuel consumption as outlined in the creative cooking chapter, I can make my barbeque grill-sized propane tank (twenty-pound cylinder) last more than a year and a half. And it costs less than thirteen dollars to fill.