Survival Fabrication: Making useful things

Liam, those hinges were really impressive. Every "cabin geek" I have talked to that have seen this film have commented on them.

I found a couple of pics of his cabin that I thought I'd share.
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Pict, that is a SCARY looking figure 4 trap! :eek:

-- FLIX
 
have you guys noticed that what you realy planing on doing is bring your home your civilization to the woods. In 5-10 years it would be as if none of you ever left the city in the first place. Something to think about............. Do you realy want to live in the woods?????????????

sasha
 
Hey Pict,

Thanks for getting back to me. I do have a couple more questions, though. (See pictures below).

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It seems that it could work this way, but I'd like to know if this is the way it is supposed to be.

Doc
 
Take a woman with you. Then you'll never be at a loss for something to make! She will think up all sorts of projects for you. Forget writing that book. :D

By the way, a big thanks to "pict" in Brazil for all those interesting pics. :thumbup:
 
loug said:
Any alternatives for table salt? We need it and can't live without it. What you going to do if its not available?
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Now days we don't think of it too often, but whole kingdoms used to go to war over the salt deposits.

Drink the blood of animals, Hickory roots are said to have some.

Lots of info at the Salt Institute
Here is a map of some North American salt places,
you can make the map bigger to see more easily.

Here is the salt page at answers.com
some interesting articles on the history of salt further down the page.
 
sasha said:
have you guys noticed that what you realy planing on doing is bring your home your civilization to the woods. In 5-10 years it would be as if none of you ever left the city in the first place. Something to think about............. Do you realy want to live in the woods?????????????

sasha
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Yes.

To me, that's the ultimate American Dream... to live quietly and comfortably, and deal with the general public and various bureaucracies, at my choosing.
 
Doc,

That second set of photos is a different trap with a simpler trigger mechanism. In the small trap the trigger bar is a simple stick that the bird perches on. The perch stick pokes through the bars on the end and holds the end of a toggle release under tension. When the bird lands on the perch it pushes the perch stick down and releases the toggle, attached to the lid with a string.

The guys who made these traps made their living catching wild song birds. The practice is now illegal in Brazil but you would never know it. They had a flywheel drill set up to make holes in wood and they made all their own traps and cages.

A friend of mine had to do a living history project for the Federal University and she asked me if I would introduce her to some of my "people". We spent a few hours with these guys and took alot of photos and recorded the conversations. It was a very intresting day. Mac
 
Thanks for the clarification, Mac, I appreciate it.

After you posted the Arapuca, the first time , I set one up on my balcony and it worked like a charm. Lucky for the little bird I wasn't hungry or interested in selling him (and he did get to eat well :) {the bait])

I really like the trigger mechanism of the Arapuca. Easy to set up and very sensitive.

A buddy of mine also used it to catch a squirrel, and it worked just as well.

Doc
 
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