cabinlab

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Funding Links: https://github.com/sponsors/cabinlab

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After getting a taste of Alaska as a kid, I moved back in 2014, loaded up a canoe with gear, and paddled 5 days into the wilderness. From 2x 7W solar panels, and no motors other than a chainsaw, I built a log cabin for under $125, got certified as a satellite internet installer to set up my internet connection, created and produced a TV series, scaled up to 1kW of solar, won a lottery to select land in the shadow of Denali, and started work on my simple boreal paradise.
My project is called Cabinlab to give an idea of what I'm working on:

Designing and building log cabins with inexpensive methods not requiring massive equipment
DIY Power Grid
DIY Communications (LoRa, satellite, 4/5g, etc.)
Custom camera gear for filming in extreme cold
Home automation to optimize efficiency
Web development and self-hosted services
Video production & content creation

The mediums I work with are primarily:

Wood - spruce, birch, tamarack)
Snow - tracked vehicles inluding Suzuki Carry mini trucks and super-wide track snowmobiles
Water - yes, I already said snow, which is made from water! The other half of my year is spent using and customizing boats
Arduino - ESP32, ESP8266)
Digital - Fusion360, Adobe Premiere, VSCode
Plastic - Design and FDM printing with advanced engineering polymers to handle extreme cold (up to -60°F)

Sponsorship is important because my projects are all experiments. Experiments take iterations, improvements, and failures. All of those things increase expenses. At the same time, my living laboratory is hours from the nearest road, and there are not a lot of possibilities for local work. I'm not complaining; I chose this life in this place, happily. But it is also my belief that living in a harsh climate means I can develop projects that are easier for you to accomplish in more reasonable places.
♥ Andrew

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