Kinky Crafter Podcast

Classes and shopping and scenes. What a day.

KinkyCrafter 20080523 - First full day at Shibaricon [ 3:13 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (666)

Woot! Made it up to Shibaricon in one pice. Long drive, but I’m happy to be here.

KinkyCrafter 20080522 - Shibaricon FTW [ 1:03 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (621)

Quick review of how things are going and some stats before I head off to bed and then up to Shibaricon. 🙂

KinkyCrafter 20080521 - State of the podcast [ 5:15 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1884)

All my bags are packed and I’m ready to go…

KinkyCrafter 20080520 - Packing and prep [ 1:54 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1604)

I tend to take everything but the kitchen sink with me when I pack. This makes preparation fun.

KinkyCrafter 20080519 - Shibaricon prep [ 1:27 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (907)

Went to a board discussion meeting today, and am considering volunteering to help out with some things for the local educational group.

KinkyCrafter 20080518 - Volunteering [ 1:24 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1270)

Had an ok night out. Socializing, hanging out with friends, etc. but no playing. I did manage to meet a couple that’s driving up to Shibaricon that was interested in carpooling though, so that was good news.
Also I received my first listener email from someone that saw a message of mine about the podcast on the Shibaricon yahoo group and checked it out.

KinkyCrafter 20080517 - Social night at the club [ 2:55 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1520)

Had a great night at a local club. I got to use their bondage table for some fun sensation play.

KinkyCrafter 20080516 - Fun with a bondage table [ 3:42 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1477)

Warning: Suspension of any kind is inherently dangerous, and should not be attempted by anyone without proper training and supervision, and equipment used should be thoroughly inspected and tested prior to use.

While the legs may look thin, this portable steel suspension frame was made from 1″ square steel tubing with 1/8″ thick walls, available in 20′ sections from your local steel yard, and is sturdy enough for me at 260lb to bounce up and down on as hard as I could without bending or breaking. It’s probably worth the extra few bucks to get the steel tubing cut to size when you get it. Each leg is made from 3 segments and is approximately 9′ long, with a .5′ section welded to the top plate. Each of the segments is connected to the segment above it with a 1′ long piece of solid steel 5/8″ bar stock. The bar stock sits on top of a nut and bolt in a hole 6′ from the top of the segment and is held in place by gravity and friction. At the foot of the bottom sections, two holes were drilled for a U bolt that holds a large carabiner in place. Heavy braided nylon rope is used to prevent the feet of the legs from spreading. The feet are in an equilateral triangle with 10′ sides. The central segment of one of the legs has two holes drilled in it so that the winch can be mounted to it. After the frame is set up and the legs are secured together, the winch is bolted into place, a first pulley is hooked into the top eye bolt along with the end of the steel cable. The second pulley is used for connecting to the load. Pieces of thick plastic, a cut up cat litter lid in this case, are put under the feet so that they don’t dig in, scratch up, etc. whatever surface you’re using.

The only part I was unable to make myself was the top segment. Unless you are very experienced in welding, I would advise cutting the pieces you need at the appropriate angles and visiting a machine shop that does welding. They should have a small thick piece of steel plate lying around, and should be able to make the few welds required fairly cheaply, and cleanly. Mine is a little messy because a friend with some experience stick welding helped me make it in a few minuets. Needless to say, I thoroughly tested the welds before I used the rig. I was able to drill the hole for the eye bolt. To drill the hole through the steel plate, I locked it down in my bench vice, then drilled it with successively larger diameter drill bits. The large ones are a pain, because they start skipping around. If you can, get the machine shop to drill the holes for you too. It’s worth saving the aggravation. As an aside, if while you’re getting supplies tell them it’s for a tripod for cooking over a fire. Since everything is steel, it could actually be used for this. Ideally I should be upgrading to a drop forged eye bolt as soon as I get by the local steel yard. I’ve used the open eye bolt pictured after thorough testing, but for my own piece of mind, I like going with overkill on anything where someone’s life is potentially on the line.

That’s about it really. Feel free to contact me with any questions that you have at evan@kinkycrafter.com.

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KinkyCrafter 20080515 - Portable suspension frame [ 23:50 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1054)

Blerg.

KinkyCrafter 20080514 - Under the weather [ 0:52 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (817)

Tonight I went to the local educational group meeting where the candidates for the upcoming board elections discused their viewpoints, qualifications, etc. Afterwards I came home and finally fixed all the bootloaders on my computer, so linux and windows are playing nice.

KinkyCrafter 20080513 - Leadership and backup boot sectors [ 3:17 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (824)

The desktop computer is back up and running, better than ever, and is now primarily a linux machine. 🙂 This makes me happy.

KinkyCrafter 20080512 - It's alive [ 5:34 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1150)

Playing with new linux distributions is fun, but dangerous.

KinkyCrafter 20080511 - Corrupted MBRs and computer woes [ 2:39 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (478)

Went to see Speed Racer with some friends today. It was much better than I was expecting. Afterwards we went out for some of the best sushi I think I’ve ever had. Then it was off to a club for hanging out and playing.

KinkyCrafter 20080510 - Speed Racer, Sushi, and Flogging [ 2:59 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (10)

So I just got back from the club, and boy is my arm tired. Had a fun flogging scene, and got to see a friend at the club for their first time.

KinkyCrafter 20080509 - Yay Friday [ 3:49 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1788)

Sick today, but had to go to work anyway. :(  On the up side, feeling better and looking forward to the weekend.

KinkyCrafter 20080508 - Braaaains [ 2:16 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1711)