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Burning Man 2011
The theme to Burning Man this year was “Rites of Passage” which makes me think of a test of the human character. The theme lived up to its name. The ship ran great in Portland. We actually drove it...
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Boca Bearing
The Pirate Ship needs your help. There is a competition but on by Boca Bearing in which we could win $10,000. We need you to vote for the ship. Please go to the link and click the Vote button. VOTE...
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Building the Mast.
The Mast of the Pirate ship is an Art Piece on its own. One thing we would like to do is make a stand alone base that would allow us to bring the mast to smaller events. We’ve been developing software...
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Popular Mechanics
The Pirate ship is in Popular Mechanics!! http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/extreme-machines/10-wild-art-cars-from-burning-man?src=soc_fcbk#slide-4
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Maker Faire 2012
Maker Faire 2012 was a huge success We spent a bit of time making a nice display; we brought the ship steering wheel with all the gears and two hydraulic rams to demonstrate how the ship turns. We sold...
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Flat Rat Studios
It has been far too long between posts and a lot has been going on. The biggest change has been I have moved. My shop is now at “Flat Rat Studios”, which I have founded with 7 other artists. We got the...
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We’ve been busy getting the ship ready for the Playa. We’ve solved the hydraulic problem we had in 2011, it appears that the pump was oversized and was leading to difficult to diagnose problems (some...
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Spider Coupler
Between the Pirate Ship’s engine and its hydraulic pump is a device called a “spider coupler” There is a rubber element (that looks like a 6 legged spider) that connects the two shafts of the motor...
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Burning Man 2013
First, thank you for helping get the ship to Burning Man. It was a great year on the Playa. A quick recap of the ship’s history on the playa: 2010, first year out, the ship drove painfully slow due to...
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The Guardian
A photo of the C.S. Tere was in the Guardian this week: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/jul/23/burning-man-art-fire-in-pictures#img-9 This is for a new book released by Neil K....
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