| Those with alternative sources of shelter, water, food and energy are less controlled by the surrounding politics and economy. A sustainable infrastructure in your backyard can protect your future, reduce dependencies and living expenses, and help others in need. | . | |||||
| Readers must use their own best judgment in duplicating or depending upon, any of these projects. | ||||||
| # | Title | Comment | ||||
| 13060 | The Outlaw Universe | The message from Creation | ||||
| 13063 | The Christian Culture | |||||
| 13050 | Outreach Culture | |||||
| Tools For Sharing | ||||||
| STRUCTURES | ||||||
| 01010 | Any-stick dome | A dome from junk | ||||
| 01020 | Durable covering cheap,long lasting | Document condensed to a single page | ||||
| 01040 | Bolt-together frames | Basics of building and covering bolt-together frames | ||||
| 01080 | Dome, 16’8” diameter 210 sq.ft. | Includes parabolic expansion and dome windows | ||||
| 01330 | Parabolic, 28’ 14’ high, 615 sq. ft. | Central structure at an off-grid encampment | ||||
| 01300 | Low profile domes 24 ft dia., | 450 sq.ft; height=radius/2 | ||||
| 01210 | Dome Worksheet | Add radius and chord factors to calculate any size dome | ||||
| 01375 | Wired tubes Minimum tooling | Build structures out of tube & wire with hacksaw & pliers | s | |||
| Wire structures | ||||||
| 01510 | 7’6” wire shelter frame ht.=rad./2 | Dome frame weighs 8.5 lbs. Covered frame weighs 24 lbs. | ||||
| 01520 | The Cozy 7-1/2 diameter shelter | Includes a stove built into the floor. One-page format | ||||
| 01630 | Oval wire dome, 10x20x2.5 | A complex disaster – but an interesting story (carport) | ||||
| Other shapes | ||||||
| 01660 | Hyperboloid | A graceful tube shape, posing with other wire structures | ||||
| 01690 | Hyperbolic paraboloid | A strong and graceful roof structure | ||||
| 01700 | Trihyperbolicparaboloid | Hexagonal roof form supported on three posts | ||||
| 01810 | Decks from scraps | Use short pieces of recycled material to span large areas | ||||
| 01830 | Hex8: Wooden structure | Hexagonal office space with sleeping loft, 8 ft. diameter | ||||
| 01840 | Hex12 Wooden structure | Hexagonal building with upstairs desk, 12’ diameter | ||||
| 01900 | Earth materials | A few more tips on what not to try | ||||
| WATER | ||||||
| 02010 | Water intro | Things to keep in mind.Plastic/earth bag storage.1Pg | ||||
| 02040 | A 30 gallon tank | A clean trash can can be an economical tank’ | ||||
| 02100 | Stills | One means of purifying water | ||||
| 02120 | Well pumps | Some of my semi-successful DIY attempts | ||||
| 02130 | Cistern pump | Creative improvements applied in a developing nation | ||||
| 02160 | Cistern under garden (theory) | Developing a complete sustainable food+water system | ||||
| 02170 | Wells | Boring shallow wells from commonly available hardware | ||||
| 03010 | FOOD | |||||
| 03230 | High density garden | Gardening techniques that can multiply productivity | ||||
| 03050 | Water saving gardens | Build a remote garden supplied by water that can be hauled | ||||
| 03080 | One Day Garden Sustainable food | Don’t hoard; plant a small garden each day | ||||
| 03040 | Trench format garden | |||||
| 03310 | Butt Cart – and other accessories | |||||
| FIRE | ||||||
| 05005 | Keeping warm | Structure features that can reduce the energy needed | ||||
| 05030 | Using wood stoves | Important installation considerations | ||||
| 05040 | Basic stove | Cheap to build, highly efficient, eco-friendly | ||||
| 05045 | Dome flue exit Graphic | http://technosmith.com/contents/05045-dome flue exit.JPG | ||||
| 05050 | The Dragon Under $40 in 2022 | A small, cheap high-efficiency wood stove | ||||
| 05060 | Small boiler | Attached to “Dragon” to heat water and produce steam | ||||
| 05080 | Stove with reflector | Great for heating patio area | ||||
| 05100 | Retrofit wood stove | Efficient, clean, installed in existing fireplace | ||||
| 05110 | Small forced air heater | Shroud a “Basic stove” and force air through it | ||||
| 05120 | Prunings burner.pdf | Clean efficient disposal of orchard waste | ||||
| 05140 | Rammed Earth Stove | Build from highly compressed earth with tiny % cement | ||||
| 05150 | Cottage kiln | Wood fired production of art and utility objects | ||||
| COOKING | ||||||
| 05200 | Why a cook stove out of mud | Fuel efficient, smokeless solution to primitive kitchens | ||||
| 05210 | Small stove carved into the earth | “little mud” | ||||
| 05225 | Backyard stove | Cook outdoors during the summer | ||||
| 05230 | StoveTopOven | Invented to cook a girlfriend’s birthday cake | ||||
| 05240 | Cook stove from a scrap of pipe | You can’t make an efficient stove more easily than this | ||||
| 05250 | Cardboard cooker solar power | An easy and cheap way to “crock pot” anything | ||||
| MORE ENERGY | ||||||
| 04010 | Lighting | How light is used greatly affects the amount needed | ||||
| 04030 | Electrical | There are more ways to do this than most realize | ||||
| 05300 | Introduction to solar | There are more options in solar than most realize | ||||
| 05340 | SolarHeatedAir | Greatly increase efficiency of solar heated air | ||||
| 05350 | Solar Hot Water | Economical way to heat your above ground pool | ||||
| 05360 | Heliostat | A high-tech device with many possibilities | ||||
| 05380 | Wind | Generally inconsistent and seasonal, but great in places | ||||
| MANIPULATING ENERGY | ||||||
| 05410 | The Energy Tree | Opportunities and pitfalls | ||||
| 05415 | Perpetual motion of fools | Fun projects for those who love to fail | ||||
| 05420 | Reality for the masses | If you have dumb friends, this helps you recognize them | ||||
| 05430 | StoringEnergy | There are more ways to do this than you might think | ||||
| 05450 | Pumping heat | Using mechanical energy you can make hot or cold | ||||
| 05470 | Energy systems | Managing of energy sources, storage, and conversion | ||||
| 05480 | Heat powered engines | Converting thermal energy into mechanical energy | ||||
| See 05060-Small Boiler | Attachment to dragon for heating water or making steam | |||||
| 05500 | 2 cyl steam engine 3 moving parts | I made this public domain so no one could patent it | ||||
| 05510 | Stirling | World’s most efficient engine was invented by a minister | ||||
| 05520 | Check Valve Power | Concept engine – also intentionally in the public domain | ||||
| 05525 | Stirling data table | Calculates available outputs under various conditions | ||||
| 05530 | Wet Stirling | Yet another creative way to create mechanical energy | ||||
| 05540 | Odd engines | Creative applications from simple physics | ||||
| 05560 | Jet engine in my house | Another don’t anyone (else) try this at home story | ||||
| 05600 | Refrigeration | Various ways to cool things | ||||
| 05620 | Linked Stirling | Yet another way to pump heat | ||||
| 05630 | Storing cool | More refrigeration basics | ||||
| 05650 | Ice chest air | Forced air cooling invented during an emergency | ||||
| 05660 | The Cool Earth | |||||
| TRANSPORTATION | ||||||
| 06000 | Transportation | Avoiding petroleum and expenses relating to cars | ||||
| 06010 | Recycling cart | A stronger, larger and legal alternative to grocery carts | ||||
| 06030 | MobileHomeless | Made for a homeless friend who lived in it for 5 years | ||||
| 06040 | Folding bike graphic | Needed a compact bike to store under my desk at work | ||||
| 06050 | Compact bike graphic | For awhile I had a $100 bounty on the first one to ride it. | ||||
| 6060 | Bike in Berkeley video – .avi | My friends in Berkeley couldn’t figure it out either | ||||
| HEALTH | ||||||
| 08020 | Bath pan | Cheap, lightweight, answer to bathing, or laundry | ||||
| 08040 | 6” auger | Use for well or toilet pit | ||||
| 08050 | 8” auger | Use for toilet pit or well | ||||
| 08070 | Off Grid Toilets | A radical sanitation improvement over existing practices | ||||
| 08110 | Low tech composting toilet | A clean and simple solution to a need we all have | ||||
| MORE | ||||||
| 09010 | Home sheetmetal basics | Simple techniques to equip you to solve many problems | ||||
| 09020 | More techniques and theories | Some things appear impossible – until you try them | ||||
| 12210 | One Page Summaries | Single page summaries of forty five technologies | ||||
| LIFESTYLES | ||||||
| 13040 | The Jesus Camp | technosmith.com/contents/13040-jesus camp.pdf | ||||
| 11010 | Portable cottage | Montana de oro | ||||
| 11020 | How to sleep in your garden | 8’ diameter 50+ square foot dwelling within a garden | ||||
| 11925 | 12ft garden home | 12’ diameter 100+ square foot dwelling within a garden | ||||
| 11030 | Context of ministry | Living a life that makes sense | ||||
| 11530 | Liability form – initial draft | This is only a draft; has not been reviewed by a lawyer | ||||
| PRESENTATIONS & MISC | ||||||
| 11510 | Changes – graphic | |||||
| 12530 | Homeless action items | power point presentation | ||||
| 13090 | American Preppers | A history of American Prepper mentality | ||||
| 13120 | Poetry that happened | Stories from life, expressed in poetic format | ||||
| 13020 | You Can't Prove Me Wrong | QUANTUM PHYSICS THEORIES | ||||
| 13100 | Candor An off-grid adventure novel | – Free read and download | ||||
| 13420 | Adventures Have you ever….? | Personal resume including 50ft waves, motorcycles, war,wild dogs, demons, rattlesnake, bears, survival ordeals, ...etc … | ||||
| BIBLE THEMES | ||||||
| 13130 | A Modern Bible Translation (ASV) | A free download of the entire Bible in public domain | ||||
| 13150 | Revelation Commentary | Revelation, as explained only by other verses | ||||
| 13330 | Revelation 12 Commentary | |||||
| 13210 | Event Matrix .pdf format | A spreadsheet relating end-times subjects to Bible references | ||||
| 13311 | End Times Subjects | |||||
| 13062 | Making sense of history | |||||
| 13064 | Making sense of the future | |||||
| 13200 | Approaching Final Days | |||||
| 13065 | The Rogue Empire The end game | The final 3-1/2 years | ||||
| BOOKS IN PRINT | ||||||
| 13530 | + | Expatriates of Babylon | Part one of a fiction trilogy. A resourceful individual winds up homeless following a layoff. He develops a new quality of life for street survival and interfacing with society. Expatriates of Babylon | |||
| 13540 | Arland | Part two of trilogy; Modified biosphere technology begins to grow locally sustainable communities in Arizona deserts. Sample, first seven pages | ||||
| 13550 | The Livewood | Part three of trilogy. A rebellious student finds his path in a project to develop space colonies. Livewood Discription | ||||
| 13560 | Surviving the Streets and Future: | This is a hard copy compendium of the technical section of my web page. Most of its projects and many more are available for free at technosmith.com | ||||
| 13570 | Journeys of the Heart: | Nonfiction poetry that is born of real life experiences. This is followed by a series of true stories of adventures that inspired the poetry. | ||||
| 13580 | Avoiding Deception | Exposes corruption in the early church and today, as revealed by the Bible. | ||||