Mad Idea...

[Wayland]

This is a Mad Idea that has taken form...

The snow block cutter / mould / kitchen / windbreak.

It is one of those crazy ideas I wake up with occasionally but I thought this one might have wings.

It’s primary purpose is to push into wind compacted snow to cut blocks for building an igloo. If good snow conditions are not available, loose snow can be shovelled into it and compacted to serve the purpose instead.

It’s secondary purpose when not being used for that is to act as a kitchen base to stop the stoves melting into the snow.

It will fit in the big duffel bags with kit packed inside it, taking little space for itself.

Tipping the scales at 1.33 kg it is not insignificant but, as an experiment, I hope it will prove worth it’s weight.

 

[Tony]

Sounds like a very universal useful bit of kit the beauty of it is that you can refine it over time if need be, it will end up the multitool of the arctic!

 

[lostplanet]

Can't see the pic boss .

 

[Wayland]

The picture is hosted on my website. If your browser is set to block http content you will not be able to see it.

Nothing I can do about that without spending lots of money.

 

[Wayland]

Sounds like a very universal useful bit of kit the beauty of it is that you can refine it over time if need be, it will end up the multitool of the arctic!

It’s already. Giving me a lot of new ideas.

I suspect we won’t know the full potential until it’s been in use for a while.

 

[lostplanet]

imgur?

 

[Wayland]

I have used the same system for many years. All my content is hosted on my own web sites, safely and securely. Literally thousands of pictures.

The fact that some browsers have changed their default settings and people cannot be bothered to change them back is not a problem that I am prepared to expend time and money to fix.

 

[C_Claycomb]

If you want to view Gary's pictures it appears that Firefox and Internet Explorer still have their default setting to allow non-secure content (http) to be loaded on secure pages (https).

In Chrome, if you want to view the pictures, go to the left end of the URL bar, left click the padlock symbol, left click Site Settings, scroll down to Insecure Content (near the bottom of the list) and Allow.

Although I am reasonably tech savvy, it still took me about half an hour to find those particular settings. Searching for an answer is not so easy because most people are concerned with securing sites and browsing, not making it less secure, so you have to search very specifically.

 

[Wayland]

Thing is my sites collect no data so do not need to be "Secure" which would cost me hundreds more every year.

 

[Wayland]

It never does any harm to consider other opinions.

So many people have said I should have put handles on this that I changed my mind and added some. For the very few grams they weigh they cannot do any harm.

I’m also showing here another way it could be used. As a wind break with a handy shelf over the cooking area.

That would mean using my fire grill to stop the stoves melting down into the snow but no harm there.

 

[Nice65]

Pics show fine using Safari on iPad. Maybe it’s because it’s more media friendly?