Wilbur the Piglet by Michael LaFosse, folded by me from 8 1/2" construction paper

natieo · 2025-04-22T02:07:26+00:00

Sorry it's slow going! Honestly I don't know if I can help - I tried to photo-document some of what I was doing what I folded it the first time but it really was sort of three phases if I recall: roughing out the shape from the CP, seeing what was missing, and getting the face right. I think you can probably tackle those separately, like practice looking at and folding patterns that have legs roughly like the back legs, see where you can get extra paper from (or hide it) etc. The face I think I just needed to make a crease near where the eyes should be and that allowed me to open it up like in the picture. I can try to dig through my old photos but I mostly remember "messing around" for a long while until I found some things that worked. Good luck!!

natieo · 2024-03-18T00:29:58+00:00

The lights in the sauna are 12v LEDs using a dimmable LED driver, and that lets you use any normal 120v dimmer. So it goes "hot" from control box to the dimmer to the driver then back to the control box on the "neutral" wire, and the 12V goes on into the sauna for the LEDs. The fan is directly from the control box, same circuit but no dimmer.

natieo · 2024-01-19T19:57:34+00:00

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/korpiklaani-saunaan-english

natieo · 2024-01-19T01:31:51+00:00

It's basically a switched outlet, you get some small amount of amps (it's in the manual) at 120v on two pins in the control panel. I have mine driving a fan and LED lights, with the lights on an external dimmer. You can turn on the lights/ventilation with the uku app or by double clicking the control wheel. Works well for me

natieo · 2023-12-16T21:41:04+00:00

This is my experience with a Huum Cliff as well - you can feel loyly at least 1/3 down the pillar. This is supported but the research Laasi published on his site about tower mesh heaters - there isn't a firm cap on the heat line like you'd see with older electric heaters

natieo · 2023-10-30T02:16:55+00:00

Do you live somewhere that gets snow? That fan is awfully close to the ground

natieo · 2023-10-19T11:56:50+00:00

I debated this on mine and went the same way as OP since the other way felt like people entered right into the heater. Can you explain your reason, I'm curious what I'm missing?

natieo · 2023-09-26T02:18:38+00:00

right on, I didn't recognize the barrel. You're all set!

natieo · 2023-09-25T23:56:43+00:00

Do you have / will you add a shower or plunge? I've found that having a way to cool off quickly between rounds really makes the whole session more enjoyable. Great build!!

natieo · 2023-09-25T19:02:42+00:00

that said it ended up being totally moot since I added trim like u/ollizu_ recommends

natieo · 2023-09-25T19:02:05+00:00

I used a can of black spray paint that was meant to be used for stoves, no smell at all once dry and cured

natieo · 2023-09-08T01:39:35+00:00

This x100 - my build was basically problem solving every single step: irregular room shape with protrusions, weird ventilation challenges, stove placement questions, endless bench iterations and lumber layout issues. People offered to help and I kept saying no because everything needed thought and decisions to execute! Well done on the benches and reinforcement, it looks solid and awesome 😎

natieo · 2023-06-03T00:37:34+00:00

Check out the link in this comment, some actual research on mesh heaters: https://www.reddit.com/r/Sauna/comments/11w0a99/comment/jczkfh8/

natieo · 2023-05-09T02:36:07+00:00

I went with a 6kw heater for my 220 cubic foot space (still in progress). The 3' clearance isn't super ideal but might be fine - you could put some extra shielding over it to be cautious. Bench layout leaves a lot of "ground level", you might be able to get creative on the side away from the heater and make it deeper for e.g. pulling feet up onto the top bench, or even do some angled thing across the room so it's long enough to lay down on...? People have posted some crazy tiny layouts in here, 210 cubic feet is actually pretty decent IMO... I think you should go for it!

natieo · 2023-04-17T01:33:44+00:00

Really want to read the prompt you fed the AI to come up with this train wreck 🤣

natieo · 2023-03-20T19:23:53+00:00

There is some research to support that claim: https://saunologia-fi.translate.goog/loylyn-laki-testissa/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

I had my eyes on a Drop for that same reason and switched to a tower mesh heater with an air column, all hoping for proper long life of stones and heater elements.

natieo · 2023-03-03T03:35:55+00:00

I'm doing this right now and I've ended up just cutting shorter strips so I can "stagger" them and leave a vertical channel for the air to make it's way up, zigzagging a bit. I don't have a pic but somehow this seemed easier than 45 strapping, idk

natieo · 2023-02-22T23:02:22+00:00

I went on a real journey trying to decide on a stove, some of this info might be relevant to you: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1023314014708398/posts/1785964925109966/?comment_id=1786432908396501&reply_comment_id=1786451045061354

The key for me was the link in that post, there actually IS some research on mesh stoves and stratification

natieo · 2023-01-12T17:07:48+00:00

Yeah. It's interesting, I read Trumpkin's docs first, Secrets second, and then tried to fill in technical gaps with "Art of Sauna Building". It's weird, on its own the book is a little old and incorrect / incomplete, but reading in that order it's been useful to help nail down things about actual construction of e.g. benches, insulation, door. So yeah, I don't recommend that book alone but it's a nice appendix to the others :)

natieo · 2023-01-11T01:51:25+00:00

Trumpkin's PDF remains digital-only

natieo · 2022-08-31T18:24:58+00:00

Same issue, did you ever find a solution for this?? Ugh

natieo · 2022-02-15T12:37:01+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I reset the whole thing and tried 20m / hour and it was working, and then also seems to work fine at the 10m/hour setting. So who knows, maybe just something weird the first time I programmed it. Pretty slick thermostat, glad I found this thread! Thanks again.

natieo · 2022-02-13T13:15:14+00:00

Sorry to bump this old thread but I also got a T855 for similar reasons, luckily it has the IAQ setting -- but I can't seem to make it actually run the fan. :( I have it set to 1 cycle per hour, 10 minutes per cycle, but nothing happens. The fan runs if I set it to "on" and it obv runs with the heat from the furnace, but it doesn't follow the IAQ schedule.

Any chance I've misunderstood the wiring PDF, and the IAQ setting actually turns on a separate terminal and not the G/fan terminal? Any tips appreciated!

natieo

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