Some heat generation numbers for a day that’s ~10 degrees F outside, 25 degrees in my uninsulated garage: Full overcast but bright – 40 degree air coming out of the panel (+15) Partial sun, enough for shadows – 60 degree air coming out of the panel (+35) Full sun, 90+ degree air coming out of …
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A good friend gave me a UNiMAT SL1000 lathe this weekend
The machine is older than me, but appears to be a later model in this production run judging from the color. I have found one broken part, the capture nut to hold down the tooling block. Now I need to get the rest of the tools needed to use this correctly and learn how to …
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My wife now has a blog
She is blogging her cooking. This is one of the recipes she's blogged about already. Creuzer’s Kitchen: The Best Spagetti Sauce I got this recipe from a friend, CVS ( not the store). Before I always used canned spaghetti sauce. .84c a can was worth not making it. Until he came over and made this!! …
Winter has arrived.
Winter has arrived. In album Sun Yesterday Snow Today View this post on Google+ .
I went home during lunch so I could see what my Solar Hot Air panel on my garage…
I went home during lunch so I could see what my Solar Hot Air panel on my garage was doing. The indoor/outdoor thermometer I put into the panel died today, and putting in new batteries didn't help. I had to scrounge around for another thermometer and found a candy thermometer in the kitchen. I put …
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