I think I came up with a novel idea, the rocket mass forge. It is a combination of a side blast, side draft forge and a rocket mass heater. I can do my smithing and heat the garage at the same time! I built a side blast forge – one who puts air in from …
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Bella Cute of the week #5
I missed a week, again! Sorry about that. My dad had found this mirror at a garage sale. We put some short legs under it, and it’s one of her more-favorite toys! Photo taken by http://facebook.com/isiahxiongphotography..
Rocket heater moved into the garage
Tonight I moved my paint can rocket heater into the garage. I wanted to give it a try in a non-windy space. It set up surprisingly quick once I found the right height spacer to set it on, some weights. It did take two tries to light it, but I tried to light it with …
New Book Shelf Shelves
A long time ago, I had made some book shelf shelves out of cardboard so I could see more books on a shelf than normal. Today, I was cleaning up the garage and found some scrap wood so I made some more out of wood this time. No lights on this batch, but that can …
New House
Yesterday, I bought a house. Today, I am in Rhode Island and the Provodence Plantations on a business trip. Kinda makes it sound like buying a house is a trivial thing for me, doesn’t it? I made the offer back in February! The new place is a raised ranch with an english basement in Carpentersville …