My MakerGear RepRap Prusa Mendal kit pieces all laid out nice and neat…
Winter Wonderland
Winter Wonderland
I woke up this morning to this view of my back yard. Such a winter wonderland!
Of course, that means the front yard looks like this… 6 inches of snow and a new snow berm at the end of the driveway.
It looks a tad snowed in…
All the trees are laden with snow.
I love the snow-tree tunnels that form on days like this.
The trucklet drove right out of the driveway with no problems.
The roads are clear. I only saw 1 spun out car in the ditch. Looked like a former unmarked police car.
The Rocket Mass Heater/Forge is again operational
I had picked up some black stove pipe last night so I could finish the heater tonight. I used the 55 gallon barrel my neighbor got for me. I assembled it tonight so I can measure the proper height for the heat riser. While it was assembled, I figured I ought to fire it up to test it. It smokes around the brickwork, but I kinda expected that as it's pretty much wide open with all the gaps. I will need to take it half apart to put in the full height heat riser and plug all the gaps somehow.
I cut two holes in the lid of the barrel.
The back hole is the exhaust side. The front tube is the heat riser. The curled bits help center the outer part of the heat riser.
The outer heat riser slips over the metal tabs.
The insulated heat riser. This is too short by about 1/3rd.
The space between the two are insulated. Perlite, ashes, coke, clinkers and a bit of wood ashes.
The Rocket Mass Heater running with an open hearth.
Smoke runs up the side of the barrel. I need to seal up the masonry.
The fire and smoke goes up the heat riser as it’s supposed to!
I helped a friend run Cat5 and Coax cable today
It's a bit weird cutting into other people's walls. I had to make sure I got enough stuff done on MY honey-do list yesterday before I could go work on someone's project.
We did good. Got the jacks done and it sounds like we may have even done it right!
I have some beans in my aquaponics system! I had planted these when I made a hot…
I have some beans in my aquaponics system! I had planted these when I made a hot compress a while back http://mike.creuzer.com/2011/12/i-cant-find-my-hot-compress-so-i-made-a-new-one.html
These where the black beans that I picked up off the floor when I was done. I just tossed them into my aquaponics and hoped they would sprout. They did. I now have beans.
I think this is pretty cool!
