I made a fire steel. A friend came over and he worked on a small hatchet from an old hammer. He also helped my eldest start a fire with a Ferro Rod. Her first fire. She was struggling, but pushed through the frustration, and succeeded! In album 8/14/16 View this post on Google+
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My wife and old man conspired to get me a birthday present
Picked it up today. It's staying at my folks for a while yet until I have room to bring it back. I can't find a name on it, just the number 100. It is missing the leather drive belt, probably eaten by mice. Once I cleaned the mouse nest out of the blower, everything seems …
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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 …
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New Barrel for Rocket Mass Heater/Forge
I got a new barrel for my Rocket Mass Heater/Forge (RMH/F) from my neighbor. The new barrel is over 10 times bigger then the old one. This should give me a performance improvement. The current barrel is too small to work, really. There is no room for the insulated heat riser they need to work. …
I tried working on the gas forge tonight
Broke lots of things and didn't get a forge that worked very well. Just not enough heat. I did run the rocket mass forge even though it's burnt out inside. Going to make a mess to clean up later in the ducts but I got the garage up to 57 again tonight. T-Shirt warm! I …