I use an old Dodge truck radiator and a 12 volt Bilge pump to heat my broken Hot tub. It's much more soothing than the stupid Jaccuzzi jets, and the wood I burn is much cheaper than the electricity.
I use an old Dodge truck radiator and a 12 volt Bilge pump to heat my broken Hot tub. It's much more soothing than the stupid Jaccuzzi jets, and the wood I burn is much cheaper than the electricity.
"Evil triumphs when good men do nothing." - Edmund Burke [1729-1797]
Now that's some backwoods engineering. I like it!
Hey, that's really awesome! ++
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Have you thought about blueprinting the design and making it a pdf? I don't know anything about the legality of such a thing, but anywhere we can pinch a penny these days is a good thing. Imagine replacing the water heater in your home with one of these for taking showers, or nice long baths.
Good stuff. Thanks for gettin the old gears turnin!
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hmm.. the propane idea I don't like.. hard to make that on your own. I really like the wood idea though. I want to replace my hot water heater with solar, and/or something like this.
I complain about my $150 / month light bill but it could be much worse, when you consider the folks that have central heat and houses that look like the Vegas strip with all the lights.
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I agree with YCC on the propane. While it may be cheaper than the electric that it takes to run the tub, it kind of defeats the whole rustic and saving thingie that makes your first design attractive.
finally got me one of them digi-tell cam-e-ras
here's what i did with the one of my OLD USED welding glove
it's not pretty, but it's functional and if i ever lose it, it's only a $1 knife
put a bicycle tube around the sheath ( ala Pict ) so i can stuff more stuff in there
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there are two types of wild food enthusiasts,
one picks for enjoyment of adding something to a meal,
and the second is the person who lives mostly on ( wild ) edibles
Lydia
Looks great. Nice idea.
excellent re-use of worn out stuff. Nice job!
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a DIY tool pouch for my foraging stuff
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there are two types of wild food enthusiasts,
one picks for enjoyment of adding something to a meal,
and the second is the person who lives mostly on ( wild ) edibles
Lydia
i never did use the filing cabinet for my IMPROVISED food drying
first time doing bananas here, the apples i did before came out " crispy "
obviously, i won't be doing any mass drying here
i went to a $ store and picked up 100 wooden " skewers "
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there are two types of wild food enthusiasts,
one picks for enjoyment of adding something to a meal,
and the second is the person who lives mostly on ( wild ) edibles
Lydia
What kind of light fixture is that? That looks like a pretty neat rig.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. Helen Keller
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it's a stand up heater, i removed the front mesh guard and taped the safety switch permently on, when it's plugged in, it's on
i . . . . ah. . . . was on the computer too long and the bananas/apples kinda burned nearest the heat
i suppose if i babysat this and rotated it every now and then they may have come out better
i'll try again with some kind of screen/mesh and flip the bananas/apples every 5(?) minutes
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Knowledge without experience is just information
there are two types of wild food enthusiasts,
one picks for enjoyment of adding something to a meal,
and the second is the person who lives mostly on ( wild ) edibles
Lydia
It looks like they might be a little close to the heat source? Would raising the stand for the skewers higher help?
thanks for the update. Keep toying with it and i'm sure you'll figure out how to get it working. I still think that it's pretty neat!
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. Helen Keller
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Here is a simple mod turning trash into a useful BBQ grill. I call it the InHell Pentium, and it runs hot:
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"Evil triumphs when good men do nothing." - Edmund Burke [1729-1797]
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Knowledge without experience is just information
there are two types of wild food enthusiasts,
one picks for enjoyment of adding something to a meal,
and the second is the person who lives mostly on ( wild ) edibles
Lydia
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