Simple modifications to common items

[Badawg]

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.

[crashdive123]

Now that's some backwoods engineering. I like it!

[your_comforting_company]

Hey, that's really awesome! ++

[Badawg]

Hey, that's really awesome! ++

Thanks! It's now version 2.2 and uses real rubber hoses instead of the PVC. That way you can get the fire farther away.

[your_comforting_company]

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!

[Badawg]

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!

I would, but I kinda stole it myself... Working on a portable propane fired version though...

[your_comforting_company]

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.

[crashdive123]

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.

[Canadian-guerilla]

so i've had a pair of welding gloves sitting around for a few years now

similar to
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and i got to thinking, there's some nice leather there, so here's what i did with one of them

took some scissors and cut a line down between each of the fingers right to the end
and i'm in the process of making 4 makeshift sheaths for smaller knives
the top of each " finger strip " will be used for a belt loop

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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[crashdive123]

Looks great. Nice idea.

[your_comforting_company]

excellent re-use of worn out stuff. Nice job!

[Canadian-guerilla]

a DIY tool pouch for my foraging stuff

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[Canadian-guerilla]

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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[your_comforting_company]

What kind of light fixture is that? That looks like a pretty neat rig.

[Canadian-guerilla]

What kind of light fixture is that? That looks like a pretty neat rig.

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

[crashdive123]

It looks like they might be a little close to the heat source? Would raising the stand for the skewers higher help?

[your_comforting_company]

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!

[Badawg]

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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[justin_baker]

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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I am actually going to do this. I have a very sharp knife and no sheath and some old gloves.

[Canadian-guerilla]

I am actually going to do this. I have a very sharp knife and no sheath and some old gloves.

what i didn't show is that i made a " slide-in " blade holder out of plastic

something that will guide the blade tip to the bottom of the sheath without catching fabric