[QUOTE=your_comforting_company;175968] voila, now you have a balaclava thing.. I'll call it a scarf cuz i'm a redneck and have no idea how to pronounce balaclava.
Put Snot rag on the front and you got a Dickey.
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[QUOTE=your_comforting_company;175968] voila, now you have a balaclava thing.. I'll call it a scarf cuz i'm a redneck and have no idea how to pronounce balaclava.
Put Snot rag on the front and you got a Dickey.
there won't be any of those anywhere near my face... :banana::censored:HAR HAR HAR.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sourdough
I dunno rick.. I'm not all that savvy with sewing anything other than skin lol...
the "knit" weave is all wavy and looped and a whole bunch of stuff I don't understand so I just can't say.
Whenever I got some spare time, I'll give it a go, unless someone beats me to it (please!) I got a lot of projects going!
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Originally Posted by bulrush
Is there a reason you chose powder over paint?
I was looking at this site:
http://www.4physics.com/catalog/prod...roducts_id/407
Is this different than what you are talking about and would you mind show the area illuminated by the flashlight when the glow in the dark is being used.
i had an old maglite lying around that didn't work and made one of these. I can't get it to work. Tried tinder fungus and charcloth. Nothing!Quote:
Originally Posted by hunter63
so i've had a pair of welding gloves sitting around for a few years now
similar to
http://nistools.com/images/WELDING%20GLOVE.jpg
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
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Originally Posted by Canadian-guerilla
Noooooooooo, Ahhhhhhhh, now that hurts...Ahhhhhhhh....you know how much those cost!
Man, I thought it was a hernia. I stop. I look. I price. I keep on walking.
I would gladly have made those little sheaths for those gloves, bought some even.:drool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
I have some extras you need a pair be happy to send one your way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ole WV Coot
my weekend project
trying to make a food dryer from a 2 drawer filing cabinet
stick a heater in the bottom drawer
and maybe an upsidedown strainer/sieve on the top drawer
i'll try something simple like banana slices and apple slices
http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/...-2-drawers.jpg http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA280_.jpg
That's a good idea! I like to recyle things too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Canadian-guerilla
If you lived in the southwest you could probably just paint it black and put it in the sun. You could also make a solar oven or a smoker out of it.
I don't think you need a circular strainer like that. All you would really need to do is elevate a flat wire rack in the top drawer. The hot air from the lower drawer will flow up both sides and the back of the top drawer. You might need some small holes in the sides at the bottom and some around the top. That would set an air flow, which you will want. Drill some holes in the top shelf and the air should draw in the bottom (drilled holes) and out the top (drilled holes).
Just thinking out loud. It should work very well I would think.
Something like this but rectangular?
http://microwaveglasstrays.com/shop/.../R1870rack.jpg
I tried that once (make a knife sheath) with a old baseball Glove,, had the stitching there too,, but alas, I have ZERO talent for making such things and i screwed it up, (cut wrong) but the leather was real good :)Quote:
Originally Posted by hunter63
i don't have anything wire meshy at my place
was gonna get a strainer from my sister for practice
maybe i'll stop by the hardware store and see what they have for wire mesh
might start with 20 banana slices and take 2 out every 30 minutes to check on progress
my end goal is to make something that's portable
that i can take out with me in the bush for the day
a DIY solar food dryer maybe the size of a briefcase
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Originally Posted by hunter63
the pic i used was not my welding gloves, just something from google images
the welding gloves i have/had were given to me a few years ago
and had definitely seen better days
Check a second hand store like Goodwill. I've seen the stainless steel baking racks in several of them.
Rather than a rack or strainer, you might try drilling a line of holes on either side of the top drawer and then lace an unshielded wire through the holes, making your own rack. Wooden dowels would probably work too, but covering them with foil to keep from the porous wood from soaking up the juices.
Thanks you, now I can breath again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Canadian-guerilla
Have several pair, for wood stove stuff, camp fire stuff, working with metal, and a real thick foundry pair when I'm pouring lead bullets and round balls.
Funny part is, SIL worked in a foundey had all kinds of them, used them for every thing, then tossed them.
Could'a killed him.......he does'nt work there any more and now wishes that he had a couple of pairs.
I have no problem reusing leather or most anything else, but I did almost choke when you posted that pic of a new pair......Whew!
i have one of those folding colanders in my kit that i like to take out with me. i find it usefull for steaming [it fits just inside my small cookpot and clears the lid] and i figured that it couldn't hurt to have something parabolic.
Last year I ordered a pair of shoes from Land's End but they turned out to run really big--almost a size bigger than I usually wear.
Well, since they were on a great sale, ($15) waterproof, and seemed generally well made, I decided to keep them and just use good cushy inserts for the right fit.
They were indestructible under nasty conditions, easy to get in and out off (airport sec.) and without inserts, I could wear them with bulky wool ski socks.
Well, the shoes turned out to be even more useful than I thought when I sprained my ankle a few days ago and needed something that would fit over an Ace bandage. I just took the insert out, didn't zip the top and could get around wearing something safe and sturdy that didn't draw attention to itself.
This made me think that it would be good idea in general to own a pair of shoes in a larger size just for this purpose. Or for the BOB.
And the best part? You can use the inserts to make camp sandals:
http://www.trailquest.net/sandals.html
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.
Now that's some backwoods engineering. I like it!
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by 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!
I would, but I kinda stole it myself... Working on a portable propane fired version though...Quote:
Originally Posted by 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.
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.
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Originally Posted by Canadian-guerilla
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
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22.../DIYsheath.jpg
Looks great. Nice idea.
excellent re-use of worn out stuff. Nice job!
a DIY tool pouch for my foraging stuff
http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/...les1/pouch.jpg
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 "
http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/...s1/drying1.jpg
http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/...s1/drying2.jpg
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 onQuote:
Originally Posted by your_comforting_company
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
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!
Here is a simple mod turning trash into a useful BBQ grill. I call it the InHell Pentium, and it runs hot:
http://i44.tinypic.com/zj9lc3.jpg
I am actually going to do this. I have a very sharp knife and no sheath and some old gloves.Quote:
Originally Posted by Canadian-guerilla
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Originally Posted by justin_baker
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