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I found that a flux core wire fed arc welder is a good choice with which to learn. Of course, I shouldnt be saying that as my welds remind me of splattered spotted bird poop! Well, sometimes I get it right, and so will you!

Thanks, Joel_BC - lets see if I can do this:

I just came across this thread. Its a bit late, but what the heck! I am interested in making my own wood burning heater/stove. The one in this picture is one I made from an old propane tank. I lined the bottom of it with an adobe/cement mixture, and it has lasted me two years, so far, and it...

Ill bet you already have brake drums on the trailer. One axle will have a simple flange on each end where the wheels will bolt, but the other axle will have a brake drum where the wheels bolt to easy enough to check just by taking the tires off and looking. You will need a dry-cell battery to...

From one blind squirrel to another, thank you!:frow

:) Ya - its like a little bell going of in my head! :woot And you never know what will cause it. FarmerJamie was more helpful than he knew!

Now that is a true shame! Some people do tend to blunder into projects without considering the damage they can do. But to over react and start making parental laws to govern all activity is another shame! But this leads to another discussion You wrote, sweet cold water springs which...

I may be just paranoid over the springs water source, but if it is from a fracture in the covering over the aquifer, then I could cause the spring to disappear, but if it is just an exposed area of the aquifer itself, then I figure it will be safe to do some heavy digging. It sounds like you...

You have already helped. Through you, I learned the use of vinegar while dealing with this poison oak! I am most grateful to you and Baymule for your suggestions. javascript:insert_text(':thumbsup',%20'');

We dont know how to go about this project either, but we have been scratching around for any info that would help us. I am also worried about doing harm to the spring. I did learn that if I stop the flow while digging it out, the underground water route may find another route to flow, and the...

We live on hilly terrain, and our water storage gives us about 40 pounds of pressure. My water source is a well, but there are problems with this arrangement. I have to pump water up to the storage tanks. This is done with a gas guzzling generator. It is currently our only water source, and...

Thank you, folks for your suggestions! I tried both remedies. The Clorox bath did very well in drying out the rash. I think that is the first step in curing the outbreak. But it continued to itch and burn; so on one arm, I swabbed vinegar on the area and ... WOW it burned! But in a little...

Strange - DW told me that her mother would put her into a bathtub with Clorox when she got poison oak as a child. Now you come up with the same cure .. hmmmm ... I'll give it a try .... thanks for the tip! :barnie

Thanks Frustratedearthmother! The silver lining is that my DW now refers to me as "poor baby"; so I get to be a Poor-baby for a little while. I started this spring project not knowing anything about the subject, but at least I now know that there are different types of springs, and depending on...

Well, my first casualty occurred on this project. While clearing the vegetation away from the spring, I had to pull a bunch of poison oak out of the way careful as I was, It wasnt enough to keep me from coming down with a good dose of the stuff. I got both barrals WOE IS ME! :/ The...