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I have been bopping around on the net today and was looking up the average electrical usage of appliances. The biggest user in my house is the hot water tank. I will be doing a cost analysis on the switch to see if it is worth it in the grand scheme of things around here. One of the other big...

Everybody needs to be watching Saudi Arabia this week. The Day of Rage protests are scheduled for Friday, but they could start as soon as today and build up to Friday. The Saudi's have already said that this is illegal and they have said they will use violence to quell the protests. I highly...

The air movement is not a problem. There is more than enough to turn a light generator. The creosote on the other hand is an issue. Not so much for the bearings but for collecting on the blades and having to take it down and clean it all the time. This is especially true for people who do not...

My house (family of 6) brings in a little more than 30K a year and we live high on the hog. We rent a nice place in town for now ( recently moved due to health) have nice vehicles to drive, we eat the very best food as much as we want and we still have 800-1000 per month of expendable cash...

Another idea to go along with this one. A cap vent fan hooked to a 12v. generator at the top of a 12" black steel pipe standing 40' in the air. plumbed into the bottom of this pipe is 8- 4" steel pipes buried 5' in the ground and extending out to the outer edges of the property where the pipes...

I came up with a new idea today while I was thinking about the wasted energy going out the stove pipe and into the wild blue yonder. So, what if I took a piece of ceramic pipe and installed a 12 v. generator in the pipe in such a way that the hot exhaust from a wood burning stove wood spin fan...

I guess I am a little uptight about the whole discussion with you, because I have seen way too many who sit on public assistance rather then getting off of their asses and doing something. They always have an excuse. I have tried to help dozens of people over the years, but when I hear the...

shaking my head at the entitlement/ no risk attitude. As for the truck thing.... I sold a guy a chainsaw to a guy who wanted to cut firewood one winter because he did not have a job. His vehicle was a minivan that he took the seats out of. When my Dad was in between jobs (before I was...

It's just a battery hooked up to a solar charger and has an inverter on it. You keep the battery charged until you need it. Now I am a northern boy and plan on moving even further north so the whole solar thing is not going to work for me. What if, that concept was done with a small steam...

Who has seen this? Who is using it? Who thinks it is a good idea?

I am sure that most people have seen the reclamation fans on wood stove pipes. These are sealed boxes that have pipes running through the stove pipe and a fan to push out heat that would have been wasted going up and through the stove pipe. These do capture heat but it is a very small...

Pat, remember that this person is having a hard time finding a job and is looking for ways to make money while they are looking for a job.

You should go back and reread your last two posts. You are a pessimistic and your life seems to be ruled by fear. I'll take the easiest of the ideas that I threw out there and explain it again but in a little more detail. Even you will not be able to discount the idea. Scrap metal. Find a...

COMPLETELY DISAGREE! There is one rule that if you learn it will make it fool proof. Know what an item sells for first. If you know that then you have no problems. We are also talking to an educated person. I am a firm believer that ANY can do it if you know rule #1.

Buy and sell. Go to the local flea market and set up. The trick is to know what an item sells for and then try to buy it for 1/3 or less of that value. Garage sale season is here soon plus yaou can buy from other vendors at the flea market. Use the classifieds, auctions and put up adds at the...

That was good thanks for sharing.

I can buy the stuff easy enough and have already spent in the hundreds. I can buy what I want and need cheap out of China and have all I want for next to nothing. I can shoot and tan what ever I want and come next hunting season, I am sure I will. I was just trying to support some of the SS on...

I recently got into tying flies and need the materials.

that is why I am curious as to the reasons for using stone. I wonder if it is tradition.

The reason I ask is this; Why not get a 1/2" or 3/4" steel plate and weld some handles on the side? Polish the steel with a sander and then cure it like you would cast iron. You could have the thermals of a stone and would be cheap to make. You could make it any size you wanted including big...