My energy efficient house modifications

Jaxom

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not to thread jack, but anyone interested in making thier own ingots???
 

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Jaxom said:
not to thread jack, but anyone interested in making thier own ingots???
I thought about making some cast aluminum signs a while back but couldn't source cheap quality scrap in any volume. Cans are crap and need a cauldron of boiling aluminum to reclaim them or they will just burn to an ash before liquefying. Aluminum lawn chairs were perfect to get a melting pot going but are hard to find nowadays, extruded window frames and other things like that are alloyed and too hard to deal with.

What do you use?
 

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I have an interest in gold prospecting. Which lead me to http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/ Nice forums. Can add that into a self sufficent skill as well should the need arise. If you have some welding skills, can work with refactory (concrete), and have acess to used motor oil can make a really nice foundry, melt anything from aluminium to stainless.
 

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Jaxom said:
I have an interest in gold prospecting. Which lead...
If you are referring to turning lead into gold then you should confer with the boards chemist as I am not old enough to remember alchemy.
 

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Damn XPC, do you wanna get married? I need a handy husband who will work for free.


(crud, I already have a husband, but nobody needs to know :D )
 

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Wildsky said:
Damn XPC, do you wanna get married? I need a handy husband who will work for free.


(crud, I already have a husband, but nobody needs to know :D )
I can't afford to give all my stuff away again as I won't live long enough to buy it all back for the third time.

And besides the whole idea of having a self sufficient wife is for her to do all the work while I pursue the web for ideas.
 

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xpc said:
Wildsky said:
Damn XPC, do you wanna get married? I need a handy husband who will work for free.


(crud, I already have a husband, but nobody needs to know :D )
I can't afford to give all my stuff away again as I won't live long enough to buy it all back for the third time.

And besides the whole idea of having a self sufficient wife is for her to do all the work while I pursue the web for ideas.
:gig :gig You will get to keep the stuff, I'll take the house. I'll even consider changing your diapers when it gets to that point.... :celebrate
 

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Excellent, XPC! Thanks for sharing your project(s) with us.

Do you garden on the side too? :)

Wildsky, I think you may have some competition in Ldychef2K. I believe you will have to master the woven bacon meat log, if you want to have any hope of catching XPC's eye. ;)
 
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