We just went to Aldi, a fairly inexpensive food store. Cream, qt., used to be $2.50, today $4.3x. Butter, cerial, $1.4x and $1.78, well into $3...
Oh man, scrap lumber heaven! Even for pieces to hold top coverings down! Sca
These days, turning on the idiot box is a good way to get rid of me.
Last year I used 5G, this year on my third, with the Ash score still in the future. The cost of heating with wood will go up when more bar and...
TSC house bar & chain oil $14.99 a couple days ago! I can't imagine what name brand stuff goes for now! I picked up a couple gallons a month or...
Welp, our grass is dried to dormant stage. Our wood is drying extrordinarily well. But we haven't had a really cold winter nor lotsa snow for a...
Air wolf. CHIPs Magnum P.I. Charlies angels Never got into baywatch. Highway to Heaven To this day, if I see a group of people particularly...
I would be able to repair a few fire bricks. That would be better than using new ones. Two questions arise: 1. Could soapstone cut to shape be...
The boy (is back home, this dad's heart is complete) helped pull the screws drill holes, and I installed 1/4" carriage bolts with washers & lock...
It is. But, it can be used in one room to space heat, rather than burning oil to heat the whole place to "comfortable". We used the oil burner...
I keep an extra baffle on hand too. Its above the secondary burn tubes (the afterburner) so I will be hard pressed to damage it. But they are...
Or what we did, oil burner keeps the place from freezing, kerosene burner keeps one room or a couple rooms comfortable. Not optimal. Maybe I'll...
When the last load of wood is ready to move, it has been heard here "I love it when a plan comes together".
I was thinking taste test....
Yes. We used some, but the rest just sit there. Ill restock it at some point, and just let them sit there.
Yike! Dont that. Glad it was via splitter!
And since we started making fire starters, we have used almost zero kindling. Im not even sure we have much newsprint handy. It takes maybe 3...
Offset is a good idea. Except that the sides go up beyond the top rail by a couple inches. It the 2x4 ended short of the top of the sides (under...
Im my case, not manageable. Hence "ex"!
These tie down gadgets went in yesterday. They're rated 600#. But the heavier sheet metal screws weren't as tight as I'd have liked. I'm...
