Monday, June 09, 2014

Baby Evidence

Someone in our house keeps trying to open the bathroom cabinet doors WAY more than they should be opened.  This is the second time I've had to do a glue job on splinters.

Saturday, June 07, 2014

2 bed frames = 1 generator frame

With my neighbor's grinding tool, I cut up 2 of these:

and ended up with this frame for the generator and alternator:
Then I went and used his drill press and put a bunch of holes in it to bolt it together.

Lifting and Tinkering the Lister..and beans

Well, one concept I had was proven out very well. I built a standard boy scout lashing tripod and was easily able to lift up the generator with the chain winch. 

I wanted to lift it up to put on the new frame I built for it from a couple of old bed frames.  (maybe I haven't posted pictures of that yet?)

and, solar cooked beans: 

Design Mistakes in my cob house

So, I have long meant to create a list of mistakes I made when designing the finishings on our house.  Now that we've lived in it for a ...