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This a shot of the two lanes under the coal silos This is one of the coal chutes dispensing coal Went back to the stove store on the final day of being open with a couple of "retirement bottles " and I was given many parting gifts in return. I had also sold two of his stoves for him and he was grateful for the help. I got signs for the shop, a 14in duct fan setup for my stove and a honeywell limit switch to control the fan.

Very nice job, looks really great, I will not show this to my Wife.....

I made my second run to Direnzo Coal yesterday for another two tons of Rice Coal, I now have 8200lbs of coal here, 4100lbs in the basement and 4100lbs in the plastic totes/bins along side the barn. I will draw out of the outside bins in the Fall thru early Winter and save the 2 tons in the basement for when the snow and ice arrive. So getting in a Winter`s worth of heat took me less than 2 days labor and cost less than $700. The firewood cutting,gathering,splitting,drying,moving and stacking took weeks of work and then you are a slave to feeding the wood stove. The Bride is very happy that we are done with the wood stove and I can never again sign to her that old standard "Throw Another Log on the Fire" I know it by memory, it is a classic.

Went and picked up my first two tons of Rice Coal, I traveled 45mins to buy very clean,high carbon, low ash anthracite from Direnzo Coal.

I also dislike the smell of burning coal, but the claim is that these modern stoker stoves burn the coal so effectively that there is no smell of burning coal whatsoever. I am skeptical but I have spoken to several stoker owners that have confirmed this as true, I hope that it is true and not a "fish-tale".

Started converting the IBC Liquid Totes into Coal Bins. These totes originally had Plantapon 611L in them which is the base that shampoo and bodywash is made from when it is diluted with water. 14-20% of this amber stuff the rest is water plus botanicals and fragrence.One tank still had about three gallons in it, I saved 2 gallons of it, it sells for $15.50 a quart. http://www.saveoncitric.com/pl61up1qu1.html I used a pressure washer to clean them out, it made a lot of soapy lather, here are pics of the 330 gallon tank after getting it`s top lopped off.

I actually was back at the stove store today with my friend that picked up a new stoker for his basement. It is no fun moving coal stoves around, heavy and awkward. He picked up this stove to replace a 35yr old warm morning static stove that got around 50% efficiency and needed daily attention and the grate needed to be shaken down regularly. http://readingstove.com/heating-stoves/coal-stoves/juniata-stove.php

Here is a video that shows my model stove with both burners going which brings it up to 180,000 btus

Actually no I have Bilco doors and concrete steps down to the cellar but I can put the bins right where the firewood was and bring it down in 5gal buckets. Then after heating season I can move the empty bins back behind the barn out of site and stack them up. I really like these totes, they have many uses and I now have found a source for the 275gal size for $40 each and they have a mountain of them.

Each of the matched feed mechanisms has it`s own 45cfm air blower that blows up thru the burning coal on the burn grate Don, they claim it gets 90% efficiency from the coal.

We have been burning wood for about 25yrs to heat our basement and in turn supplement the rest of the house. This last winter was the deal breaker as we ran out of wood for the first time and feeding our 1970 vintage wood stove is like keeping the steam up in a vintage locomotive. So we are moving into the 19th century and will start burning anthracite coal which is mined locally. But we will be burning it in a late 20th century way in a coal stoker stove, I asked around among my coal burning friends and learned about Leisure Line Stoves which are made fairly local in Berwick PA and have a feed mechanism invented by a guy named Jerry Steward and I watched a few videos on utube done by him, he actually started the company. I read on coal forums that a local stove dealer was retiring and selling off his store floor models at greatly reduced from normal prices. I went there and out from the back comes the inventor Jerry and I look at him so oddly surprised that he asked me what was up? and I told him that earlier that day I was watching him on utube. He laughed and was sort of embarrassed and said he had made them a few years back and had not seen them in some time himself. He then gave me the deal of a lifetime on the stove of my dreams the Hyfire II which he said was the finest stoker he ever developed and he spoke of it like his favorite child. It has twin feed mechanisms/burners that go from 5000-90,000 btus each. It also had the optional air jacket installed on it so that was thrown in and I can add ductwork to it if I choose to in the future. These stokers burn rice coal and nowadays you can get it oiled with vegetable oil for $5 a ton extra which stops the black dust problem. I now need a coal bin and decided to go with liquid totes which are portable when empty and clean and rot proof. I got my first two off ebay locally, a 330gal and a 275gal. I will be getting two more in a few week s and will be able to hold over 4 tons of rice coal. The stove hopper holds 200lbs and can goes days as can the ash pan. It will be a big change from constantly feeding that old wood stove, it will definitely be an improvement. http://www.leisurelinestoves.com/product/hyfire/

Victorian Lamps for the deck Skull and Crossbones Signs

Thanks guys, that lift was the best $400 I ever spent, and yes Greg I could get you on the lift no problem, anytime.

I finally was able to clear the time for a little spring maintenance for the D24. It needed an oil change, brake adjustment,tire rotation, grease job which was made much easier by the purchase of a cheap pneumatic grease gun.It was a "bear" to get primed with grease and all the air purged out of it, but once that was achieved it was the most pleasurable and most effective grease jobs I ever did on the car. I corrected a heater hose leak I was unaware of and lastly I finally got around to cleaning the oil-bath air cleaner, something that was very long overdue.

Skull Shotgun Shell Holders Poor Man`s Exacto Knife T.R. Bust

Since I`m creating a Levittown for the Birds I figured I better offer them two model homes. I scaled up the original size to 125% for larger Birds. Made some Handles for a gate More Cherubs This is one of the most down-loaded prints on thingiverse.com I think it is a riot, but I`m very immature

The CX20 I`m playing with is capable of doing that as are many others now available on the market. The drone when asked will follow the GPS equipped 7in Nexus tablet that it is in telemetry contact with like a "tag-along puppy" at the height you select.

Of course there were a few bumps in the road all due to to "operator error", after three hours of flawless printing I decided to clean the extruder head and I was having a hard time with a clump of melted filament stuck to the side of the extruder nozzle. I wasn`t going to be defeated by it`s resistance and finally yanked it free with pliers. It was then I noticed the the very small gauge wires now ripped out and exposed. I quickly discovered that I had destroyed the Thermistor, a tiny glass bead about 2mm in diameter that monitors the head temperature and was covered by a glob of silicone, now I was out of business.This apparently is done by a lot of people as the initial filament provided is exactly the same color as the silicone clump I so diligently removed. The manufacturer does not cover this under warranty and charges $100 to replace the thermistor and the lost time in shipping back and forth and the shipping charges. I could not find this part at any electronic or computer supply store as it is only used apparently in 3d printers. I found lots of them on ebay, so I did a distance search and found one 95 miles away in NJ and I emailed the seller. I was able to go pick one up in person on my way to a friends wake in NY, in fact I bought 4 of them, he had two types and I took 2 of each style for $15 all in. Now I was back to printing and my next debacle was my impatience in removing completed objects from a still hot glass printing bed. This resulted in my cracking the glass across the middle. Once again ebay came thru and I found a new heat bed for $25 all in and I replaced it. So now I am very familiar with the inner workings of my printer and have about 185hrs of print time on it, I have learned a lot in a short time, all the hard way.

I caught another Sunset on top of the Penn Lake dam and was able to stop and take a few shots.

I have to admit this printer is a source of endless amusement for me, presently I have a backlog of items and gadgets waiting to be printed. Problem is everyone wants an Angel now, so it spends a lot of time printing them to meet the demand.

Bromine Floater-Dispenser for Spa Tub

Angels and Cherubs

Waiting for Tenants

Tear Drop Bird Houses for small song birds, I figure since the machine is sitting here it might as well always be making something useful. Since my Bride already feeds all the birds in the neighborhood I might as well start providing low cost housing for them.

Maltese Falcon Statuette made in three sections and joined with ABS acetone "glue" and then coated in a brushed slurry of the same "glue". That painting on of the slurry gives it that shiny enameled appearance and blends the build lines to a smooth finish.