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and using our resources of land we already own to start simplifying. I started documenting the process on YouTube and that is pushing me even harder to go for it. I invite you folks to follow along if you wish. Here's my first step:

My YouTube channel:
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC8mehGpm4vjXk7TzPDmRGFw

Devin Lavign

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Loving the timber frame work. Thanks for sharing, hope to see plenty more.

"Where will you drive your own picket stake? Where will you choose to make your stand? Give me a threshold, a specific point at which you will finally stop running, at which you will finally fight back." (Derrick Jensen)

Jimmy Smith

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Thank you sir. The next video is uploading now. This has been the most fun project I've ever tried.

My YouTube channel:
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Jimmy Smith

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Here's the next installment:

My YouTube channel:
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC8mehGpm4vjXk7TzPDmRGFw

Jimmy Smith

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My YouTube channel:
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC8mehGpm4vjXk7TzPDmRGFw

Jimmy Smith

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Don't mind me griping at the wheelers, they like to tear up my fields. Nothing like hitting ruts in the summer on a little tractor taking hay!

My YouTube channel:
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Jimmy Smith

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Well I've been talking about building my barn, so I'll show you what I'm working with to get this thing going. I'm very lucky to have a good chunk of land that's PAID for and separated from the lot my house sits on. If it ever came down to it I could sell the house and build again with this idea of self reliance figured into the equation.

My YouTube channel:
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC8mehGpm4vjXk7TzPDmRGFw

Jimmy Smith

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So the firewood is running low, winter came back to the northeast and I like my shop to be warm. So I've been kicking around the idea of building a waste oil heater for a few years and decided to run with it. With all the waste oil I keep in barrels from the farm around here I have plenty of fuel. So I built this thing and couldn't be happier with it. I ran it for 14 hours strait Saturday and used 4 gallons of waste oil. My uninsulated shop, sitting in a windy hayfield, stayed in the 70's all day once it came up to temp.