Patrick Moore

I would like to get a decent battery tester, I have been using the cheapo ones, they seem to last about 6 months, looking for a simple one, just to check battery voltage for our solar system and car stuff, if anyone has any suggestions that would be great.

Matt Walker wrote:The design I show here offers excellent cooking temperature control. Far more precise than my electric range, and over as long a time period as you are willing to feed it fuel. You know (I hope) that I greatly respect you Sandy, but I'm frustrated that this old stereotype persists. They are not just for boiling water any more.

thanks a lot Matt that looks very cool.

Cindy Mathieu wrote:Cooking, like frying something, generally requires close control of the temperature. This is not easy with a rocket j-tube design or any wood-burning device, for that matter.

thanks Cindy

Mirah Sen wrote:

Patrick Moore wrote:I am wanting to build a rocket stove to serve as a food cooker, water heater and sauna warmer, does any one have any info on a model that would work well for this.
Thanks

Wow good to know this. You can search on Google to get your desired design.

Have you made your rocket stove?

thanks Micah, no it has not made it to my plate.

Thanks for your attention Jay, no frost here and it is all rock, for a spigot I am not concerned about safety. As far as for a small cabin, let me put it into context of the cabin I have built, 10'by10' by 10' 6" at the high side, shed roof , I concreted in conventional galvanized brackets, 4 of them ,one in each corner. They set up great and I bolted 4, 4" by 6"'s to them, on this I placed a roof and the walls are mostly screen, we have gotten some heavy winds and we felt pretty safe. The next structure I plan on building about the same, except I would like to use either ss pipe or ss strap for the anchors. The issue I am trying to solve is how to create a solid anchor with this material.

Thanks Amber, I would guess about 4-5 hours went into the spigot assembly alone.

This one turned out a lot better, there is no play yet, I think this is plenty strong to hold a spigot. As far as a foundation for a cabin, I would use pipe or strap on either side of my upright and bolt it thru or lag bolt it, this I have not done, I would like to see other peoples work, I am sure other people make there own anchors.

More pics

Here's more pics

Thanks for the response j, yes ss brackets are very expensive, such is my motive to build my own . Here is a footing I made just to hold a spigot riser.