pete davis

sorry, no experience, only with charring pinus radiata stakes to put in ground to the compare how the charred and non charred versions last.

fyi great article here on why it is yakisugi not shou sugiban

https://nakamotoforestry.com/yakisugi-or-shou-sugi-ban-learn-what-you-should-call-it-and-why

Steve Shantz wrote:I fully acknowledge that more sophisticated equipment may not necessarily meet my intentions (as the pee slowly drips on my head from a leak in the system!)

May be we will see a new Hair Restorer product on the market soon?

Sounds really good steve. I didn't pick up the headrest in the photo so apologies for making out you didn't have this. I tried the videos and they played without downloading and give a much clearer idea of how it works. nice job.

i think it could get really sore neck without the headrest but i have never heard a report back from someone who has used one for a long period, and who doesn't have the inevitable bias of the inventor/creator/builder

You might like these folk too https://www.facebook.com/Fietswiederss

Have seen a few versions of both pedal and electric versions - i think a rest bar for the forehead has been one of the key features. here are some links but of course not seeing the ones i recall from before

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIaLRBgx5kQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JeO8_8Qe0s

ah this one has the head rest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCVXHOqhoBw

For a country rich in timber, this would come close to the 'lego' style of construction. If no one has yet bought the licence for North America then probably not available there yet https://www.homecrux.com/build-house-without-nails-or-screws-thanks-to-brikawood-interlocking-wooden-bricks/65913/

Elanor Pog wrote:

A lot of dehydrator recipes that I do (raw cakes, breads and the like), require a sheet of some sort for the first half of drying, and then taking the sheet out and finishing the drying on the mesh tray. I bought proper silicon sheets (or some such stuff, I forget now what it is, 6 years later) As the dehydrator was free I felt ok to buy some thing like this for it. But you can use baking paper for sure.

We have used compostable baking paper successfully for the initial dehydrating of soggy stuff to making cleaning easier