Jeremy VanGelder

Those are some great questions, Kathy. I hope someone has some advice for you.

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Judson Carrol says that the  flowers of the Mimosa tree can help reduce mast cell production. I made a tincture of mimosa flowers once and it helped with my sinus allergy.

Tony Panoochi wrote:
Thus far for a week + I have gone through about 2 wagon loads of wood.  Normally this time of year about 1 wagon load a day. The past few days as the mass has warmed we have cut down significantly, but we are running it twice a day to keep the space within a 3 degree range.

Infrared thermometer shows the mass getting down to about 80 between burns (approx 10 hrs) - but due to high ceilings it is heating over 9,000 cubic feet (plus a spoiled goat's butt).  If I close off the feed tube after burning the thermal fan on the barrel top will easily run 8 hours.

So after all that rambling based on what I am seeing, probably 1/8 to 1/10 the firewood.

Hi Tony, have you found that it just keeps chugging along at the same rate?

Eric Rothoff wrote:Thank you. No, I had not heard of Walker stoves before. watched the video. has anyone tried one of his boilers (or stoves?

Thomas Rubino here on the forums has worked closely with Matt and builds doors that work with his designs. I know that Tom built an outdoor oven using Matt's riserless core. There are several other cookstove builds on here under names like "Continental Stove."

Have you seen Matt Walker's boiler? He built it in 2020.

Coydon Wallham wrote:
Apologies if this is in the narrative, but audio on this machine is out- what is the purpose of rounding off the shingles vs. simply leaving them square? Pure aesthetics?

Yes, I believe it is for aesthetics. You can have very decorative shingles when you are done if you scallop them.

I really like worm gears. They can drive things. But they do not transmit force backwards. I used one, in combination with a bunch of planetary gears to slow things down, to drive a lifting arm on a science project years ago. When power was turned on, it moved the arm up or down. But when power was off it held the arm in whatever position it stopped at.

I just came across this video. A small slot was cut into a chopping block and a board was screwed down in front of the slot. That slot is used as a cleaving brake by the (seated) operator). That is shown at 1:26 in the video. But the whole process of making shingles is shown from rounds to decorative scalloping.

The riving-man does flip some bolts over as he splits them.

I just dove into a project to get the BBs I have earned. There is a list of the 20 easiest BBs in this thread.