Robert Ray

I pickle a fine jullien cut of carrots and use it as a relish.

So project moving slower than I had hoped.  Here is the components I will be trying, left to right. 8 in stove element, bottom left 4 PTC heating elements 110-volt, thermostatic switch, 240-volt water heater element 18 inches long, industrial 240-volt immersion heater, broiler element, top far right silicone wire for inside the sand battery to take the heat, bottom far right 36-inch 240-volt dryer element coil. material for sand battery underneath.

There have been a large number of forest fires in our area. Now, old dumpsites are easily found with the underbrush gone. Walking the dogs and working my new knee, I found a dumpsite with a bunch of ball spring top jars and a Griswald #6 10-inch self-basting lid. They're selling for 300.00 on E-bay.  I'm not a collector but the daughter is so it was a good score.

I have a French press but don't use it for coffee. It is relegated to making tea.

The "Cup Flower" has significant quercetin.

Sent out a couple feelers and by noon had an immersion heater gifted to me. Will fit in a 30-gallon galvanized garbage can. Need to fab a drip can and will add a square of carbon felt in the drip chamber I don't have to drop paper in to start pan.

The final heating elements (PTC) were delivered today. So I will begin this weekend on the assembly.

Never having built a RMH but seeing that some use pipe in their construction, maybe someone could offer their opinion in how long pipe lasts within an insulated construction. Temperatures within an oil drip stove would be nowhere near the temps achieved in a RMH. Duct hose and a bilge fan could be used to exhaust fumes from a structure.

I have seen a WWII immersion water heater that would be placed in a 55 gallon barrel. The base and burn chamber a donut shape that rested on the bottom of the drum and the chimney and feed pipe/air inlet up to the top of the barrel. At the top a vessel of a couple of gallons held diesel or waste oil that drips oil down the feed pipe to the burn chamber. No reason the heating medium couldn't be sand.

This popped up today:
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