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thomas rubino wrote:This morning I lit her off early and then left town.
This evening upon returning I gave her a new load.
When I returned home I found the outer bricks starting to change color.
It may take a week or two but a sure sign the drying process is well on the way.
thomas rubino wrote:Day seven;
Today we started using firebricks on the inner bell.
Gerry now has 22 layers of the outer skin almost completed.
Tomorrow, we will fit a 4" bypass pipe through both skins, it will be wrapped in superwool to seal where it passes through the inner and outer skins.
A four inch 90 will attach to the chimney pipe. It will utilize the same style of bypass that we installed on Shorty core.
Soon we will be welding up T-bars to support the firebrick roof, and the clay bricks above that.
Very soon now a new Dragon will be seen in Sanders county
thomas rubino wrote:Hi Mike;
Firebricks are larger than the clay bricks) 9" x 4.5" x 2.5" vs. 8" x 4" x 2 1/4", laying them flat would supply more mass, the overhang inside is not a problem.
After looking over my firebrick supply, we decided that there might not be enough on hand.
Rather than adding a trip to Missoula for more firebricks, I chose to have Gerry stand them on edge.
With #6000+ of bricks, the Studio Dragon is a big girl already.
She will surpass Shop Dragon and Shorty Core in heat retention.
thomas rubino wrote:Once this build is completed, I will have a place to display my new dragon art!
A gift of appreciation from Scott @ Iron Design L.L.C. in Iowa https://irondesigniowa.com/
I'm not sure if I will hang the red side or the black side.
Currently, I'm considering painting a square of bricks black and using the red side for display.
Carmela Ventura-Jansen wrote:Hi there, my name is Carmela. I'd love to chat. My family of 4 currently lives in Washington, we used to live in California. I really resonate with your mission statement. Maybe we have something to contribute to your intentional community.
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Rvr Mldy wrote:Yes!! Exactly what I am looking for.
I'm River.
Tesserak Clark wrote:Everyone, head up! New community post can be found at https://www.ic.org/directory/the-divine-current-community/
Mariya Bee wrote:I've been searching for my place in the world, a community or a place to start one -- but am not yet sure where that would be, and recent circumstances are motivating me not to give up. I've recently been finding more and more plastic in food. At first, it was processed foods, packaged, premade, then organic bread, inside of frozen green beans (also organic!), and today -- organic dates from Trader Joe's. This is it. If it comes from a big store, it cannot be trusted.
I want to grow my own food in my own way, no machines, no plastic, no ridiculous hours or pressure to be out in the sun between 8 am and about an hour before sunset (I'm very pale).
When I look for opportunities to try a self sufficient lifestyle and help out somewhere, they talk about a lot of hard work. And my point is that it doesn't need to be that way. There can be team work, slow paced working, and actually enjoying the process. In example, watering plants at 6 or 7 am and before the sun sets.
I do feel a pull towards self sufficiency, a really strong pull, but to do it very differently, very consciously, not just for the end result but for the journey itself.
Along with that, I'm looking for a vice-free space, no drugs and alcohol, to be very loving towards our bodies. No pressure to join any religion either. Independent thinking allowed! And I am also guided to let go of reliance on electricity and electronics once there.
If you know of such a place, I'd be curious to find out. If you want to create such a place, I'd be curious to get to know you!