Brandon Hands

This video seems to have a good method:

Darren Robertson wrote:.

I do not have time for daddling in growing seedlings for maybe something decent. There are more choices of already proven apples then most folks have land to grow them on.

You seem very knowledgeable on growing apple trees.

I've heard that apple trees from seed will grow faster and bigger than from a graft or rooted Scion (maybe because of preserved original tap root?). Is this true? My long term goal is to have a couple of apple trees that are as big as I can get (after some decades). So I'm torn between trying to plant some apple trees from seed so they have a chance to maximize size and growth rate, and wanting to make sure I don't waste 5+ years growing a tree then disliking the apples on it.

Also, what apples grow well Wisconsin? I like Stayman apples but they come from further south. What russet apples grow well and taste good?

I was able to find some example plans that are not exactly what I'm building but I thought they could be useful to others.

https://www.freefarmhouse.com/downloads

good afternoon,

I'm building a cabin and I'm drawing up the plans myself. my county does not require PE stamped drawings and I have some CAD skills (I'm a non-PE engineer myself). I am confident in my load calculations and sourcing of span/load tables.

However, I'm not as familiar with how structural plans are typically done, so I'm hoping to find some example plans that have been approved and built.

when I search around the web, I find a lot of drawings that are just architectural renders, floorplans, or maybe a few one-off structural detail drawings. However, I cannot find a complete drawing package. there are some sites that claim to be selling such drawing sets, but I'm hesitant to spend hundreds of dollars on something when I think there is a good chance that the contents might just be architectural renders or floorplans.

does anyone know where I can find a complete drawing package? Ideally, something that was actually presented to a building department and approved.

I mainly just need it as a reference for putting together my drawing set, so it can have watermarks or whatever on it. I don't actually intent do copy the design itself, but rather just the layout of the document. preferably post-and-beam house or timber frame, but anything would be helpful.

thanks

I would want a bypass to get it started to avoid it smoking back into the room.

Peter van den Berg wrote:

Brandon Hands wrote:So are you going to start selling this flat pack sheet metal kit? Is it already for sale?

It won't be me, going to sell this flat pack kit. And it isn't for sale at the moment by a third party. It is meant as an open source design, anybody who want to, can take the design and make a business out of it. I did this just to satisfy my own curiosity, could this be done in a reasonable way and with cheap mass? Up til now, it seems to be affirmative.

Brandon Hands wrote:Also, have you experimented with storing heat in water?

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You may consider putting some of the basic drawings into a PDF, and posting it online with a licensing statement similar to LGPL where it allows other to profit from the work while it's also open source

Peter van den Berg wrote:
Or simply, fire the heater repeatedly. The inside of the steel panels aren't rust protected in this prototype. But for a business building this type it would be a good thing to have it all powder coated, also the inside.

I was just thinking to reduce your workload. The fan can run 24/7

Peter van den Berg wrote:. The octagonal pepper shaker doesn't seem to be getting any drier now, so today the lid was put back on. .

You may consider one of those blower fans that are commonly used to dry carpet after a flood. The impeller design allows them to work with high static pressure. Letting it force air though should dry it much faster and reduce possible corrosion

Peter van den Berg wrote:  totally agree, I think she's really cute, thank you

So are you going to start selling this flat pack sheet metal kit? Is it already for sale?

Also, have you experimented with storing heat in water?

Very cool. I was thinking of designing a similar thing. I was considering the idea of using 85 gallon "salvage drums" which have an inner diameter of 26 inches (66cm). (Repainted with a high temp wood stove paint)

I hadn't gotten far enough to solve a method for connecting them together once stacked, but there might be a kind of band that could join them.

I decided I would go a different route in order to add some water heating into the design, so more likely would be two cylinders side by side (perhaps 55gal drums), with one just being an upward channel for the firebox and insulated riser. The cylinder next to it having a downward smoke channel, heat exchanger, and water reservoir