tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20481121841749686292024-03-13T13:10:34.066-04:00The STReeTJeSUS BlogA savage blend of old school thinking, new technologies, easy living, simplification, money saving ideas, and the idea that conformity just isn't cool.STReeTJeSUShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00200606258139341883noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048112184174968629.post-88107492542832078872013-12-08T15:28:00.002-05:002013-12-08T15:28:39.915-05:00A New DIY Incinerator<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A friend of mine gave me a new fire barrel. He used a torch to cut holes in the bottom for better airflow. The airflow on this thing is just right!! Since I have had this barrel I have learned that just about everything burns. The heat and flames from this thing are astounding! Everything I have put in this thing has been reduced to ashes. I use it to dispose of paper waste.<br />
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If only we could figure out a way to harness this energy...<br />
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How to build:<br />
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<li>Cut five equally spaced 3 inch holes in the side wall of the barrel about six inches up from the bottom. </li>
<li>On the bottom cut a buch of 1.5 inch holes. Sit the Barrel on top of some bricks. </li>
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This thing would be a very awesome heater for outside events!<br />
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Creosote Sucks! Below is a pic of all of the crap that came out of my chimney this year!</div>
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I can't say it enough. Wood heating is awesome... But if you have a Wood Stove it is important that you clean your chimney every year!</div>
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I cracked open my pipes this year and was truly amazed at the amount of build up in my horizontal flue pipe and in the vertical chimney pipes. My horizontal flue pipe was 50% full of crap. And when I pulled the cap off at the bottom of my chimney a 5 inch plug of soot and debris fell out of the chimney.</div>
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This stuff is no joke. Creosote buildup can cause some pretty nasty fires. Suggestions:</div>
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<li>When in doubt clean it. You don't want to risk a chimney fire.</li>
<li>Use chimney cleaner products throughout your burn season.</li>
<li>Get yourself a good chimney brush and flex extensions so you can clean your system at least once a year.</li>
<li>If you are building a new system make sure you have clean-outs positioned well in your system so that you can clean easily.</li>
<li>Burn dry seasoned wood. Wet \ Green wood will cause more buildup in your pipes.</li>
<li>Burn your fires hot.</li>
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Cheers and Holiday Greetings to All!</div>
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Ever since I read about this I have been wanting to build one. The thought of escaping the mortgage game is very appealing to me these days. I guess I have reached the age where I'd rather spend my time living than working. I am guessing that a very rugged and sizable structure could be build for cheap by using these containers as the building block.<br />
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One thing is certain, housing will become more and more of an issue as the population rises and the economy changes. People will always need a place to live. Shipping Containers could be one way to build a home that is yours without spending the rest of your life in debt.<br />
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I will post links of interest that I find in my reading about Shipping Container Homes here...<br />
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<a href="http://renaissanceronin.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Like and Time of A Renaissance Ronin</a> - This site has a ton of info.<br />
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<a href="http://www.fabprefab.com/fabfiles/containerbayhome.htm" target="_blank">ContainerBay</a> - This page has links to a bunch of container projects across the globe.<br />
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<a href="http://www.thegreenestdollar.com/2009/02/want-to-live-in-a-shipping-container/" target="_blank">Want to Live in a ISBU Shipping Container</a> - A great article with useful links and resources.<br />
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I know.... I know.... It's stupid. It's dangerous. But its pretty awesome too! I've been clearing some land around my place and this thing is great for cutting paths \ trails. It cuts down small trees, vines, brush like no other. There is no finer thing than turning something that was otherwise useless into something that is extremely useful and somewhat bad ass!! I suppose I could have spent 10 grand on a real brush mower... But this thing is doing the trick quite nicely so far. :)</div>
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I do not recommend you try this at home... I keep telling myself that its only dangerous to the people standing in front of it.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I recently became irate over the monthly cost of soaps and detergents my household was using. "Surely there is a better way." I thought to myself. I began to read articles people have written on the topic, and decided to do some real world experimentation. The recipes below have worked for my household. We are saving a good deal each month, and I hope that you will find these useful...<b> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1 Tablespoon 20 Mule Team Borax</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1 Tablespoon Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1 Tablespoon of "LemiShine"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Put it in the dishwasher and run like you normally would.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1 Bar of Ivory Soap</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1 Cup Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5 Gallons of Water</span></div>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shred the Ivory Soap (</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">or equivalent no-name brand</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">) into fine shreds with a cheese grater. </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Warm up, but do not boil, a pot of water. </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Drop in the shredded soap. </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Stir slowly until soap fully dissolves.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Put about a gallon of cool water in a 5 gallon bucket.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dump pot of hot soap water into the 5 gallon bucket.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Add 1 Cup of 20 Mule Team Borax and 1 Cup of Arm & Hammer SUper Washing Soda into the bucket.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Stir until slowly until all is dissolved.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fill the bucket the rest of the way up with warm water. Stir throughly.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Allow mixture to cool. </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Store in gallon jugs, soda bottles, etc.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Use approximately 4 ounces per load of laundry. This recipe should be enough for over 100 loads of laundry!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Add 1/4 cup of White Vinegar to the load.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>That's 3 gallons of hand soap for under $1.00!! </b></span></div>
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"This can not be." I said to myself. But a quick call to my cable company confirmed it. They had practically doubled my bill, and they did not seem to want to negotiate the price. So... I decided to make some changes. <br />
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<li>I bought an HDTV antenna. No more paying for TV stations. I get about 20 channels. And the programming isn't bad at all! </li>
<li>I evaluated video streaming options... Still thinking about it. Services like <a href="http://www.hulu.com/" target="_blank">Hulu.com</a> offer streaming of TV shows etc. </li>
<li>I bought a new cable modem. (It seems that I had been paying a modem rental fee of $7 per month. According to my calculations I have paid over 600 bucks in rental fees for a 54 dollar modem!) The new modem will pay for itself in no time.</li>
<li>I called my cable company and discontinued my TV service - keeping
only my Internet Access.</li>
<li>I activated my new cable modem and returned the one I had been renting back to my cable company's local office. No more $7 rental fee!</li>
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<b>My cable bill is now $39.99! I can live with that! </b><br />
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Now...The cable company keeps calling me to offer promotional packages. Essentially they want to rope me in for some low price for 3 months, then jack the rates up again. No thanks! :)<br />
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Lessons Learned:<br />
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<li>Never rent when you can own.</li>
<li>Never pay when you can get it for free.</li>
<li>TV is mostly just background noise in my home. We hardly ever sit down and watch TV shows. I can honestly say I do not miss cable TV at all. Cable TV is so infected with commercials that it is difficult to grasp what you are watching. In fact the things we watch now are more to our liking!</li>
<li>Beware any promotional offering... It is merely a ploy to get you on-board so that they can increase the price later. </li>
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For the past decade I have been spent my winters in a cold house that used heat pumps as the primary source of heat. Let's just say that heat pumps leave a lot to be desired. My gas logs were equally disappointing and costly to run.<br />
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I got tired of freezing last year and experimented with a rocket stove. The rocket stove did a fair job of heating the room it was in... But I still needed more.</div>
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This year I broke down and installed a wood stove. Firewood is everywhere right now for free after hurricane Irene, so I figured this would be as good a time as any. I installed a new 6 inch Duravent chimney. (This was no small project as my roof is high and steep.) I had to get some help with this because it was beyond the scope of what my ladder can do.</div>
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I built the hearth pad myself. 4 layers of cement board, a sheet of 1/16th inch steel, and concrete paver stones surrounded my a 2x4 frame stained with mahogany.</div>
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I picked out a Vogelzang "Durango" stove. Caught it on sale for a good price. I wanted a good free-standing stove... This one fits the bill perfectly. I get some pretty good burn times out of this stove and it really cranks out the heat once you get it going. Keep in mind that you need good seasoned wood to get heat from your wood stove.</div>
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Hurricane Irene blew through and made a real mess, but one man's mess is another man's treasure. Firewood is abundantly laying on the ground everywhere. I will be buzzing up a few cords of wood for storage very soon. I will post pictures of my stove install once it is done. I can't wait to feel that wood heat in my house.</div>
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Books about personal finance are usually boring and monotone. Zombie Economics - A Guide to Personal Finance, by Lisa Desjardins and Rick Emerson takes a new approach. It spoon feeds you information in ways that you can easily relate to. It is easier to think of bills and burdens in terms of ghouls and zombies. This book helps you to visualize slaying your debt, and fighting off hordes of bills. Zombie Economics is an in-depth yet easy to understand compendium of proven methods to gain financial freedom!<br />
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Zombie Economics will teach you to be your own hero. This book provides great advice for virtually every form of financial hardship... It covers getting to know your financial self, hardships such as unemployment, debt relief, savings, and shows you in simple terms how to get your life in order. Zombie Economics also tells us how to protect ourselves from future threats so that zombies will never find their way into our lives again!<br />
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I just installed a Black and Decker EM100B Energy Saver Power Monitor devices on my electric meter. I found them on sale on Amazon and got it for next to nothing (under $30). All I can say is... "Wow... This is what the electric companies should be giving us instead of the crappy meters they give us."<br />
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The data that the unit displays is very useful for people like me who are trying to cut their expenses. The EM100B shows current usage and also estimates how much you are spending on electricity. You can use the device to identify potential energy hogs. For instance, I found that while my heat pumps were running it was costing .45 cents per minute.</div>
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I would highly recommend the Black and Decker EM100B Energy Saver Series Power Monitor to anyone who wants to spend less on electricity. This device can pay for itself in no time!</div>
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</div>LOL... I know what you are thinking... Now he's going low tech on us. Yep. I am. But why not?? Expecially when you consider that it takes thousands of watts for extended time periods to process laundry. The electric clothes dryer has cost us all a LOT of money in our lifetimes. Why not just hang those wet clothes up and let the sun and air do the work??<br />
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These are some shots from a small project I took on the combat boredom and possibly get some free heat from scrap wood. So far I am very happy with the results. I don't really care about safety or fires etc. I just wanted to have some fun. You should probably not try this at home. Thanks to Rob at <a href="http://www.iwilltry.org/">IWillTry.Org</a> for the inspiration!</div>
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Started with an old water heater. I cut the bottom off of the tank.</div>
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Me welding on the beast.</div>
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The core of the unit. Basically a J shaped tube. All 4 inch.</div>
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As it sits in my crib...</div>
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During a test burn outside...</div>
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I just cut off the heating elements with my grinder so that the holes remained plugged.</div>
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This shows the burn tube being fitted into the tank.</div>
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I just plugged the holes with 3/4" freeze plugs.</div>
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The "ass" of the stove.</div>
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Fully assembled, waiting for the tank to be re-sealed.</div>
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