I've read some very negative reviews of those large outdoor wood furnaces
For instance
http//www.woodheat.org/technology/outrickperth.htm
Your mileage may vary, etc...
i'm sure some of...
Type: Posts; User: Fred
I've read some very negative reviews of those large outdoor wood furnaces
For instance
http//www.woodheat.org/technology/outrickperth.htm
Your mileage may vary, etc...
i'm sure some of...
Just one thing about 'em ou ought to consider
They all make noise, and that noise increases with windspeed (I'm told some of the modern wind turbines sound downright alarming in a storm they...
From leevalley.com
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From Log to Log House
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Just a thought, I wandered over to a steam engine sites for hobbyists.
Lo and behold they have "hobby" steam engines up to 200 HP ( Sub 10HP is far more common) with small boilers and what not.
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Reading about heavy timber construction probably wouldn't hurt, logbuilding is analogous in many of the technical terms, mindset, and tools.
In both cases, it's all about building from big long...
You can build anything you want Teri, we have the technology.
However, Skip's class will teach what to look for and watch for, and point out what's risky and what isn't, so just from that...
Of course, you could put in the foundation and retro-build later, spare yourself the $$$ up front, and spread the capital investment, but it's a messy job doing large masonry indoors, and there are...
It'd be easy enough to do a test to see how fast you can process a board, (both edges) add a handling time and multiply that by the square/linear footage necessary.
If you have lots of "free"...
While I'm sure a router can do this, unless you have a BIG router (like 3 HP ), your're going to be going real slow, and worse, you may stress your router to death.
I think the woodworking machine...
The other point is that heat flows *both ways* for you southern types.
Of course a lot can be accomplished with landscaping too, good shade trees and windblock plantings ( or in warm places wind...
That's actually a caveat I have to add to log building, which I think Skip (at least in my class) was little glib about.
Keep in mind this is not based on actual experience, and I'd love to hear...