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testing

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 18:46:19 +0000

Testing my new coffee pot that I'm building from miscellaneous scrap, washing machine parts, an automotive heater unit and a 10 inch circular saw blade, The circuity all checks out and at this point it's quite safe, as long as you don't touch anything. ;-)

new coffee pot

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 18:46:15 +0000

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Built a new coffee pot using miscellaneous scrap, washing machine parts, an automotive heater unit and a 10 inch circular saw blade.

Hey, it works as good as, if not better than, a store bought one! -grin-

Finishing touches

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Tue, 05 May 2020 18:24:56 +0000

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My teenage granddaughter made this mask for me, styled after that worn by doctors treating plague victims in the 17th century.

I put some finishing touches on it and am now ready to head out to the bank, etc.. safe from COVID-19.

If I actually did wear it in public I am quite sure I'd have no problem with folks assuring that they keep well more than adequate social distance from me. -grin-

Mask

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Tue, 05 May 2020 18:25:01 +0000

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My teenage granddaughter made this mask for me, styled after that worn by doctors treating plague victims in the 17th century.

knife

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:04:21 +0000

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OK, I took an old 10 inch circular saw blade, cut a section out of it and made it into a knife

Wearing, ready for the Apocalypse

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:04:16 +0000

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OK, as I noted, so I made a knife out of a 10 inch circular saw blade and melted a sheath for it from plastic bags and and containers.

I told my teen age granddaughter that, when the zombie apocalypse hits, that she can have it after the zombies eat my brains.

She's, by the way, very pleased with the idea. ;-)

sheathed

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:04:10 +0000

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Everything, the blade the sheath, the handle, I made using discarded materials and scraps.

done

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:04:03 +0000

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After making the knife, I heat melted plastic bags and container to make a sheath for it.

kegged mead porter

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 01:59:47 +0000

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I'm not quite sure if this should be called a mead or a beer. I brewed it with honey and some grain plus hops and I'll allow it to naturally carbonate as a beer.

bottled mead porter

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 01:59:43 +0000

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I kegged most of the mead porter but did rack a few bottles as well.

transfering to kegs

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 01:59:38 +0000

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Moving the mead porter into kegs, enough said.

fermenter to transfer tun

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 01:59:33 +0000

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The whole process needs to be reasonably sterile, every thing you see here that touched the brew has been carefully sanitized.

siphoning

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 01:59:28 +0000

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It's most convenient to move a brew from the fermenter to another vessel before kegging or bottling, to avoid stirring up and transferring the yeast as well.

attaching the snow plow mount

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 23:06:04 +0000

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Here's the plow mounting plate, beneath the Mule as I attach it.

home built U bolt

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 23:06:00 +0000

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Comparing the store bought one and the one I made.

bending jig

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 23:05:56 +0000

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Newly bent U bolt.

U bolt bending jig

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 23:05:51 +0000

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I hit a small stump with the snow plow on my Kawasaki Mule, breaking 3 of the 4 U bolts that attach the plow mounting plate to the mule.

Alas my local hardware store only had one U bolt of the right size in stock so.... Ihad to make a jig to bend my own new U bolts out of thredsall stock.

finishing

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:56:45 +0000

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Letting the varnish dry, between coats, on a little cocktail table I'm making. The log, slab, top is well over 50 years old (I got tired of counting the rings at fifty).

Beer's ready to rack

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Wed, 26 Dec 2018 21:46:32 +0000

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Saturday I racked (kegged) 12 gallons (45 liters) of beer, my White Night's Stout, I'd been brewing.

The kegs are sterilized and ready to fill.

transfer

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Wed, 26 Dec 2018 21:46:28 +0000

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Saturday I racked (kegged) 12 gallons (45 liters) of beer, my White Night's Stout, I'd been brewing.