Category Archives: Home and Homestead

New boiler instead of add-on?

October 22, 2010

Our current oil boiler is 25 years old and probably on it’s last leg.  I had been dreaming of adding on to our house and building a new chimney so we could have a wood burner in our house somewhere.  … Continue reading →

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Finally made a “good” weld

August 2, 2010

In January I bought my first welder – a 50 amp 110v arc (stick) welder.  I played with it a bit then, and couldn’t really get a good weld going.  I didn’t have much time for it then, so it … Continue reading →

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