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Wood Stove

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I rebuilt a wood stove I had in storage. The only textual items on the stove is "Made in West Germany". After puzzling about how to repair the broken leg (everything from welding with tungston rod to fabricating a splice), I found a similar replacement foot. It was similar, so I ended up buying two in order to make it look and set right. It was a fun "little" project. It cost me about $150 in materials and probably took me about 8 hours. I am looking forward to getting it fired up at some point. Since it is going back into storage I am wrapping it up with as much rust inhibitor as I can. I bought some VCI paper for the effort.
"I am one day closer to self-actualization."
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Antartica weather Today the weather is a lot better at McMurdo in Antartica than it is on the farm. It is +34F and calm in Antarctica. In Berkshire it is 0F with 40 mph winds and blowing snow. The jeep ran out of gas out back. I am going to take an jaunt back there to get it going again. Click pic for video