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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.
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I went up to Helen Georgia about an hour away from Duluth. I visited a working water driven grist mill. They had a single turbine operational. I had to leave shortly after I arrived; I became very jealous of the owners. Then I hiked about 5 miles. At about 2.5 miles there was a very nice secluded waterfall at Raven Cliffs. I am planning my next trip up there in a few weeks.