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saw the new greenwood yesterday

I saw the new greenwood working on display at a local fair yesterday. It was great to see the salesman new everything about it. Priced at about...

Thread by: mikeyny, Sep 1, 2012, 5 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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ph meter for soil

We are looking for a ph meter for the new garden areas at the house. There are so many out there from 15 bux up to almost 100. Anyone have any...

Thread by: mikeyny, Mar 25, 2012, 6 replies, in forum: The Green Room
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what mig welder to buy?

i have an old stick welder i use now and then to fix or fabricate stuff, mostly as a hobby, occasionally for money. I would like to pick up a mig...

Thread by: mikeyny, Feb 18, 2012, 9 replies, in forum: The Gear
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odd stack temp difference/

cleaned my boiler last nite, long overdue, stack temps were up, too much fly ash in the tubes and on the turbs. So i added another magnetic therm on...

Thread by: mikeyny, Jan 21, 2012, 1 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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Found a 70's craftsmen (Roper) ??? saw

Seems to run fine, 17 inch blade ?, self sharpening set up. dual oilers. one pump and one auto?? Cant find a manual anywhere yet. Real heavy for a...

Thread by: mikeyny, Nov 10, 2011, 5 replies, in forum: The Gear
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wood chip boilers?

I have access to lots of hardwood chips from a chip truck. The tree guy will dump all I want. I k now there are commercially made chip boilers out...

Thread by: mikeyny, Nov 4, 2011, 20 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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advice finishing hardwood Maple floor needed

Hello everyone, I have about 300 sf of maple to refinish. It was put down around 1910. it is in good shape except for a few dark...

Thread by: mikeyny, Oct 15, 2011, 8 replies, in forum: DIY and General non-hearth advice
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pellets in a tarm 502 natural draft

Hello, I tried some wood pellets in the old 502 today. first i installed the (home made) coal baffles. I put some double layered hardware...

Thread by: mikeyny, Feb 11, 2011, 0 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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Hard starting Husqvarna (I used to love it) Help?? 455 rancher

I just fixed the oiling problem ( or lack of). I put on the new PLASTIC drive gear, now it oils again. I bought 2 new gears so I can do it again NEXT...

Thread by: mikeyny, Jan 22, 2011, 11 replies, in forum: The Gear
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A piece of wood for a spare tire ? Video. Holy !@#$%

I saw this video on another forum called smokstak. Its a forum about old engines and generators. This video is pretty cool....

Thread by: mikeyny, Jan 6, 2011, 6 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
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a few small changes and big results!!

I recently made some changes to my old tarm 502 boiler. Big difference in performance. Tinkering pays off. First of all, every yr gets better and...

Thread by: mikeyny, Dec 15, 2010, 3 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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Lap top screen flickering

Anyone know why a laptop screen would flicker. Some times its fine other times it flickers like crazy. It doesnt seem like its a bad connection...

Thread by: mikeyny, Dec 5, 2010, 11 replies, in forum: DIY and General non-hearth advice
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barometric damper or turbulators to control draft??

On my natural draft tarm 502 I have 30 + feet of chimney. So much draft that I have inserted the turbulators( from the oil side that I dont use) one...

Thread by: mikeyny, Dec 2, 2010, 4 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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kwh compared to therms? (gas or electric hot water)

Since I preheat my domestic hw with a home brew heat exchanger I wonder if I would be better off using an electric water heater. Presently I have a...

Thread by: mikeyny, Nov 6, 2010, 2 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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Got a new Boiler door for my old Tarm today.

I finally found a new used door for my old tarm 502. Mine was cracked in several places, welded and patched up a bit here and there. After looking...

Thread by: mikeyny, Nov 5, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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not bugs but grubs in my wood? what are they?

I also noticed some bugs in my wood inside the house. I saw some saw dust on the floor and noticed, mostly in the black walnut, some white grubs...

Thread by: mikeyny, Oct 31, 2010, 3 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
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the dreaded groundhog "AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN"!!!! update

Ok, this is a continuing saga from my other post "the dreaded ground hog" earlier this season. So far I have gotten 4 ground hogs ( definitely not...

Thread by: mikeyny, Jul 30, 2010, 22 replies, in forum: DIY and General non-hearth advice
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Looking for dish washer purchase advice

We need to buy a dw for the first time for the new Kit we just remodeled. We would like to spend 500 or less. The on line reviews are all over the...

Thread by: mikeyny, Jul 18, 2010, 16 replies, in forum: DIY and General non-hearth advice
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found a pigeon with leg tags

I found a pigeon with a tag on each leg, dead next to the wood pile. One tag is red , the other is yellow and has AU 2009 and USMC 979 on it. Who...

Thread by: mikeyny, Jul 6, 2010, 4 replies, in forum: DIY and General non-hearth advice
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Hardware store owners salary??

My brother and I have been kicking around the Idea of buying a hardware store, maybe a franchise like true value. The problem is, the store would...

Thread by: mikeyny, Jul 1, 2010, 10 replies, in forum: DIY and General non-hearth advice

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