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So sorry for your loss.

Thanks for the update and I'm glad you got the ambition and desire to get back to it, looks like it should be a great asset around the house.

Looks good Kevin!

I have built two, depending on your needs which route I would take.

Go with a water stove. It can be farther from the house for safety reasons. Longer burn times, the air stove has no ability to store heat. I have both, I have an air stove outside of my garage, I like it for the fact I can let it go out and light it when needed and not worry about it freezing...

I made the decision to not put any wood in the OWB last night. It will have hot ash in it for a few days but I should be able to shut the circulator off later today.

Two things so far: 1) keep it low to the ground, stand back 2) You don't want it too slow so do the math and figure out the speed before you start welding/bolting OK three, 3) are you planning on welding and if so how are your welding skills and equipment? Don't want to see anyone get hurt from...

Looks nice, it should serve you well. Glad we could help. Did you do all the machine work on the shaft and drum yourself? Glad

My OWB is still going but I have been thinking that probably this week I will shut it down. I installed two heat pumps last summer so I'm sure they can handle cool nights. It's supposed to hit 80 later this week. One "issue" with my OWB setup is that my circulater pump runs 24/7 and the heat...

Can you attach a pic with the two lines going to and from the OWB marked on the plate HX

bypass for summer use? One question about your OWB, is it a pressurized system or an open system? Mine is a Heatmor and is an open system for all practical purposes. You should be able to put a garden hose into the top vent and fill it that way. When I installed mine I added a fill line to the...

or cover it with roofing tin, tarps sweat and seep And we want pics! :)

Here are some hydraulic calculators for future reference. https://www.baumhydraulics.com/Home/Page/speccalculators use #1 they typically pull with less force than they push with as stated above. You lose the volume of the rod diameter. some fun info for anyone interested...

Sounds to me like you are shutting the stove down too much and too soon. What stack temp are you running? Stoves need air. Try putting less wood in and leave the drafts open some more for longer periods. Keep an eye on it of course.

I would be more concerned with why they are clogged in the first place. Admittedly I know nothing about your particular stove but I thought the whole reason for cats is to burn clean. They need to be run hot no? ETA: Greta would be very mad at you if you remove them...............LOL

good ole milk crate

I'm from the "buy once, cry once" camp I wouldn't buy anything but a Hypertherm but that's me. The first one I bought was a new Hypertherm Powermax 30, it did OK up 1/4" but struggled with 3/8". No I have a Hypertherm Powermax 900 that will sever 1 1/8" steel, cut's 3/8" like butter. One thing...

Yup, you'll find the weak spots as you go. I knew from the start that a single shaft wouldn't hold up so I made a top bracket to have the shaft in double shear, never had an issue with that.

Another tid bit of information is when you wrap the log with your choker wrap it so that the log has to roll a little thereby starting the momentum. If that makes sense, especially on the larger stuff.

"She works though!" Great feeling isn't it? waiting for the vid on the edge of my seat