sewing stuff

[Bob Carriere]

Will need to chat with our "steam guy" who is in to sewing machines to see what equivalent we have on this side of the frozen pond.

Guy...... are you listening...?

Bob

[guyvapeur]

I have 4 of these singer sewing machines. I have two table models and two open arm......Everything I have read above is consistent with what is available in Canada. I have disposed of newer machines but will not part with my 111.....s

[Bob Carriere]

Guy.....

....will you sell one to Joyce for my Xmas gift....????

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by guyvapeur

I have 4 of these singer sewing machines. I have two table models and two open arm......Everything I have read above is consistent with what is available in Canada. I have disposed of newer machines but will not part with my 111.....s

Last summer I visited Guy's house to do so sewing on tentage. He had about 100sq feet of sewing machines on a table. Some were going to be saved, the rest weren't getting anymore houseroom. He had a few good machines in the garage, including one that I thought could be as dangerous as a bandsaw if a finger got in the wrong place.

Slightly different topic, Guy also demonstrated a really clever woodstove built from a 20 lb propane tank. Chunks, branches and scrap goes in a chute on the top edge, and are completely consumed by the fire.

[jim sewell]

Terry
Could we have a picture of the wood stove as I am keen to make some thing like this for the shed.
Mike
What size needle are you using on your sewing machine?

Regards
Jim S.

[guyvapeur]

There is a wealth of information on the web about the Singer industrial machines. I use #21 135x17 needles on my machines along with T120 thread. For canvas I use a dual duty (Coates*) thread. My undertanding is that this thread is polyester core with cotton outer. The cotton protects the polyester from sun damage and swells up when wet to waterproof the seam. I have no formal training but I have spent endless evenings testing various materials to thread/needle combinations.

Bob C............in response to your request for a sewing machine for Christmas, I have been advised that you have been naughty over the last year and the machine will have to wait.

Re: Wood burning stove.
I have researched the net for *gasifier stoves*, *volcano stoves*, and *rocket stoves*. As a result my prototype stove is made from two cylinders. The inner cylinder is a 20 lb propane bottle with a 4 inch hole in the bottom and approx 24 .375 in. holes on the upper rim approx. 2 inches from the 10 inch opening at the top. The propane cylinder sits on 6 in. legs. The propane tank is then lowered into another cylinder (water tank) which is approx. 2 in wider than the propane bottle. The outer cylinder has an opening at the bottom to regulate air intake. The top of the outer cylinder has a 4x4 in opening to allow wood to be put into the inner cylinder. It also contains the cooking surface and chimney outlet. The stove is so built as to allow the combustion air to enter from the bottom. Air also circulates between the walls of the two cylinders and is heated. As this air rises to the .375 in. holes of the propane cylinder, it is mixed with unburnt gases and causes what may be called secondary combustion. ***this type of stove is not meant to be left unattended for long periods of time..... it must be replenished often. However, you can easily regulate heat.... and after use in a hunt camp for 1 week, we took out a couple of handfuls of fly ash....

[Bob Carriere]

..... I was not THAT naughty!!!!!!

How about a picture of that rocket engine stove......?

the barn fella !!!!