What was your most interesting recent non solar project?

[OffGridForGood]

I got an old wood-stove free for picking it up, and bought some black stove pipe.
Hooked it up and got some HEAT into my Greenhouse since it is still below freezing at night where I live...in the North-woods.

Now if there was only some easy way to trade my problem with @BKY2003 's we could both be better off!!

 

[NC_hydro]

Is that the original tiller Columbus brought over?

Well it probably came over much later on the Mayflower. It’s actually not a tiller though.

 

[Daddy Tanuki]

Well it probably came over much later on the Mayflower. It’s actually not a tiller though.

It looks like the japanese version of a tiller that can also drag a little 2 bottom mold board plow, or three or four tiny dutch tines.

 

[Hedges]

Well it probably came over much later on the Mayflower. It’s actually not a tiller though.

 

[justgary]

Looks like a Wheel Horse to me. Very versatile.

 

[fatjay]

Quite boring by comparison to some of the really cool things that many others are doing but still it is my most interesting recent non solar project. (man, I need some new hobbies...)

We have an older commercial opener on our 12'x12' (yes it's that big) garage door and it refuses to pair with any of our vehicles so I just gave up and paralleled the momentary wall switch with this wireless relay. Dang this thing is impressive! Easy to set up and now we can open our garage door from the driveway entrance which is about 100 yards away from the "shouse".

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I used these to replace ignition keys on two tractors so I have remote start. It's handy when it's 3f outside, I can prime the glow plugs, then start the tractor, then turn the ignition on, and it'll warm up before I go out and blow snow.

 

[Q-Dog]

The Prehistoric Bison still needs the sternum added, and a lot of detailed finishing work, but the heavy work is done. We are supposed to open this weekend and are also have to repair the giant sloth that had a rough time in storage. Plus I have been repairing some display cases.

 

[Daddy Tanuki]

Photos of the completed diesel engine swap on the log splitter and some of the wood I got last week.



and lastly broke my forklift out as I am not about to try and move these chunks of wood by hand!

 

[Kenny_]

Been working on this one over the last month (after getting back to my art work).



Red-Breasted Nuthatch - Final
by Kenny A. Chaffin
2000 x 3000 pixels
about 16.25 hours so far
Painted in Krita from a reference photo


#art #painting::tag #digital #digitalpainting #Krita #mywork #myart #kacart

and here's an animated gif of some of the steps in creating it:

 

[Daddy Tanuki]

Been working on this one over the last month (after getting back to my art work).

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Red-Breasted Nuthatch - Final
by Kenny A. Chaffin
2000 x 3000 pixels
about 16.25 hours so far
Painted in Krita from a reference photo


#art #painting::tag #digital #digitalpainting #Krita #mywork #myart #kacart

and here's an animated gif of some of the steps in creating it:

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nice! I would have never known it was not an actual photo of one if you had not said so.

 

[Kenny_]

nice! I would have never known it was not an actual photo of one if you had not said so.

I love realism, but if you look closely....

 

[Daddy Tanuki]

I love realism, but if you look closely....

Kenny, great name BTW.. I am Kenneth, or Kenny to my family and Ken to my friends. You have no doubt heard of 7 degrees of separation from kevin bacon... well I am like one degree of separation from the Amish, or Mennonites so I am honestly the last person to ask about anything to do with a PC especially art... I am the idiot that would accidentally put his finger through the Mona Lisa while pointing at it.

 

[SoggyShoes]

Been working on this one over the last month (after getting back to my art work).

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Red-Breasted Nuthatch - Final
by Kenny A. Chaffin
2000 x 3000 pixels
about 16.25 hours so far
Painted in Krita from a reference photo


#art #painting::tag #digital #digitalpainting #Krita #mywork #myart #kacart

and here's an animated gif of some of the steps in creating it:

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Holy crap, that is Amazing! I thought your art was photography until I scrolled down and saw the animation. Incredible work @Kenny_ !
Is your Avatar one of your drawings as well?

 

[Kenny_]

Holy crap, that is Amazing! I thought your art was photography until I scrolled down and saw the animation. Incredible work @Kenny_ !
Is your Avatar one of your drawings as well?

No, no I stole that from somewhere. A take-off on American Gothic

 

[Q-Dog]

Still need to add a couple parts, but mostly done. I didn't do the painting.

 

[Daddy Tanuki]

Still need to add a couple parts, but mostly done. I didn't do the painting.
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that looks like one pissed off beefalo... Og and Dag would probably think twice before lofting a spear in that things direction.

 

[BuffaloTrace]

Love me sum o' that!

 

[Q-Dog]

that looks like one pissed off beefalo... Og and Dag would probably think twice before lofting a spear in that things direction.

That is a Sabre-toothed cat in the foreground. I imagine that would be a pretty significant fight.

 

[Daddy Tanuki]

That is a Sabre-toothed cat in the foreground. I imagine that would be a pretty significant fight.

Large dogs are scary, but the thought of a saber tooth tracking me for some reason is even worse. i do not know why, but it is.

 

[Brucey]

Large dogs are scary, but the thought of a saber tooth tracking me for some reason is even worse. i do not know why, but it is.

Prob hiding behind the wood pile. Just watching, staring, remembering ...

 

[Daddy Tanuki]

Prob hiding behind the wood pile. Just watching, staring, remembering ...

you ever walked around at night and got the heebie jeebies? that has happened once or twice at the cabin. being that I am a hop skip and a jump from one corner of suicide forest (aoki gahara) I might have good reason to be spooked..

Aokigahara - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

the first paragraph or two describes it.

 

[Brucey]

you ever walked around at night and got the heebie jeebies? that has happened once or twice at the cabin. being that I am a hop skip and a jump from one corner of suicide forest (aoki gahara) I might have good reason to be spooked..

Aokigahara - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

the first paragraph or two describes it.

Jesus you know it's bad when they stopped reporting suicide numbers over a decade ago.

 

[Daddy Tanuki]

Jesus you know it's bad when they stopped reporting suicide numbers over a decade ago.

yep though over the 10 years since i bought my place i have seen less and less abandoned vehicles. The Japanese LEO's will leave an abandoned vehicle in that area if they have no proof of death. I used to see two or three per season, but I have not seen any at all since the plandemic. not sure if that's good, bad or indifferent, but it seems like less people taking the self induced dirt nap.

from my place the south west corner of aokigahara is about 4 miles as the crow flies from my property. that and the fact that AUM the death cult had property holdings in this area is partly why my cabin was so affordable at the time. me I have none of the common concerns with either so I was like cheap property! whoot! and the area around my cabin is beautiful with a nice view of fuji.

 

[Brucey]

yep though over the 10 years since i bought my place i have seen less and less abandoned vehicles. The Japanese LEO's will leave an abandoned vehicle in that area if they have no proof of death. I used to see two or three per season, but I have not seen any at all since the plandemic. not sure if that's good, bad or indifferent, but it seems like less people taking the self induced dirt nap.

from my place the south west corner of aokigahara is about 4 miles as the crow flies from my property. that and the fact that AUM the death cult had property holdings in this area is partly why my cabin was so affordable at the time. me I have none of the common concerns with either so I was like cheap property! whoot! and the area around my cabin is beautiful with a nice view of fuji.

Random pots of buried sarin gas prob keep the riff raff out.

 

[Dim Bulb]

Solar powered Mini Bike. Bought new mini bike on April 10 in Las Vegas, waved goodbye to OJ. Tossed(gave away) the new oily, stinky, noisy, hot, poison consuming(benzine), polluting engine. Installed little 2000 watt brushless motor.

Benzine, see:

Petroleum benzine - Wikipedia

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