May have been that it wasn’t insulated but had a 1/8 inch opening at 550F. When it cooled down to around 200F it had closed back up.

Won’t be using the ceramic flue liner for the Rocket Mass Heater after all. When temp got to 500F it cracked all the way down one side.

Last 3 movies being processed now. Says a bit over 4 hours. We’ll see how accurate it is.

and climbing in 20 – 25 minutes with wet and frozen brick. Looks like a winner if/when I can find the pipe to use for the ducting/flue.

Mocked up the basic rocket mass heater J core and have it burning outside now. I’m kinda smoky but it draws just fine. Barrel temp 250F +

Think today is gonna be a work on this and that as the mood strikes. Don’t feel like getting into any big/long term projects.

So guess that needs to get done prior to finishing off the back porch wall. Or I could say to hell with it and take a walk. Tis a nice day.

However I need to swap the post out in here and get it’s replacement and two more in to finish the loft, which needs to come in the back.

Am thinking about finishing up the wall on the back porch/workshop and putting a door in. Will evict the cats and keep it warmer in here.

One to go after that, and I can clear the files off the hard drive. Bright sunny day here. Trying to decide what needs doing the worst.

Tis morning (almost afternoon), and I have coffee in hand. Got the 3rd dvd processing, so should be about 5 hours till it’s done.

Been at the computer too long today. Vision is starting to blur too bad to read any more, so calling it a night. Till tomorrow folks…

Temps: Highs – Outside 43.3 Inside 75.0
Lows – Outside 30.6 Inside 66.9
Current – Outside 30.6 Inside 69.6

Now to do it 3 more times… 🙂

Once finished thinking about it, tis taking about 7 minutes a disk to burn copies. Work great in the standalone DVD player!