A hoop house (also called a polytunnel or hoop tunnel or high tunnel) is simply heavy-duty plastic stretched over arched steel hoops. It’s not heated; there’s no artificial lighting; it’s an inexpensive but very practical way to trap the sun/solar rays to increase the heat inside as...
This is such a great DIY project. Curtain rods that are long enough and strong enough are expensive, and this is such a great alternative. I featured your post on Friday Finds today. Thanks so much for sharing, and have a great weekend! Reply Jessica Bruno says: Thank you so much for...
A piston engine (also called a reciprocating engine, because the pistons move back and forth or "reciprocate") makes its power in strong steel "cooking pots" called cylinders. Fuel is squirted into the cylinders with air from the atmosphere. The piston in each cylinder compresses the mixture...
If you are making early payments to your vendors and getting some incentives in return, then it is a good deal but if there is no profit in making payments early, then try to delay the payments to your vendors until the end of the month. This strategy ensures the cash liquidity in your...
PVC pipe $1.25 Aluminum $1.50 Steel $2.50GlazeThe term “glazing” refers to any material used to cover or fit the frame of the greenhouse and is a major cost consideration. The materials for the greenhouse walls range from $0.20 to $2.60 per square foot.Glaze...
thinking of better ways to hold things when I saw a 3/4"' schedule 40 coupler laying on the floor (I had actually bought it for a laser tag project I'm also working on). Turns out it is a nice size to hold the syringe but wasn't quite deep enough to allow for the syringe tip...
according to a fixed schedule. In exchange, the worker no longer has the right to sue for further damages. This reform was enacted first in Germany in 1884 (under Bismarck, whois saidto have co-opted it from the socialists in order to defuse their agenda), in Britain in 1897, and sta...
I have all the parts I need, but time to work on it is lacking. I am also working on a new design for the turbine head that will automatically turn out of the wind if it gets too strong so as to prevent over-speed damage. I have also started work on building a solar panel out...
Is the mortar sound or is it missing between lengths of the flue tiles? If yours is a stainless steel chimney, are all pipe length firmly connected? Any rust inside the pipe or any noticeable damage? There should be no obstructions anywhere in the chimney. Are the offsets in the chimney...
Figure 7– Inside of antenna mount case. On left, a ¼-20 steel nut is epoxied to inside of case with strong JB Weld epoxy. In main case, a 10 mm brass nut is epoxied to inside of case with an insulating washer beneath. This brass nut connects to the whip and is “hot”, so...