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Post by vermontday » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 3:07 pm

Making Side Rails

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Laying up side rail, ready for plywood sandwich

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Nailing in outside rail board

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Taping on 1/4" shims to give proper clearance to pallet jack.

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Another view of temporary shims to give proper clearance to pallet jack.

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Post by vermontday » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 3:15 pm

Laying up assembly on pallet jack.

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Squaring rails up by cross measuring.

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Lay in a slide gate for distance and then screw on cross bars, centered on skid.

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Side Screw on slide rails.

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Slide plates just drop in loose with a 1/4" either side to rail.

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Post by vermontday » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 3:21 pm

More Layup

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Adding cross supports.

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Drop in 2nd slide gate. I painted the tops to prevent rusting.

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Making plywood bag hold-down ring (24x24 with 16x16 hole, angled drilled to let in more coal.

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Cutting out the 16x16 hole in plywood for bag hold-down ring.

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Post by vermontday » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 3:28 pm

Layup of top.

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Laying top on.

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Screw top on.

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Plywood bag hold down ring temporarily laid on top for demonstration only.

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Standing in bag on top of skid, screwing down bag hold down ring.

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Post by vermontday » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 3:38 pm

Working 1/2 in the bag!

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Notice safety footwear while cutting out bag bottom!

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Screwing down bag.

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Side shot of slide gate tunnel showing why you have to use short screws to hold bag ring down.

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Side shot of slide gate tunnel showing bolt used as a pulling handle to open slides.

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Post by vermontday » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 3:50 pm

Feeding boiler.

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Feeding boiler

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Doesn't look very hot!

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But I/R camera reveals a different story. Who says Cindy isn't hot?

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She has fire in her hole!

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Post by vermontday » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 4:01 pm

While things are automatically happening in the basement, the upstairs is kept toasty!

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Thermostat

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The weather outside may be frightful, but the fire is quite delightful!

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Post by vermontday » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 4:16 pm

Pictures of how to load 2,250 lbs. of coal with no mess, no lifting, in 5 minutes. :)

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Near empty skid.

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Closing the slide gates.

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Post by vermontday » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 4:32 pm

She is 1/2 way done! :) :)

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Post by vermontday » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 4:38 pm

She just has to open the slide gates! :) :) :)

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Post by vermontday » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 4:39 pm

How to load the skids.

We order 4-1/2 tons of coal in a truck load. This fills 4 skids.

As we have 7 skids total, it gives time for the new coal skids to dry out before we use them.

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Post by vermontday » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 5:01 pm

For a Logo boiler control update, open attached file.

I have added more features to it.

The Logo replaces your hold fire timer. It saves coal and monitors your stoker for you.

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Post by vermontday » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 5:08 pm

For those of you who want to buy a used Logo off the Internet and have me program it, I can no longer load the program for free. A couple of things have happened since I used to offer to load the program for free.

1.) I invested another 40 hours further developing the program. I now have over 120 hours of programming time in the program. The program is awesome.

2) I have a boiler maker interested in buying the program.

3.) I realized the only way I can protect the program is to offer it on pre-loaded memory cards that cannot be copied.

4.) I can sell individuals the pre-loaded memory cards along with a complete installation, operating manual for a small fee. The fee basically covers my cost of materials and time to send these out. You just pop it into your Logo and you are ready to go. The memory card will never lose the program. I will be posting these for sale in the NEPA Crossroads Free Classified under Furnaces, HVAC, Plumbing Supplies 4 Sale. It works on all stokers.

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Logo pre-programmed memory module with operating manual.

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Post by coldinmaine » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 6:38 pm

thanks for the tutorial. If my basement floor was less crooked...this would be my next project! Do you have a version of this that "hovers" over broken and uneven concrete?....perhaps mag-lev. Let me know when you have a prototype!

 
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Post by vermontday » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 7:14 pm

I admit, this method is for those out there that are lucky enough to have a large basement with a smooth, level floor.

A jackhammer might be easier than designing a mag-lev hovercraft!

At least you know now what to spend your money on should you hit the lottery!


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