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WATER CISTERN CONSTRUCTION for SMALL HOUSES
ALASKA BUILDING RESEARCH SERIESHCM-01557 IntroductionThis publication is one of nine that has been translated from Norwegian. They are taken from a series of…
How to Design and Build a Water System for Your Backwoods Home
By H. Skip Thomsen There are as many variables in the design requirements of wilderness home water systems as there are homes to…
Home-made Hydraulic Ram Pump
This information is provided as a service to those wanting to try to build their own hydraulic ram pump. The data from our…
Comparison of Two Types of Water Pumps
The one on the left is a rotary barrel pump. It is designed to fit 15-55 gallon drums. The one on the right…
How to Prepare Your Firewood Supply
Burning wet wood is one of the two top barriers to pleasurable, efficient woodburning (the other is badchimneys). Your wood heater can only…
Moveable Tobacco Curing Frames
George Duncan, Larry Swetnam, and Linus Walton Moveable (or portable) curing frames offer the tobacco grower another option for successfully reducing labor and…
Foxfire 3
This book is dedicated to those adults who love young people and demonstrate that affection every day. Without these men and women, the…
DISTILLATION – HOW IT WORKS
There is a growing interest in distillation by amateurs, particularly in New Zealand where happily it hasbeen legal since October 1996 – for…