Prep for the week

[ozo]

Originally Posted by dbcooper

part of me says to just set it right on a level gravel pad so that I won't have to deal with snakes and other critters setting up house underneath it if I set it up on blocks

Once you view the bottom structure, you may cancel
any idea to use blocks [8x8x16].

[dbcooper]

Originally Posted by ozo

Once you view the bottom structure, you may cancel
any idea to use blocks [8x8x16].

I'm thinking rail road ties or large landscape timbers

I have a friend also with a sawmill and I have some cedar trunks we can saw into just about any size

my first one is going to be a 20ft size and I see where many people set them up on supports on the ends only since they are designed with the strength in the corners


also, not to hijack this thread, I might start a different thread to continue discussing containers.

[soundguy]

Originally Posted by ozo

Once you view the bottom structure, you may cancel
any idea to use blocks [8x8x16].

on our construction jobsite we use storage containers all the time.. we set tehm on concrete pillow blocks ( not cinder blocks ).

what problems are you having with blocks?

[streetbob]

This week I picked up...

-M-1942 Military Mess Kit
-Extra 20oz MSR Fuel Bottle
-100pk 12GA 2 3/4" 7 1/2 Bird Shot
-15pk 12GA 2 3/4" Slug
-10pk 12GA 3" 00Buck
-2 boxes of 525 22LR
-Made 8 8oz Jelly Jar Candles
-1 Gal. Coleman Camp Fuel
-4 Military P-51 Can Openers

[soundguy]

would love to see the candles / how you made them?

thanks

[streetbob]

Sound guy, it is very easy. To make the wicks you need is cotton twine, water, table salt, and borax laundry booster. You add 1 cup of water, 1 tbsp of salt, and 2 tbsp of borax into a pot. Warm the mix up until the salt and borax has compleatly dissolved take a few pieces of the cotton twine cut into 12" pieces and put them in the mix, let them soak for 20 minutes in the solution and hang them up to dry for 5 days. After they dry get some candle holders and a old candle or old crayons put a pot on the stove with water added to it and another pot on top for the wax. Melt the wax in the top pot, when the wax is ready dunk the wicks into the wax 2 to 3 times letting it hardening in between dunks. I tie wooden kabob sticks to the wicks before dunking them to keep them straight in the jars and a small nut to keep them down in the wax. When ready pour the melted wax into the jar and add the wick into the middle. Let them cool for 16 hours and repour wax into jars for a second time because the center of the candle will sink when it cools, after they cool for 6 to 8 hours they are ready to go.

[streetbob]

Here are a few candles I recently done.

[soundguy]

wow, those look great.

question.. what does the borax and the salt do to the wick, stiffen it?

awesome pics!

and plus.. you could stick a matchbook on top of it then put a lid on, and you'd have a watertight candle with way to light it up.

i like the double boiler setup

cool ideas