Sunday, February 24, 2008
Update on Furnace
I am really excited to announce that my furnace and all the components that go with it are finally done!! This on-going project has really been a challenging and rather spendy one. I normally don't go all out with sinking alot of money into these type of things unless I feel like it may have some potential output. The trick with saving a bunch of money on "just parts" is to do alot of research on what might work. (In this case I had alot of custom type weld jobs that I don't have tools or experience in.) I always test my limit and brainstorm how I can possibly build something out of ordinary junk. I mentioned before that my two best places are either a junk yard or some specialty shop that may have something laying around that I could possibly talk them into giving me. Nine times out ten I get it free, but sometimes they are pretty tight with their stuff that I would have to end up spending a few dollars. I have built alot of things over the years, and very seldom I have something that actually works with what I have available to me. I used to think how fun it would be to work for a big firm with a research and development dept., but after I get into reality I finally realize that if I were to really have something it would be taken away because of the rules of the company. When Lisa and I were in our first few years of marriage we lived in my grandpas old house in town. He and grandma passed on but had all this furniture that no-one really wanted in this house. So with lots of creativity moving it around and stuffing some of it in closets and such we finally made due and lived with it. I will never forget this one piece of furniture that they had, it was a small pink lazyboy type of chair that did'nt do anything but sit there. Lisa hated the color but admitted that it was comfortable, so we lefted it out to enjoy. I really liked this chair because it would literally wrap you in when you sat in it, and when you sat in it your legs were at a perfect 90 degrees and your back would be straight and it was just comfy. This was just the perfect chair to sit and think, I spent alot of time just sitting, reading and pondering my thoughts. I have to admit that I came up with some really cool ideas in this pink chair and to this day they are still in my notebooks filled with stuff. To get back to the point, I wanted to share that I can't wait to take my project to the next level. I'm not going to be to hasty because I want to make sure that I have everything in place before I go for it. One things for sure, if it don't work I sure had alot of fun building it.
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5 comments:
We should snake the chair and re-apholster it. Lol! I love remembering about all those loooong hours you would sit in the chair. Your "research & development" chair. :)
I LOVE YOU!
Congrats on your furnace and everything!
(Your blog is so fun to read.) I don't see how you can get away with so much free stuff from people. You must have incredible charm! I can never get anything free.
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