Worms? Under my sink?

It's more likely than you think. I recently decided to make myself a worm bin. Now you might be thinking that I'm insane (I might be) but there are many benefits to having worms in your house, especially if you're a gardener.

Nope, nothing here under the sink.

Pot stand repair

A while back, I constructed a pot stand for cooking in a fire pit.  I utilized the legs from a bed frame and some aluminum angle pieces.  When we used it for the first time, I threw it in the fire before we started cooking in hopes of burning off some of the paint.  I pulled it out, and to my surprise, one of the aluminum pieces was partially melted and deformed.  So here we go again, another repair for something that aluminum did not suffice.

The legs and one of the original angle pieces

diecaster_d's evil plan of self sufficient transcendental body slammin' production

1. Make a die casting mold for a soap dish

2. Cast an unlimited number of soap dishes with the foundry

3. ????

4. Profit

prototype

The Foundry: Initial Progress and Uncertainty

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2 years ago, my brother showed me this website called backyardmetalcasting.com.  Being in shop class at the time and having done some casting, I wanted in on the action.  The idea of recycling your own metal and casting stuff in your backyard sounds all too appealing to pass up right?

Well 2 years later, all I can say is: you can't say "success" without first saying "sucks".

The furnace turned out fine, constructed out of a water heater tank, insulated with 3000 degree refractory cement.  Welding the tank was a whole fiasco on its own because of my terrible cutting torch abilities.  Simply put, it involved a lot of tack welding and hammering, and a lot of filing. 

Bottling the wine

Today the wine was ready for bottling. It is now bottled and ready for consumption. Cheers.

It's 5 o' clock somewhere

I will begin work on a new batch of wine within the next week. The next batch will be a red wine. But for now, there is this batch to enjoy.

Read more about the wine.