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Here are some photos from the first few days of the ATC.
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J Tube Testing
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Making toast with Fresnel lens
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Cutting joinery for junk pole fence
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Junk pole fence assembly
 
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And here are some more...
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Fixing the fan in the willow feeder
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Applying lime wash to the library
 
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Here’s a picture of the updated hot water heater by the showers. The changes included adding an insulated exhaust pipe with clean out; doubling the height on the heat riser; adding an extension to the wood feed to allow covering it with bricks while wood is in it; adding a P channel to the feed; and covering the riser with a nice metal outer skin.

Students learned several types of welding during the ATC and put it to use adding to the riser support.
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I'm not quite a lumberjack, but that's OK, I sleep all night and I dream all day; I'll coppice trees, I'll grow my food, and compost poo and pee! With a well and off-grid solar, it's a permies life for me! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FshU58nI0Ts

 
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We spent a day out at the lab doing various projects.
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Learning how to use the excavator
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Allerton Abbey
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Plastering wall at Allerton Abbey
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Chainsawing!
 
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Wow Aaron!  That picture of Kay and the chainsaw is iconic!!!

Thank you for the pics :)

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Additional work was done on the berm shed, replacing a post and adding the additional beams and girders to improve clearance and stability.
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Added gravel to the hole
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Holes are drilled and rebar hammered in
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Posts and beams up, adding junk poles back and covering it all up

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Now that the ATC is over I have time to post some pictures! Here are a few from the pressurized rocket water heater rebuild.
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Cleaning and diagnosing issues with the heater
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Testing various heat riser dimensions
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Tony fusion welding the new heat riser
 
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Thank you for the great pics and welcome to the forum Josiah!  So good to have you on here!

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