Great advice I will try it as well on a HDPE drum I have. Brian Rodgers On 10/17/05, Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Ken > > >So, I have this stainless steel container that's probably in the 10-15 > >gallon range. Seems a shame to not make some use of it except that I > >didn't get a lid with it and my pal doesn't it either. The inner > >diameter is 15 inches. The outer diameter is 15 9/16 and the height is > >25 1/2 inches. I was planning to use it for a stock methoxide > >solution but, if I can't come up with a lid I'll have to find a less > >hazardous use for it. Maybe there is a better use for it anyway...I'd > >still like a lid. Anyone have any ideas how to create a simple lid > >without too much wasted energy? > > You can make a lid for a tank from a piece of compound board cut to > fit, with sheet plastic (resistant) glued on the underneath surface > and four or six or eight toggle latches. Pop-rivet the fittings on > the container side, seal with siliocon. Give the lid a silicon seal - > apply a generous helping of silicon round the underside edge, allow > it to set for 6-8 hours (depending on the weather) until it isn't > sticky to the touch anymore but still soft. Place the lid carefully > in position on top of the container and weigh it down with something > heavy, making sure the weight is spread evenly around the edge. The > silicon takes the shape of the rim but doesn't stick, no need for a > release agent. There are some photographs of this here (though not on > a wooden lid): > > http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_processor10.html > Journey to Forever 90-litre processor > > It's about halfway down. > > >Take care, > >Ken > > > >PS: I really busted my hump today in the gardens. We found 5 hostas > >(one of which was HUGE) on our local FreeCycle. Lots of work digging > >those holes. I also moved a bunch of other perennials and rearranged > >the vegetable garden to build my mini hoop house for late tomatoes and > >early spring crops. I am so tired I could fall asleep typing. There > >is almost nothing more rewarding, though! I can't wait for the extra > >charge that I'll have tomorrow. > > :-) Good for you. I also staggered in after busting my gut out there > for hours today, then I did fall asleep for half an hour, I just woke > up. I was clearing the ground under the trees at the edge of the > pasture, huge tangles of weeds and creepers and tough grass growing > through the piles of cut branches we left there nine months ago that > we've been trying to get round to clearing ever since. Getting the > last of the wood in now, we'll be needing it for the woodstove soon > (though we'll use bioheating oil when it gets really cold). Also > those are fruit trees, persimmons, and grass roots strangle fruit > trees, all the fruit falls off before it gets there. We had to clear > the leaf-fall areas for compost and mulch while there's still a > little growth period left if we want fruit next year. So I got it all > cleared and we did the compost and mulching too. Mainly we have to > build a chicken run there in the next few days, rather than a chicken > jungle. Meanwhile the pasture's looking great, that I was talking > about to Andres a few weeks ago (ley farming). I got it all done and > it worked a treat, interesting, more re which later. Nine months ago > that field was a bog, flooded most of the time. Two days ago it > rained solidly for 24 hours and the pasture absorbed it like a > sponge, no flooding. Now we can sow winter grains and a new ley grass > mixture there, planting date October 25 according to the local > Japanese farmers almanac. I got good heritage grain seeds from some > homesteader friends nearby, two kinds of winter wheat, two kinds of > barley, rye, nice. > > Best wishes > > Keith > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > >
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