Recent content by gary350

This is Google definition of saturated salt. To make a saturated salt solution, add salt to water and stir until no more will dissolve, and solid salt remains at the bottom. You can heat the water to dissolve more salt, stirring until no more dissolves, and then let the solution cool to create...

I have a power supply for electrolysis of salt water brine, variable 3v to 6v up to 30 amps. Cathode is stainless steel, anode is carbon rods. Carbon rod surface area 42" sq. the Stainless steel cathode should be 21" sq. Salt is pure 100% salt dissolved into distilled water. I have been...

10 times less magnet. Do you know new magnets at the factory have no magnetic field until they are charged. Make a coil 1000 turns of #24 wire. Charge a 50,000. uf cap to 150 volts. Put magnet on the 1000 turn coil discharge the 50k cap into the coil. Very quick in 2 seconds test the magnets...

I found those 2 lens inside of an old photo graphic enlarger. The 2 lens are inside a metal tube holder. I can put any type light at 1 end of the tube the lens make all the light that exit the tube a straight beam across to the other side of the work shop 24 ft away. I get a beam of light...

This works.

This is suppose to be a fun, build a concave mirror project, not a chain saw project. I own a chain saw, 100 ft of chain, come along, ladder, I could cut these trees down if I wanted to. I want to build a concave mirror. I can do the math for the tilt of each circle of mirrors but getting the...

I need to cut down a 3 year old dead tree from top down so tree causes no damage with small pieces falling. I need a mirror with a focal length of 150 ft. 12" diameter to 36" diameter will work good but I can't think of any easy way to build it. Nothing like this for sale on Ebay. I have a...

305 lbs. of new Kennebec white potatoes from a 90 ft row of seed potatoes.

Why would anyone want to loose money on purpose? Fun hobbies loose lots of money on purpose. I spent about a $1000. on model airplanes to have FUN. I spent $1000. on long range target shooting it took a year to learn how to shoot 100 aluminum soft drink cans 1/4 mile away and never miss. I...

Raised beds cost too much money. Lumber, screws, nails, potting soil, will cost very near $100 per bed. Potting soil is not real soil it is composed plants and has almost no food value of live plants. If your yard is rock you may have no other choice but to have beds. The taller beds are the...

Let it burn. It is natures way to burn the old to make way for the new we learned that in first year biology class. Why do people try to interfere with nature. TV said, this is a 50 year old forest it is full of dry dead material. If you want to live in the middle of a soon to burn dead...

Drinks are always red wine about 9:30 pm at our camp site. Trailer tongue is about 150 lbs. too light weight. Spare tire and several other items need to be moved up front. Total camper trailer weight = about 1500 lbs divide by 4 = tongue wt. should be about 375 lbs. or more for trailer to be...

I tested it and it works. As it turned out trailer tongue weight is 226 lbs.

I think I have it figured out just want to make sure. Camper trailer pushes down with a wt of about 450 to 600 lb how to find the exact togue weight with bathroom scales that only goes to 250 lbs.? I am using a strong board as the lever. Fulcrum is at 0" Trailer tongue is at 6" If scales at...

My newest invention a dark flashlight. Shine dark on the enemy and they can not see you.