Yeah, that reminds me of my first visit to South America. Wife and I were in the Chilean capitol city of Santiago. From a map, we knew we had to go 3 blocks north and then a couple blocks east to get to our destination. So we headed off. Three blocks later we hadn’t gotten to the expected street and I was wondering what the hell was wrong. We were 3 blocks south of our original position. I had just figured north subconsciously from the sun which of course wasn’t north anymore. It’s also weird having the sun rise from the right horizon. No problems anymore now that I got GPS on my phone. 
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Today I contributed something to the preparation of lunch, I don’t know how well-known čevapčiči are around the world, but they are a very popular food here, even in Italy they were immediately enthusiastic about them,… 
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They are BIG Tone, you go the American way 
. I only know them smaller. But no doubt they taste the same
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While others are admiring the sausages, why am I saying to myself “nice wood pile”?
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… summertime and living is so easy…
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I don’t know tone’s secret recipe but the recipes I was finding included eggs and onions. Which is more likely to be used in a burger style patty then a sausage shape, here in the midwest part of the states. Brats or polish sausage are more popular in the states as the bigger grilled ‘sausage’, with smaller, cheaper hot dogs being the most popular. The most popular additional ingredient, is probably cheese.
middle eastern cuisine has their own take on it, with the ground meat and flatbread which is seemingly more popular by detroit with a larger middle eastern population. (judging by facebook short posts for detroit restaurants.)
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I already thought I wouldn’t build anymore, well, I can’t get rid of the mixer… I was just testing here to see if the generator would handle the concrete mixer and vibrator, it doesn’t complain at all, it continues to work stably and quietly,…
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I’m sorry Tone, I know we’ve been over this before - but - this is the asyncronous motor with added capasitors as a generator, right? I never got around to try any off-grid load on mine. It seems simple enough - even with a single phase load connected.
Are there things to be aware of other than only connecting things that aren’t too fuzzy about voltage and frequency?
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Ok, take an asynchronous motor with high revolutions (2900/min), for example, if you have an electric motor with a power of 7.5 kW, this motor is connected in a delta, which does not allow the connection of a neutral, so you connect three capacitors in a star and you have a neutral in the middle and a single-phase current, well, for a 7.5 kW electric motor you need capacitors of about 75 micro Farads.
Best regards, Tone
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Unfortunately mine is an 11kW 6-pole (~950 rpm) motor. I managed to push close to 10 kW into the grid, but the current climbed close to popping the main fuses. When I installed 30 micro Farad capasitors I only managed 5-6 kW when the field started slipping. If I find the time I’ll try sturdier capasitors. Thanks Tone.
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What a difference a week makes. Temps were in the fifties, now this. Mother nature is a trickster, but she can’t stop spring from coming!
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Thinking that fall may be arriving early here in NW Michigan. We will be in the 60’s F for the coming week and if we get a warm up in September it’s always welcome then. Bugs have pretty much gone, including most of the tourist. Haven’t had a tick bite in a couple weeks and the deer flies have all but vanished. Even the mosquitoes are tolerable compared to what they were. Been a couple of years since I ran the saw mill and left gas in it when I last used it so if I don’t get it running on the untested gasifier I’ll be ordering a new carb. I want to get enough lumber sawn to be able to fabricate the struts for the geodesic tunnel I’m going to be growing in next year. This years garden was mostly a bust and I"m at a loss as to why. What did grow was mostly animal feed and not one of them left a tip.
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Nailed the nicest Sunday in a long time for my parent’s 80 yo birthday celebration. Managed to gather the intire klan of 22 people, which was an ashievment of its own. A simple hotdog grilling event down by our river cabin.
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Well after a much needed two days of clouds and drizzle rain we have flipped to our true Fall now:
50F lines up with 10C.
A significant overnight temperature here.
I was able to morning walk the three dogs down to the creek for the first time in two weeks.
Been too many biting flys, mosquitos, no-see-'ems chasing me back up the hill.
Too energy sapping cold for them to be active.
The creek recharged some with fresh clean rain water.
The fir trees now shedding summer needles, prepping for winter.
Our grasses will green back up for a few weeks of Fall energy storing before no-growth Winter dormancy.
Fall is my favorite season. Alway hopeing for a long Fall.
S.U.
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Yes, mine too, full of colours end smell.
Still walking around in shorts overhere and I hope it is extended for a few weeks. My new burner is not installed yet and the old one is disconnected. 
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I finally finished my powered cart for wood harvesting. I based it on the DR Powerwagon design. It started with a small van rear axle.
I chopped a foot off each side to narrow it and added some frame mounts.
I built a frame for it, the transmission, engine and caster wheels.
It didn’t have enough traction, so I added some chains:
And here is the first run with the bed on it up a rough steep hill. I guess a limited slip axle would be helpful as there is a lot of wheel slip. Perhaps if I made it a tricycle with a single rear caster wheel, it might help keep the drive wheels in better contact with the ground. I was after maximum stability because of the slopes on my land, so I went for 2 casters. I may try just one though.
Now I have to try it with a load…
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We need way more details, Marty. What engine and how did you link it to that rear end? A really nice project and nicely built. 
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Good job MartyS.
A load will help a lot for traction and to smooth that single cylinders shake transferred up to the handles.
I see drum brakes with parking brake cables . . .
A clever fellow could set up the cables with bicycle brake handles at each side grip. Then you could one-side brake to stop wheel spin. Then able to one-side brake for steering too.
Ha! Ha! Yes. Aways easier to say; than to fab-do. But you’ve shown you have the skills man.
Best Regards
Steve Unruh
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I would have put the axle at least 6+" more towards the front so it is pulling the weight. it would put more weight on the casters in the back especially when loaded.
I would also make it a power lift dump cart though so feel free to ignore.
It is a really nice heavy duty build. 
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I’ve created another thread (again 
) for anyone who would like more details:
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