Yes. I once investigated a tracked feller buncher that went up in flames in the middle of the Maine woods. An out of control engine fire ruined a hundreds of thousands dollar machine. It didn’t help that the nearest fire department was over a hundred miles away.
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Looks like a Sumitomo!
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Today is the day to re-paint the upper story windows trim.
I had to prep by early-early morning scraping off the two paper-wasps nests:
Amazing how quickly they can create these.
A multi-level condo structure. They service each level of birthing cells working upside down.
S.U.
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Blueberries and chantarelles.
Little Leffe (17 weeks today) is patiently waiting for us - laying down serving himself - chewing blueberries straight from the bushes.
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Sometimes I think we have to overlook small troubles, but this is at a whole 'nother level 
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That bit o’film is a masterpiece. Thanks, Marty! Spring weather is on the way!! 
Made my day, it did! 
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Spring is indeed on its way! This morning I caught Orion rising just before sunrise. Now I know winter’s days are numbered. It is still a bit strange because for most of my life it represented a wintertime constellation.
Further south, the constellations are still unrecognizable, except for the Southern Cross.
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Thank you for further confirming why I was never an astrologer or could never be a navigator without a compass.
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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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