# Off Topic **URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/c/off-topic/6.md?page=1 [Latest](http://forum.driveonwood.com/latest.md) · [Categories](http://forum.driveonwood.com/categories.md) · [Tags](http://forum.driveonwood.com/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [Husqvarna chainsaws question](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/husqvarna-chainsaws-question/8357)
**Author:** [@Marty](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Marty)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/husqvarna-chainsaws-question/8357 "2025-11-22T16:21:03Z")
I am considering a new Husqvarna chainsaw purchase. This is directed at those who owned an older model like the 55 Rancher or 61, and now own one of the newer models like the 450. I liked the simplicity and ruggedness … --- ## [Life goes on - Summer 2025](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2025/8185)
**Author:** [@Chris](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 384\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2025/8185 "2025-10-20T17:10:57Z")
Continuing the discussion from Life goes on - Winter 2024 --- ## [DIY powered wheelbarrow for wood harvesting](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/diy-powered-wheelbarrow-for-wood-harvesting/8290)
**Author:** [@Marty](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Marty)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/diy-powered-wheelbarrow-for-wood-harvesting/8290 "2025-09-17T12:55:45Z")
I’ve moved my project discussion from “Life goes on - Summer 2025” so as not to take it over. To reiterate: I’m getting older and pushing a wheelbarrow on my hillside property is getting more difficult. I could reall… --- ## [Biochar seminar](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/biochar-seminar/8282)
**Author:** [@mart85](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/mart85)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/biochar-seminar/8282 "2025-08-29T14:31:15Z")
Looks like someone who has had hands on with biochar, thought I would pass along. --- ## [Engine pictures and chat](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/engine-pictures-and-chat/7953)
**Author:** [@Dualfuel](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Dualfuel)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/engine-pictures-and-chat/7953 "2025-08-10T21:32:28Z")
A 1979 Ford 385 Lima series 460cid A 1980 Dodge 225cid “Slant Six” note no dribble tubes in the head. These engines may be interesting to look at. --- ## [What comes with this kit is AMAZING for golf cart upgrade](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/what-comes-with-this-kit-is-amazing-for-golf-cart-upgrade/8268)
**Author:** [@mart85](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/mart85)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 8:41am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/what-comes-with-this-kit-is-amazing-for-golf-cart-upgrade/8268 "2025-07-29T08:41:07Z")
They have both 36v, and 48v comes with charger, and dc to dc… Amazing price. --- ## [New tech, ADVANCED stirling heat engine that is 60% efficent per report](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/new-tech-advanced-stirling-heat-engine-that-is-60-efficent-per-report/8207)
**Author:** [@mart85](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/mart85)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/new-tech-advanced-stirling-heat-engine-that-is-60-efficent-per-report/8207 "2025-07-16T12:34:37Z")
This could be game changing… --- ## [Working to build a parabolic solar cooker template](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/working-to-build-a-parabolic-solar-cooker-template/8235)
**Author:** [@mart85](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/mart85)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/working-to-build-a-parabolic-solar-cooker-template/8235 "2025-07-15T17:15:31Z")
I have for some time tried to figure out how to draw a parabolic shape and get that transferred over to solar cooker. I found this program that gives me the shape → But the bmp it exports I found to be very sloppy… … --- ## [My little quail farm](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/my-little-quail-farm/6852)
**Author:** [@don\_mannes](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/don_mannes)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/my-little-quail-farm/6852 "2025-07-14T19:06:16Z")
Continuing the discussion from Life goes on - Winter 2021: I got tired of peeling hardboiled quail eggs so I made this little helper out of stuff I had laying around my shop. --- ## [Is anyone here raising pigeons?](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/is-anyone-here-raising-pigeons/8260)
**Author:** [@machinemaker](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/machinemaker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/is-anyone-here-raising-pigeons/8260 "2025-07-08T15:52:16Z")
Thinking about raising a utility breed pigeon for squab. does anyone here have any advice? Kent --- ## [Homestead Project](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/homestead-project/3811)
**Author:** [@Chris](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 372\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/homestead-project/3811 "2025-07-04T15:40:00Z")
I’ve been quiet for awhile, and the reason is pretty simple - not a lot of woodgas happening for me these days. I decided a couple years back to re-focus my energy on a different goal, getting a homestead set up and runn… --- ## [Spark Chasing and Angry Pixies, Frustrations With Electricity](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/spark-chasing-and-angry-pixies-frustrations-with-electricity/6466)
**Author:** [@ForbiddenTuna](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/ForbiddenTuna)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/spark-chasing-and-angry-pixies-frustrations-with-electricity/6466 "2025-06-29T17:29:17Z")
I have a dumb question. I’d like to have a lockout kit installed for my panel box like one does for a generator. But if I were to run my generator on woodgas it would be best served charging a battery bank and using PS… --- ## [Printer replacement advice](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/printer-replacement-advice/8129)
**Author:** [@machinemaker](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/machinemaker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2025, 2:23am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/printer-replacement-advice/8129 "2025-06-29T02:23:55Z")
Our old Brother ink jet printer is starting to die and we are looking for advice. We have noted that several of the new brands only take their own, proprietor ink cartridges that cost more than generic. we need color and… --- ## [Electric trucks](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/electric-trucks/4562)
**Author:** [@madflower69](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/madflower69)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/electric-trucks/4562 "2025-06-10T23:47:16Z")
Actually the hybrid trucks coming down the pipeline would be perfect. You can run on battery a lot of the time, but when you need to haul cows, or it gets busy you still have the gas engine/range extender. Face it no on… --- ## [Lawn mower running on diseil](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/lawn-mower-running-on-diseil/8247)
**Author:** [@mart85](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/mart85)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/lawn-mower-running-on-diseil/8247 "2025-06-04T12:57:29Z")
--- ## [Beekeeping chat](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/beekeeping-chat/3880)
**Author:** [@KristijanL](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/KristijanL)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2025, 12:34am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/beekeeping-chat/3880 "2025-05-30T00:34:41Z")
Its been allmost a month now since l got the new pets. I got BEES and fell in love with them the second l saw the first bee fly out of the hive. Thod we culd exchange some knowlidge here, since there is so many bee keep… --- ## [Appalachian engineering](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/appalachian-engineering/8205)
**Author:** [@TheIrishEngineer](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/TheIrishEngineer)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/appalachian-engineering/8205 "2025-05-23T22:03:49Z")
Boy howdy. I finally got the ability to get logged back in. An awful lots happened since seeing everyone at last year’s meetup. Finally making progress on getting the property cleaned up. Hoping in the next few months to… --- ## [Asparagus and other wild edibles](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/asparagus-and-other-wild-edibles/2478)
**Author:** [@pepe2000](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/pepe2000)\ **Replies:** 502\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 11:20am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/asparagus-and-other-wild-edibles/2478 "2025-04-20T11:20:28Z")
Well, sure signs of Spring are appearing. My favorite veg is asparagus, which I grow in my garden. It does, however, grow wild. My first foraging book was, “Stalking the wild asparagus” by Euell Gibbons. Lots more th… --- ## [Electric Chainsaw Question](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/electric-chainsaw-question/7616)
**Author:** [@liljoey100](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/liljoey100)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/electric-chainsaw-question/7616 "2025-04-04T17:39:12Z")
Thanks for your reply. I am new and so far I’ve been impressed. I want to examine another topic that relates to processing wood: operating an electric chainsaw in the field from battery power. To introduce this topic, … --- ## [Life goes on - Winter 2024](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-winter-2024/8006)
**Author:** [@Chris](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 724\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-winter-2024/8006 "2025-03-21T13:00:47Z")
Continuing the discussion from Life goes on - Summer 2024 --- ## [A thread for blacksmiths by Jesse North](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/a-thread-for-blacksmiths-by-jesse-north/4593)
**Author:** [@BillyAlabama](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/BillyAlabama)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/a-thread-for-blacksmiths-by-jesse-north/4593 "2025-02-27T16:52:25Z")
Hello, this is Jesse. North. I am also known as Jakob’s little brother. Before the trip to Argos I was building a charcoal forge. Below are some pictures of my forge. I talked to some of you at Argos already. If anyone h… --- ## [Garry’s Deep Winter Greenhouse](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/garry-s-deep-winter-greenhouse/8065)
**Author:** [@Bumpa](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Bumpa)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/garry-s-deep-winter-greenhouse/8065 "2025-02-20T23:04:34Z")
So the DNR says I can’t build my deep winter greenhouse where I want it, because they say it is too close to wetlands. I can put a trailer or portable unit there though. So I am building two 8 by 16 foot “halves “ that I… --- ## [Brian Ham's Small Homemade Wood Stove](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/brian-hams-small-homemade-wood-stove/994)
**Author:** [@BrianHWA](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/BrianHWA)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/brian-hams-small-homemade-wood-stove/994 "2025-02-07T20:08:49Z")
I’m making a little wood stove to keep me something resembling warm while I work in my little shed/shop this winter. The shop is a 8’Dx10’Wx5.5’H sheet metal shed with no doors and some ventilation holes here and there s… --- ## [Any running gasifiers in New Zealand?](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/any-running-gasifiers-in-new-zealand/7763)
**Author:** [@hcr](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/hcr)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 10:06pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/any-running-gasifiers-in-new-zealand/7763 "2024-12-18T22:06:27Z")
Just wondering if there were any users based in New Zealand with a running gasifier? Would be keen to connect and see what been done locally. --- ## [Buying real-estate for its utility value (not its "investment" value)](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/buying-real-estate-for-its-utility-value-not-its-investment-value/8074)
**Author:** [@ChangeusMaximus](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/ChangeusMaximus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/buying-real-estate-for-its-utility-value-not-its-investment-value/8074 "2024-12-14T17:54:21Z")
Hello everyone! Looking to perhaps get some wisdom from you all regarding how to go about entering real-estate, from the perspective of someone who intends to disconnect from the system. I’m also younger and I’ve never … --- ## [Dealing with Modern Techs Privacy Intrusions](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/dealing-with-modern-techs-privacy-intrusions/8067)
**Author:** [@SteveUnruh](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/SteveUnruh)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2024, 1:44am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/dealing-with-modern-techs-privacy-intrusions/8067 "2024-12-11T01:44:22Z")
Hi All The “world” insisting we give up anonymity and privacy and Freedom is something we all have to deal with now. I recently ordered a Contagion Medical kit. 10 days and still no ship out tracking link provided. Ins… --- ## [Easy Greenhouses](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/easy-greenhouses/7831)
**Author:** [@tcholton717](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/tcholton717)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/easy-greenhouses/7831 "2024-12-01T21:09:17Z")
I thought this would be a good place to discuss simple grow houses and greenhouses. I’m going to suggest a way to get a reasonably priced grow house that can be expanded easily as well. This is the Harbor freight … --- ## [Too Far OT? Why we all need Stair Railings](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/too-far-ot-why-we-all-need-stair-railings/8056)
**Author:** [@spaco](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/spaco)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2024, 4:01am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/too-far-ot-why-we-all-need-stair-railings/8056 "2024-11-24T04:01:05Z")
About Eight minutes of my video on why we need hand railings for stairs and a for a few other places around the home and shop. Pete Stanaitis --- ## [Sea shells, charcoal, arc furnace, another type of gas](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/sea-shells-charcoal-arc-furnace-another-type-of-gas/8050)
**Author:** [@mart85](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/mart85)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 3:06am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/sea-shells-charcoal-arc-furnace-another-type-of-gas/8050 "2024-11-15T03:06:20Z")
This has the science nerd in me just going crazy :wink: And it makes wood gas at the same time.. --- ## [About Freeze Dryers](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/about-freeze-dryers/7488)
**Author:** [@SteveUnruh](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/SteveUnruh)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2024, 2:09am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/about-freeze-dryers/7488 "2024-11-08T02:09:39Z")
Hi Kevin, We are still not here all 7 days of the week to be able to keep things consistently watered. Rabbits and deer out. So in the old ground level 4 foot by 4 foot planter boxes we are just trying out different th… [Previous page](http://forum.driveonwood.com/c/off-topic/6.md) [Next page](http://forum.driveonwood.com/c/off-topic/6.md?page=2)