Congrads Mr. Don .
I retired in May of 1991 and have sweat enough after to float a boat 
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A handsome brother to my father, a bit of a philosopher,
says: retirement always starts very well and ends very badly,
he followed his advice, born in 1924, today he is 96 years old, without medication, thatâs why it must be a good time, especially with family.
So Don Mannes, the happiest and peaceful retirement possible.
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hi andy, happy shingleing, little hot but it looks like the roof needs them asap. neat looking idea, is that motor a 2000 pound boat wench?
what was holding the skid too the cable.Thanks
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Congratulations Don
What a thrill to wake up in the morning, look around, and think âwhat would I like to do todayâ.
Also you can now enjoy a âsenior happy hourâ
Take a nap!
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Congratulations on your retirement. I am hoping that you get a lot more of your woodgas ideas put into practice. I say âhopingâ because my wife thinks because I donât have a job to go to, that it is her job to see that I have plenty to do. TomC.
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Yes Kevin, it is a boat winch or something very similar. It used to have a plastic case and a handle. To attach the cable, i had a piece of 1/16" steel with a bend on one edge that goes the full width of the sled behind the plywood and is lag bolted to the side rails. A simple hole through with a clevise is all that attaches the cable.
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Hello all
I have been ask to head up a five man crew for the discovery channel to build a gasified vehicle in five days and drive . It would require flying to Austin Tx and staying about a week . I wish I could make it but at this time it is just no way I can turn loose this summer .
I was asked if I knew of anyone that was a daily driver that may be interested.
If you are a daily drive and may be interested PM me with your phone number and I will pass it on to the organizers.
Thanks Wayne
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Do they recrute men from Slovenia? 
missing the US a litle bitâŠ
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Actually I wouldnât be surprised if they did. You would definitely enjoy the shop they have there all kinds of toys on that show.
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Wayne, I could maybe convince @KristijanL we come over and watch over your porch while youâre gone
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Never watched the show. But if its just a week and if Discovery adds a pinch of your famous green paper l might actualy be interested.
Ofcorse in case Wayne does decide to go (wich will probbably be better for shows ratings ) l wuld gladly asist JO eating some watermellon on his porch 
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Watermelon??? What about beer Kristijan?
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Had the thought of a model T pickup truck driving around the Daytona speedway , alone no other cars . Having the model T pull into pits where the model t is converted to wood gas . Then the model t drives away on wood gas .
As far as operating a Model A, when the initial timing is properly set, you push the spark lever all the way UP for starting, about half to two thirds way down for stop and go traffic and slow running around town and all the way down for âthe open roadâ. This may not always be optimum but the engine will usually run just fine.
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Cleaning out my desk drawer on my last day at work I came across two pieces of wood with signatures on them from 2012. One from Alabama and one from Indiana.
I was a woodgas rookie back then and first time at Argos.
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Hey Don .
I remember the first time we met at Covert Michigan .
I was talking and riding you around in the dakota then realized you were videoing me and almost froze up 
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I must be scary! You never freeze up when videoing yourself. You are a natural in front of the camera!
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It seems that Kristijan and I both are making hay while the sun shines
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They even had designs for a coal powered fighter jet.
I give you the.
Lippisch P.13a
As conventional fuels were in extremely short supply by late 1944, Lippisch proposed that the P.13a be powered by coal. Initially, it was proposed that a wire-mesh basket holding coal be mounted behind a nose air intake, protruding slightly into the airflow and ignited by a gas burner. Following wind-tunnel testing of the ramjet and the coal basket, modifications were incorporated to provide more efficient combustion.
The coal was to take the form of small granules instead of irregular lumps, to produce a controlled and even burn, and the basket was altered to a mesh drum revolving on a vertical axis at 60 rpm. A jet of flame from tanks of bottled gas would fire into the basket once the P.13a had reached operating speed (above 320 km/h), whether by using a rocket assist take off, or by being towed.
The air passing through the ramjet would take the fumes from the burning coal towards the rear where they would mix under high pressure with clean air taken from a separate intake. The resulting mixture of gas would then be directed out through a rear nozzle to provide thrust. A burner and drum were built and tested successfully in Vienna by the design team before the end of the war.
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Super find Don Mannes, charcoal pellets and a French invention, the factory was in Sisteron in the French Alps, 13 mm in ovoid, density 1 tonnes per m3, only charcoal and pitch, annealed, donations that 300 grams of ash for a ton of carbonite, invention of two French engineers who worked with the national powders of France.
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