Foxfire 6

Like Foxfire 9 that we reviewed earlier, Foxfire 6 is a great historical documentary to teach us how our ancestors lived prior to rural electrification. This classic book deals with shoemaking, children’s toys, musical instruments, wooden locks, and has a very interesting story of a rural genius that powered a sawmill using salvaged car transmissions, axles, […]

Generators and Inverters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGu2YKChBWg   I really like Stephen Chastain’s books.  He builds the things he writes about.  Furthermore, they really work. In this book he talks about how to turn a car engine into a generator.  Additionally, he shows how to design parts to make this process work with any car engine. First, in his book, Generators […]

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