I Built The Ultimate Wood Burning Barrel Stove! (You've Never Seen One Like This!)
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Another drum / barrel stove with a little Red Poppy flare... These things are great. Best bang for the buck by far. Some people don't like them because they don't retain heat very well. I will likely line the stove with a bunch of fire bricks in the future. I like this thing enough to put it in the front room. A little rustic like me...
/ rpridaho
Instagram: @redpoppyranch
Song: By your side - Sebastian Forslund
I know this video is old. But a few suggestions as I have made similar set-ups with great success. Get some fire brick and line the bottom barrel up halfway. Holds more heat and keeps it from burning out on the bottom. Run em long end from front to back as much as you can. And as high as gravity will hold them. You can also buy a non asbestos product to seal your flues and dampers. Now....you want to really hotrod it? The Singer treadle was awesome. Good place for coffee, soup, bacon and eggs, or a pot of chili or pot roast. If you have or want water in your shop you can wrap the bottom or top barrel (bottom is the hottest) with copper tubing and hook a 12 volt car battery to run a re-circulating pump. Put a water heater in the shop disconnected and keep it circulating. Endless hot water for free. You can power the pump battery off of a solar panel that won't cost much. I've done this and it works. In Virginia where I live is a place called Shirley Plantation on The James River. Built in the 1700s They had their chimney flue wrapped in pipe with a pump system. So the kitchen stove made hot water too. Best of luck brother. It ain't too hard to stop paying money. Keep your money, your guns, and your FREEDOM.
Ruger is such a special dog. How fortunate you are to enjoy such a rewarding relationship. My beautiful puppy passed away last year after I rescued her 15 years ago and I still miss her companionship.
I got on this you tube video by accident and i was keen to watch it I love what was made.Please everyone that wants to do this be very careful a lot off people have been killed everywhere from cutting into a 44 gallon drum you have to make sure it has no residual flammable chemicals in it before you put a ignition source into it. If you are unsure fill it up with water before you cut it.It may save your life
In addition to that, be sure you KNOW what was in the barrel during it's useful lifetime, or pass it by. Some chemicals can kill you fast, or slow at trace levels. Just because it says "Diesel" on a label doesn't mean that was the only thing ever stored in it.
Finn CZ fill it with water and dawn dish washing liquid. Fill it until it over flows. Let it sit over night. Drain and rinse again. That should lower the risk of an explosion.
Could have held a bad carcinogen😳 don’t want to be exposed to anything cause cancer years later
True.
I was thinking of writing this until I found this comment.
Well said
Ruger is such a special dog. How fortunate you are to enjoy such a rewarding relationship. My beautiful puppy passed away last year after I rescued her 15 years ago and I still miss my girl.
She will be waiting for you when you pass. 🇨🇦
My dad and I had one in our Radiator Shop, 30 years ago... we had the double barrel option. One day the Hardware next door was being re-plumbed, and something that would never happen today, they threw out a bunch of 1 1/4 copper pipe, we grabbed it, hole sawed about a dozen holes in either end of the top barrel, and brazed the pipe into them. Then we put 1/4 inch eyelet bolts into the lip on either end of the barrel, put some pipe with caps thru the eyelets , with about 18 inches of over hang. The pipe would slide (the overhang) to either end, and we'd put a box fan on it, to move the heat which ever way we wanted it to go. It headed a two bay with large work area, Radiator shop!
I have one in my shop, I lined the bottom with fire brick and installed a old fireplace grate. It is almost 10 years old. Best wood stove I have had! Great heat!!
You have to love those old singer treadle sewing machines. My mums was from the 30s, I can hear it now.
Jennifer Holden that is wonderful. Nice memory!
Who doesn't appreciate the hard productive creativity of a man? Good work brother.
women !!!!!!!! modern women .... generally nowaday
Buying a kit and putting it together isn't all that creative.
Without our dogs to accompany us, the great times wouldn't be so good and the tough times would be unbearable.
Looks like you have an irreplaceable, devoted friend there with you.
Thanks for sharing your stove build with us.
Thanks Ron! Yep. He's my buddy! He's a lot like me. Easily distracted, disappears from time to time, a little stinky etc but he's a keeper.
Love all the action with minimal talking!!
Love what you did with the Singer footplate. I've a lot of fond memories around those old sewing machines.
I lived in a Cedar Log House in Sicamous ,BC for over a year with only a log burning barrel like this one in the basement of that 2 story home . It was bricked in around it and made that cellar so toasty warm , and the heat rose up through the wood/ log floors and into the upstairs . -25 outside and walking in my socks inside with no need for a sweater at all. It used to belong to the Rauma Family who built it in 1935. I loved it there . Also had a Finnish log sauna that was just incredible . My thanks to all who were involved in building that beautiful , warm ,wonderful little ordinary home
That's awesome!
Thanks for showing how to do this with very few tools and no welding.
Thanks for watching!
This is the best DIY Job and smart design I ever seen May Singer should learn this product and put it in their Production Line Immediately
Thanks Charlie!
Beautiful, I made three of them yesterday one for the house, one for the greenhouse and one for the barn. Thanks.
I am 54 now but back when I was 10 built a very rough model of what you have here---never had a kit or angle grinder or torch set up----but that barrel stove heated my shop for 30 yrs using only scrap wood and dead falls from a 2 acre lot---best times of my life! I had only a hammer, jigsaw, barrel and pipes---fashioned my own door out of scrap sheet metal...legs of bricks... cost: absolutely 0.
Love the no cost projects...
U am me both......free heat is always a bonus too---Idaho and Wisconsin prob have some similar winters---right now we are at minus 4 degrees.
Great stove. My Grandpa told me about one they build back in the day for a huntin cabin. Took a 15 gallon drum and put it inside a 55 gallon drum and then packed mud around the 15 gallon one. Great thermal mass. Once it was warm it was easy to keep warm..
I've seen guys take a 30 gal and put it in a 50 then pour concrete in between. One heavy stove but it never cools off!
@@RedPoppyRanch , it should be "refractory cement", in that case...
It's wonderful how creative and self reliant people can be when not ham strung by California regulations. I love it...
Absolutely!
Love the use of the Singer sewing machine! Great recycling of antique parts!!
Thank you.
Built and used a couple of nice Barrel Stoves back in the 1970s. Did the cutouts with a jig saw with metal cutting blades. Lined the bottom with fire bricks so as not to burn out the bottom. Also ran a hot water coil through the stove. You did a nice job!!!
Love the idea of the old Singer treadle recycled for use atop the stove, a real nice touch.
Thank you!
Made Barrel Stove from unpainted Barrel around 1983 or 1984, (33 or 34 yrs.), that cost $10, with Sotz air-tight door, legs, & collar kit; which has been in use in the Pacific Northwest ever since; approx. 8 - 9 mos. of the yr. The bottom & partway up the sides have been lined with 1 inch firebrick. Have been careful not to get any oil on Barrel, in spite of cooking on it all the time. Make sure stove is on solid flooring - shored-up wood floor or concrete, as weight adds up with wood & people hovering around to get warm. Best stoves ever! Yours looks great, never painted mine, & love how you use treadle on top; a nice solid plate makes a great cooking surface too. Thanks for sharing. Peace & Love, from Oregon - Originally from Seattle/Renton/Maple Valley area.
An artist with the angle grinder...
That's what I was thinking
I agree, but he should have kept the guard on the machine.
MISANTHROPE1964 a masochist, I think. I coulda shoulda woulda done it in half the time, probably with a fifth the cutting wheels.
you made me think of my grandmother sewing and patching our jeans as kids...the song is beautiful...ty for sharing such a neat idea for a stove.
Great job...always place a port of water on top of the barrel to add humidity to the dry air produced by the barrel when heating a space, the pot of water acts as humidifier to help you keep your nostrils moist and breath better in a closed heated space.
I had the good fortune to work behind a company that laid steel pipe. I got a scrap piece of 32' x 40' x 1/4 wall pipe. I debated for a while and ended up building it vertical instead laying horizontal which gave a pretty nice access to empty ashes below and used a section of catwalk cut round as the wood tray and the flat top gave a nice place to heat things up on and it took up less room in the corner. Liked this video.
Thanks for watching.
Very well done sir!! I like how you took the time to hit those edges. The pride is in the details you can't see!!
I have had one of these for 30 years. Line the bottom with brick and you can't beat the heat. My first one was a double drum design. One on top of the other. We had it in a two story house with a full basement. We were the only house in the neighborhood that had the windows and doors open in the dead of winter. Put an old box fan blowing across the drum and it will run you out of the house because it gets so hot. And you can put much longer logs in it compared to a regular stove. I painted mine with black engine paint. Most of the paint is still on. Don't let your insurance company know that you are using a barrel stove. They frown on them for some reason. If you take the same precautions that you would for any wood stove installation, line the bottom and up the sides and end about halfway up with fire brick you shouldn't have anything to worry about. I Have seen these with the 55 gallon drum as a shell and a 35 gallon as the combustion chamber. Between the walls of the 55 gallon drum and the 35 gallon sand was used. The fire will never burn through the drum. The sand packed around the 35 gallon drum wicks away a lot of the heat which prolongs the life of the inner drum and also is a barrier/protection for the outer drum. The sand gets hot and stays hot for a long time after the fire has died out. The sand also creates a hotter combustion chamber which means more heat and less smoke. More efficient burn.
Thank you for the suggestions.
I've made several of them over the years for myself in my shop , my barn and for friends... and we always put on a cook plate ....but I always used flat plate with angled edges which means on the front of the stove we always had a warming plate where we could keep coffee hot or bring water in a tea kettle to a boil
And if you put sand or gravel in the bottom as a liner the barrel will not burn out as quickly
I really liked how you presented this video. No blabbering about how to do anything the video speaks for its self. it would be great if more presenters followed you.
GREAT VIDEO
Favorite part is the dog chillin on your lap, love it when people love their animals. PS the stove is amazing as well.
Love that dog...
That thing was breathing!!! Nice vid with no wasted talking. Who the F would give this a thumbs down?
Thanks for watching!
Cool. I did not know they made kits to turn barrels into stoves. The gauge thickness in newer metal barrels is a lot thinner than thickness of barrels past. You have this one now----but in the future when you have to replace the body, if you can find a non-rusted heavy barrel from the past it will last longer. Fire bricks and/or sand should also extend life of metal in the barrel and add to the thermal mass.
++1 on fire bricks
The thicker barrels are harder to find but I'm going to keep an eye out.
+Red Poppy Ranch
They are straight wall, they don't have the two ribs.
You didnt know about barrel stove kits but you're an expert on steel barrels???
+fawcems Not an expert, but I have quite a bit of experience with steel barrels from 25 years of dealing with them in the food manufacturing industry. And as a child growing up in the woods I had a lot of experience with wood stoves and fire bricks. But, I had no knowledge of or experience with kits to turn barrels into stoves.
I love watching these videos. I grew up in the country, I now live in the suburbs. I miss the good ole days!!
Cheap, simple and effective, it ticks all of my boxes. Great video, with minimal talking. You've just got another subscriber 👍
Genius. I have an old Singer sewing table like yours. Never ever would have thought to use the pedal like you did. Thank you.
great job. you proved yourself a tradesman in your layout and handy work with the grinder.
Thanks for the compliment...
My father in law lined his with fire brick and uses it hard through the winter to heat his home. It was installed in the 1990s and amazing it hasn't burned through at all. It's a great cheap wood stove.
The down side to these Barrell stoves are..
1. Clearances to combustible materials.
2. They don't retain heat (the metal is thin) compared to cast iron so when your fire goes out you lose heat very rapidly.
3. They aren't air tight so you will burn A LOT of firewood.
4. They take up a lot of room.
Otherwise a fun project and a cost effective furnace
Grade A number 1 class stove!!! Yes, it would probably handle any situation, but if placed in the house, might want to put a piece of steel on the floor with thick plywood under it and a sheet of aluminum in between to keep from torching your house. But you've probably already thought about that. Thanks !!! Think it's a great stove, and a percolator coffee pot would look right at home on Singer! 😌
And update your home owners insurance. You're probably not covered with one of those in there.
The BEST PART of the video is the last few minutes where you're chilling out with your dog. SOOOO Great!!!!!! Steve's MINT. I too, made one but mine,,I also bought the blower kit from Amazon.com and it REALLY moves hot air around my garage/workshop. I'm in there doing projects constantly and needless to say it gets pretty damn cold in Upstate NY. My dog and I are in there almost every night tinkering with something and if it 12 degrees outside it's 72 inside since I put the blower kit on it. Great job,,,,love the treadle pedal. You can also put a cast iron tea pot filled with water to add moisture in the air. Nice work!!!!!!
I knew I watched this for a reason. The dog in your lap at the end was just icing on the cake. Who says you can't buy love.
He's the best...
Good video and time elapsed, nothing is worse that watching someone drilling holes in real time,,,, good video
Thank you! More to come.
Nice job with the angle-grinder. It amazes me how good some people are with those things.
Took years to get comfortable with it.
Fuzzy Johnson At least when you miss, it self cauterizes. lol
"No mom, I'm not cutting myself. I'm into metal fabrication now." -"I don't care what kind of music you're into!"
Cuts into flesh like a buzz saw, real quick. Recent experience.
Tru-dat, when I first took my guard off, I went to Emergicenter for
stitches. Much more respect for the tool now, never got stung again.
I purchased a A-Frame that sat vacant for several years in Arkansas,Over last 5 years I have transformed property .Did everything alone,learned electric,plumbing,wells,everything! Nothing is more rewarding that educating yourself and making it happen.IM 53 and have very bad back,but dreams overcome physical challenges.I paid $10,500 for house and 5 acres,be happy to share my transformation photos,keep up your dream,love your videos!I also have 6 rescue dogs that I care for,they are my life!
That stove is beautiful. Thank you for the video. Good time lapse and camera placement. Also impressed with your freehand angle grinder skills.
Thank you Court!
Very good stove project you did. Didn't see any welding at all!. Love that. Great work! and cuts! Really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing!
Now if you put a gasket around the stove door and fill up any cracks with stove cement you will have a nice air tight wood burner like mine.I also lined the stove half way up the sides inside with fire brick and put a removable grate inside the stove to cook on.On top of the stove i put a vogelzang large box wood coal grate that looks very similar to your home made grate.You did a great job.
I'd love to see a picture of your stove.
Thank you!
love it, and especially how you let your 4 legged companion sit in your lap and spread the love, great video
I grew up in a 2 story, 5 bedroom house in mn that we heated exclusively with a barrel stove just like this one. Just put the stove in the basement and have a airflow vent between the basement and the upstairs floor. Just ad one more thing. A secondary heat blower from the chimney stove pipe that will harvest any heat going up the chimney.
If i recall correctly, over an average winter we burned an 8'x8'x8' stack of wood (maybe a little more.)
Just LOVE people who are always thinking...and it looks good too. Impressive...thank you for sharing.
Add a barrel on top and double your heating capacity. Outstanding ingenuity though. Keeping you and your family in my prayers. Godspeed!
I've seen the double stacks. I may do this if it ends up in the shop. I'm thinking it may end up in the house... Ledoux... the last name of single most influential musician in my life... I'm sure you get his often.
I really like the Barrel-kit.. IF u cant Build one.. Buy one. One thing i dont like is I think Exhaust port should be on Rear round area of drum.. maybe 3/4 to 7/8 up from bottom. This way the drum will hold more heat instead of going directly Up stove pipe. All in all I really Like it. Nice job.
Howard Russell
hey howard, thanks for the idea
Ledoux? Artist? Can't find that music online.
Put the 2nd barrel on top with the stove pipe at the backend the heat will stay in better.
What made the video for me was the Singer foot plate from the old sewing machine (I have one from my great grandmother) and you relaxing with your dog at the end. Great video.
HAHAHAHA.......what a great idea. I remember my mother had an old "Singer" sewing machine. It was made out of black cast iron and solid oak. Back in them old days mom would buy paper clothing patterns at the local " F. W. Woolworth" store and made some beautiful clothes.
I'm impressed that you were able to do all of that work in less than nine-minutes.
As a person who uses treadle sewing machines, cutting that frame up was "heresy." That being said, I think you did a fantastic job and the grate made it look truly vintage. Can't wait to build one for myself.
Tina Gallagher - - agreed, please share PIX if you pursue this project!
I saved it... It was going to the scrap yard.
Red Poppy Ranch = good save!
i agree that peddle was excellent repair salvage for another sewing table
Yeah man. I was going to say I love the save, and it's damn near my favourite part of the stove! Great job!
Very, very nice! The Singer peddle is the icing on the cake!!
ive built and used many of these. only downside is they don't last real long. like a burn barrel they burn through. especially if you use hedge or high btu wood. best to clay the inside like you would clay a coal forge. or atleast put sand in bottom and fire brick up the sides, or they wont last all that great if you use them regularly. if just from time to time they will last awhile.
I think so too, just need that little extra
ghost r@ ider ft r. . Nnhb5@4
Yes this is true, but they are a good cheap solution for say a weekend cabin kind of thing, or a workshop in a not so cold climate.
I agree on the clay, but I'd say use some refractory cement, it is cheap-ish and easy to do, and the other thing I'd add is a rack on the inside to keep the burning wood over the bottom of the barrel, it would make it last longer, burn better and easier to clean out if you do it right. Speaking of a clean out, that is something else I'd add is another smaller door to clean the ash out of the barrel, yes a shovel works, but a clean out is much nicer.
Still for $60 and a few hours work, that is a great stove and the singer hot plate does make it a LOT more useful.
Cheers from Tokyo Japan!
I put about 1" of sand in the bottom, put firebrick over the top of that as well as firebrick about 8" up the sides. The barrel was still solid after 20 yrs.
Agree. But what is the point of this ? If its for heating then rocket stove with chimney to throw out the smoke is better option.
And you can cook over it too !
This one is just a wasteful way of doing it and you cannot use it inside your home nor to cook .
I just used some sheet metal on the bottom of mine about an inch off the bottom so the wood and ashes were on it instead of on the barrel it's self and mine has lasted for years so far. No problems and easy to clean. Good job.
Great idea!
" Brother " you read my mine, I was starting to doubt you but then you slowly brought the can of paint into focus and there it was in black and white...
Hi Heat THERE on the can for the world to see.😆😆😆
My Faith restored I proceeded, I started sharing your creation with everyone...😉😉😉
I have one of these in my garage workshop out back. I didn't bother with painting it. When I first installed and was using it I found that the heat was either so hot it would drive me out the door. Or it would get cold way too fast unless it was tended to obsessively. The other problem with it was that it needed to be some distance, three feet or so from any combustibles. This meant that it took up a lot of space in my small garage. I solved all the problems by enclosing the stove in a masonry box using 4x8x16 hollow blocks, dry stacked and cores filled with rebar to reinforce and core fill concrete to lock in the rebar. I capped it with a 8 inch thick, poured concrete slab with a hole for the stack and an opening for the stove door. Now I could place the stove up against a wall in a corner, without worry of it burning the garage down. The result is that I can start the stove, heat the blazes out of it with out being driven out by the heat. Then have residual, thermal mass to keep the shop warm hours after the stove burns out. I covered the floor of the stove with about 2 inches of concrete with inch wide slots molded in. to promote a base draft. The distance between the stove barrel and the cement blocks is about 6 inches all the way around. I only use it when out in the shop periodically, maybe a dozen times a winter. Holding up great so far.
Good idea Mickey!
2:59 love this Heavy Swamp Blues
You are an artist, son. And my heart is warmed and inspired by the creativity of we magical humans. Thank you.
Kind words. Thank you Irene!
Love the doggy. Gettin his daddy love. Awe ...
Yep. He's a keeper.
It's not the money it's the simple ingenuity
I like. Good job. My plan would include some hardware mesh rolled to form an outer shield to keep from accidentally bumping into it. Don't want to get anyone burned
Great job. This kind of video makes me smile.now I'm on the lookout for a proper barrel
Thanks Stan!
Love that Blue Grass Blues in the background!!! Awesome music. Cool design too, except it would be better if they made the kits to come with an ash drawer to make it easier to clean out. Great video.
Can you just add a diy ash drawer?
Great idea. Esp. The singer hot plate. Throws off a lot of heat I'm sure. Thank you for sharing.
dude thats some great cutting. I've never seen that way of cutting a hole, like pie slices
It was a lovely surprise to see Rueger in this video. I have missed him. (November 26, 2019). I also miss my pets that have passed on. A nice reminder is also a treat. Thanks for including him in this video.
wow...you're amazing! I love this.
Now that is how to make a video, showing everything without boring the watchers with it in real time. Nice ending with the dog.
Thank you.
I really like how it turned out.
Thank you. Me too!
wow , what a video!
you have a slice of heaven, cold day, hot fire, (sleeping dog in your arms) best friend and the sun setting on it all......
Great build and video. The hot plate addition is a great idea.
Thank you!
Nice job. I actually did these about 8 years ago. I bought the double barrel kit. I had a top and bottom drum. I would light the fire in the bottom drum and use the top to help dry the wood faster. We also used to put a skillet in the middle of the 2 to cookup some fish and potatoes. I love these kits.
I hope to use it a lot.
Add a second barrel on top to reclaim the heat from the exhaust. Also, my grandparents used to have heavy black iron pipe running inside and did two things, heated hot water for household use and also radiant heat.
I will likely add the second barrel. Thanks Eric.
Wow,what a great idea. That singer part was on my moms old time sewing machine. It is a foot peddle ,she made our clothes. love that idea.
Just want to say that I think it's awesome for a channel like yours to be growing! Keep up the good work!
Thanks Joe!
Your dog makes the video special.💞
Great video! Its beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks!
Nice workmanship, they should be teaching girls this in High School.
Great music great video 💯
Fantastic!!! I love it, and yes, I would use that in my home too. Nothing better than wood heat. I would use some fire bricks and maybe a rack inside for the wood. Lasts much longer and much easier to light and also to clean out. You will have plenty of heat with that baby. Sheila
Thank you Sheila. I will find some fire bricks before it goes into full time action...
Sheila6325 I had one of these in my home, just add a few inches of dry river sand in the bottom stops it burning through, heated a 3000 sq ft house in Australia
One of the best time lapse productions I have seen in a while.
Love to watch a craftsman at work!
Thanks Dave.
Yes I agree your edit was superior.
I have the 2” bung on the bottom with a pipe for outside air intake.
DANG!! Now isn't that just the slickest little do-it-yourself stove?? God Bless and much love from the Oklahoma Grandma
Finally! Action and minimal talking!
Trucks Trips and Travel amen!
Believe me... This is how I prefer it!
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I kinda like when the sound is sped up, especially when hammering..
Where's Granma's sewing machine?
That was excellent! I like how you took the new paint off with torch.......looks good!
Thanks Rick!
sadly that was the only part I disliked--never want to waste energy that way when it is so optional.....why not just burn a few times then paint?
This drum had chemicals of some kind in it. I did not want it to put off any nasty smells in my house if I ended up putting it in our house. I had a fire in it and it wasn't hot enough so I used the torch to get every little bit of potential smells off of it.
By taking another barrel same size, cutting ot the end to make a tunnel in the center usin smaller daimeter barrels welded end to end. And a set of legs/supports like underneath the lower barrel. Pipe between the 2 straight up from bottom to top barrel. Add a pipe connection at the front and you get a heater that will run you out of a 6000 square foot building. Add a fan to blow thru the tunnel, and you can't use all the heat...
Incredible , youll get some large hunks a lumber in this baby! Ive used all sorts but this one is the biggest , Hats Off for sharing! keep warm now.
I've had one of these set up at my place for a couple of years now, with the cast iron cooktops as well. My only real complaint is that it's tough to clean the ashes out. if I had it to do over, I'd have put a second stovepipe attachment or something like it on the bottom as a cleanout.
That seems to be the issue with them.
A house is not greater than its builder. Nice stove!!
Hebrews 3:3
Thank you! Great scripture...
Dogs. Where would we be without them?!
Very Creative. Love It!!!
Use what is in plain sight.
Recycle Junk. You get the award of the week for those two!!!
Think Outside The Box.
Improvise Adapt. Overcome.
Thank you!
been there done that nothing like wood heat on a cold winter day. i used a water presure tank and lined it with 2'' fire brick. it wood keep house warm allnight.
I took an old treadle type Singer sewing machine on a reno job that I did once and still have it [would never chop it up for a stove or anything] It works well and has the bobbins and associated threads and whatnots with it and it still works . My youngest sister who appreciates the older stuff from better times gone by so she'll probably end up with it.I like what buddy did with making his stove though.
G'day RPR, Outstanding! You, sir, are a surgeon with that angle grinder. Great work. I'm in Oz but I'm going to try to get one of those kits. Thank you!
Best of luck Bill!
Very nice. The Singer treadle is a nice touch. Good job. Thanks for the video.
Excellent video. I am buying one.
and...on top of everything else..you are also an industrial artist!