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Originally Posted by Piotrsko
I am wondering how you aren't getting build up in the chimney or flue on your furnace. Lot of that stuff doesn't fully burn
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I get it really hot. Only thing that smokes is tires.
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Originally Posted by Xist
Is your scrap steel all approximately rebar-shaped?
I have old brake rotors, which would make poor candidates!  |
It's anything. Barbed wire, cabinet sliders, bits of chain link fence, lawn mower blades, cutoffs, old pipe, wire grids, nails and other hardware.
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Originally Posted by freebeard
Steel reinforced concrete tears itself apart through spalling. If you want something permanent use glass or basalt fiber.
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I pour a layer, add the steel keeping it at least 2 inches from the edge and put another layer on top of it. So it's a concrete sandwich with steel in the middle.
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1984 chevy suburban, custom made 6.5L diesel turbocharged with a Garrett T76 and Holset HE351VE, 22:1 compression 13psi of intercooled boost.
1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
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