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    Matt (Admin) wrote a new post 3 weeks, 4 days ago

    Off-Grid Heat Sealing Irons I’ll admit I was skeptical when forum member @oldcanuck first emailed to say he was planning to try powering his fabric welding iron the […]

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      oldcanuck replied 3 weeks, 3 days ago

      Hello Matt … and welcome back.

      I hope my design can help others who also live off-grid know that they can build a diypackraft, with a hand-made seam sealing iron!

      Living with solar power for an electrical source, the thought of running a power hungry electric iron for dozens of hours had me thinking there must be a way to use my wood stove to heat a tool, of some sort, for seam sealing. It’s the temperature control of the wood stove that is key. I heat my 900sqft cabin home, cook meals, bake wirh my Nectre 350 Bakers Oven and now for a new challenge, make a couple of Matt’s Skeena kits. I figure it’s worth a try!

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