What is something you have in your residence that most people don’t have in theirs?

(Normal purchased item, not something highly customized like monogrammed bath towels)

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(5) large one and two man cross cut timber saws. They were hanging in the basement. I'm thinking about cleaning them up and hanging one or two on the wall.

RogueLoner · M

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OogieBoogie · F

@RogueLoner omg...is that a wood fired stove!?

RogueLoner · M

@OogieBoogie Wood or coal.

OogieBoogie · F

@RogueLoner so it has two burn chambers?

RogueLoner · M

@OogieBoogie No, just one. It actually is intended for coal, but I burn wood. It will heat the entire house on the coldest of days. I rebuilt the firebox and welded a few cracks. It works like new.

OogieBoogie · F

@RogueLoner they are amazing things , so well built .
My sister had a different one , and they used it to heat their hot water for the house in winter.

Which one is the burn chamber?

RogueLoner · M

@OogieBoogie It weighs about 1200 pounds. The burn chamber is the door to the left.
Yes, this has a hot water reservoir too.

This pic it's sooty. I cleaned it up. It's beautiful.

OogieBoogie · F

@RogueLoner I love how things made long ago were made to last, and look beautiful.

Recently my daughter wanted to make a personalised blanket for a friend .
And in the rush of when I moved, some things didn't get treated very gently ...got my sewing machine out and it wasn't working properly....but then I got out my grandmother's old hand driven one...took an hour to clean, realign and oil, but it worked as well as it did when I was a child.
And its still beautiful. 😊