Make Your Own Bricks

Follow me on my journey as I perfect the old art of making bricks. I will be making fired natural clay bricks, tiles, and even compressed earth bricks or "CEB"s. Much of what I make will be for projects around home that I have dreamt up over time. I offer to make for you bricks with your name on them for a small cost as well. I may from time to time stray to some of my other creations that I think you may find of interest also. Please leave a comment for me about what you find here.

Monday, June 9, 2014

High water of June

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In Indiana it seems like June brings storms, rain, and wind. A few years ago a big storm came thru in early June and with it floods. My old ...
Thursday, May 29, 2014

Hydro electric project update

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Ive been working off and on with my homestead off grid power project. Here are a few photos of the progress to date. This was after some...
Monday, May 5, 2014

Mushrooms and Trenches

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Hi, here is a small update on my hydroelectric project.   I now have the in feed canal dug to the water table depth by hand. It will ...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Im back!

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Hello everyone. Its been quite a long time since my last post here. Life is going well again for us here. 2012 was a bad year for me and my ...
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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Next day snow

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Its amazing that these pics are one day later than the red barn roof pics I just posted.   We got about 11" of fresh snow.   ...
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Red roof barn

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Last weekend I finally got the chance to begin installing the metal roof onto my barn!   I have never done this before. I had always...
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Maiden voyage across my bridge.

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Everything went perfect. I drove my tractor, all 8000 lbs of it, across my bridge today. There was no signs of trouble at all. I had set up ...
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Friday, November 23, 2012

Bridge construction update for November 2012

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      Here are a few photos of my recent work on the bridge across hurricane creek. I am backfilling the concrete abutment with fill dir...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

A clamp kiln firing.

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Here is a link to a video I made of my clamp kiln firing last summer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9mLqT6e6c0&list=UUHyKnw7pUdGLsmb...
Saturday, June 2, 2012

Roof raising on my barn tower

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A few weeks ago I was able to lift the roof to my barn tower.  With the assistance of my two sons Will and Dan. I am not wild about high pl...
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Thursday, March 1, 2012

My barn construction progress update for 3/1/12

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A quick photo update of my barn construction progress for 3/1/12. The first trusses are set.
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Maple Syrup

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This past weekend William and I boiled down 30+ gallons of maple sap over a wood fire. The day was cool and breezy, but the fire kept us war...
Friday, February 17, 2012

Maple syrup and barn progress.

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The weather has been very good for february here in Indiana. Because of that I have made some good progress on barn construction. With the h...
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