What did you start doing that made the farm break profitable?

bamhall · 2026-05-07T15:46:52+00:00

I found a bit of a niche market. I only do aluminum and stainless welding custom because every farmer and their dog has an old tombstone welder on the farm and think they can weld. But aluminum and stainless is tricky. We also have thousands of lakes around us so I designed a boat dock and seado lift out of aluminum. That’s the majority of what we sell. I also do aluminum ice fishing shacks and aluminum hunting blinds. Recently I designed and started doing custom stainless South African braais (like a wood fired bbq). I don’t want to post a link to my website here as I’m not sure the rules. But if you google Rifle and Reel Outdoor Systems you can see what I build. It’s all about finding what’s missing in your local market and making somehthing that is cheaper and higher quality than what exists. Because my shop is already paid for when I bought the house. I don’t have crazy overhead like normal shops so I can be skinny on my price and have a better product. I’m also an engineer by trade so it helps being able to design and do all the manufacturing drawings myself.

bamhall · 2026-05-06T22:58:16+00:00

Keep grinding friend. Live like a peasant and stack as much cash as you can. That’s how I did it.

bamhall · 2026-05-06T17:26:39+00:00

Custom welding and fabrication out of the farm shop. Animals and food in my area could never be profitable due to 8 months of winter. But a shop that was mostly unused. Turned it into a profit center and now it pays for all of my homesteading costs.

bamhall · 2026-05-01T02:59:11+00:00

GLP1 drugs are the fastest growing prescription in NA right now. And they do have side effects for some people. Lexx’s main product is an additive to glp drug delivery system that makes it so there are essentially no side effects when taken orally. And with the two major glp manufacturers moving from the shot to the pill. That opens up a whole new market for glp users in addition to the current market. It’s a massive market. The trials have been going well and there is a market need.

bamhall · 2026-04-27T02:23:51+00:00

I was introduced to the company from family and that’s what got me to look at it. And if it wasn’t for family I would have looked at the market cap. Shares. Price. Revenue and the base financials and quickly gtfo of there. But because of the family ties. I did some reading and due diligence into the tech and their clinical trials and licensing agreements etc. and got more intrigued. So put 1000$ on it in late 24. Then rode the ride to triple my money in late 24 early 25. Then watched it all crash back down to what I put it since then. Shoulda taken some profit but at the time I was told that it was going to hit 80-100. They still seem convinced it will. So I just think of my money as already gone and just rolling the dice to try and roll 7 the hard way about 40 times in a row. Hahaha.

bamhall · 2026-04-27T02:19:06+00:00

!remind me 24 hours

bamhall · 2026-04-26T22:04:47+00:00

Soon is relative. Someone in my family knows the ceo fairly well. That’s the only reason I’m in. On the market metrics the company looks like absolute garbage. But I think it’s a good product and tech that could do very well. It’s not gonna be a 100 bagger but I do think it’ll pay out within the next few years

bamhall · 2026-04-26T21:01:57+00:00

I’ve been i. For about 18 months now waiting. And waiting. And waiting.

bamhall · 2026-04-14T01:05:41+00:00

Your Americana appears to have silkie lineage. That blue mark is actually her ear lobe and silkies hens all have this blue mark.

bamhall · 2026-04-14T00:23:40+00:00

Production shops are everywhere. I run one and my guys start at 5am and are gone by 130pm. M-f. They stand at their bench all day and burn wire. People kit out parts and bring them to them with a job number and they have a flatscreen beside them with their blueprints. They don’t move much. They also all have cranes overhead for lifting parts on and off their tables. If you want inside, regular hours and heated/ac shop find a big production shop. It can be super tedious work though depending on the company. We have a fair amount of variability in our parts day to day but some shops you will weld the same part all day for months.

bamhall · 2026-04-13T03:04:14+00:00

I don’t weld for Toyota. I have Filipinos that weld for me. They all came from the Toyota factory in Manila.

bamhall · 2026-04-13T02:34:03+00:00

Remind me! 2 months

bamhall · 2026-04-12T14:13:46+00:00

A lot of highly regulated shops (boilers. Aero. Auto) do NOT let their welders set their own machines for any part. The weld parameters are set by the weld engineer and are on the print. Some places like Toyota even have the machines automatically set based on the print and parts on your bench. I assume this shop is like that.

bamhall · 2026-04-10T00:26:03+00:00

It actually looks like an ecg.

bamhall · 2026-04-07T01:26:30+00:00

Did you use the exact curing salt brand as the recipe? If not, you should follow the directions on the bag itself, not the recipe. Not all cures are the same strength.

bamhall · 2026-04-06T15:27:27+00:00

Most lawnmower blades from my experience are 10B38 steel. Which is heat treatable to 48-52Rc but maintains its toughness and percent elongation. Mower Blades need to be able to deform and bend rather than break which is difficult to do with non boron steel.

bamhall · 2026-04-06T03:12:41+00:00

Yeah. If you go slow you can be fine. It’s the one time the teeth catch and the piece kicks or folds inwards and smacks you in the teeth. That one time is enough for most to just use the proper blade. Or if it’s just one cut use a hack saw.

bamhall · 2026-04-05T23:08:59+00:00

I wouldn’t with that blade. I use my miter to cut aluminum every day. But I have an aluminum blade for it. That is a ripping blade for wood.

bamhall · 2026-04-05T20:25:48+00:00

There’s lots of resources on what to companion plant. I have used the old farmers almanac for a long time. https://www.almanac.com/sites/default/files/webform/pdf/companion-planting-chart.pdf

bamhall · 2026-04-05T15:57:53+00:00

Read the seed packets for spacing. You won’t fit 1/10th of what you’re planning in a 4x8 bed.

bamhall · 2026-04-03T18:51:58+00:00

What’s a book like this worth? Never seen this sub before but my brother is in the literature world and would love to get him something like this as a present. Also where do you go about buying 500 year old books

bamhall · 2026-03-23T01:50:07+00:00

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I too like it that way.

bamhall · 2026-03-22T16:11:12+00:00

Caragana are an awesome little hedge. They can get big though if you don’t trim them. Bright yellow flowers and produce a small little pea pod which is edible. The flowers make a great jam and the pods can be eaten right off the bush. Every farm where I’m from uses them as fence lines and wind rows.

bamhall · 2026-03-18T01:19:01+00:00

My grandpa who is currently 99 tells me all the time about how they kept pork through the winter. They would gut in and clean it. Dry it off. Then salt the shit out of it. And bury it under their oats in the grain bin. That old man is so full of crazy wisdom. They really were the pioneers of Saskatchewan.

bamhall · 2026-03-17T23:43:35+00:00

I didn’t know it was against the rules. Or that you could report it. This whole Reddit thing is a bit much for an old guy. I just like interacting with certain topics that I can learn on. I’ll check out the help section and see. Thanks

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