Has anyone tried to press chip into briquettes?

[renewablejohn]

Kind of like a hot glue gun then? Too much water stops it from bonding and perhaps stops it from building enough heat. 12% is low moisture though, very low!

 

They normally say 20% of the selling price is drying cost.

 

At the moment I have both machines mothballed due to the return on split logs being far better.

[peatff]

I'll most likely try to do it with a big ram and a strong tube to ram it into. Getting it back out.... Well I haven't worked that bit out yet!

 

You have a removable end cap and the pusher can push them right through.

[gensetsteve]

I found a company 2 miles down the road that spent 100k on their kit. I bought 20kg bags for £2.75 ea and added a £1. They were low sellers so I figured crap stuff made in a cheap machine would be a waste of time. People want Beech logs round here.

[njc110381]

Sounds like I'd be better off with something that can just burn the chip at a fairly high moisture content. What I'm aiming at is a way to get rid of my waste yet provide me with something at the same time, as cheaply as possible. Maybe a basic water heating affair would be better for my needs. If I could figure out how to make an Aga/Rayburn type thing burn chip, that would probably solve it.

 

Edit... Or buy a branch logger instead of a chipper?