Hello,This is my first post, so here goes,
In June I imported a small pellet mill from China
with the intention of getting a pellet sove before the winter.
I am pleased I never as the output of the mill was so low that I was lucky to make 1/2 a sack of sawdust pellets / day. so on ebay it went.
The sacks of pellets I made are being used as cat litter, so no loss.
Next I made a briquette press with a 2 ton bottle jack,
It makes 2 house brick sized block at a time in under 2 minutes.
I use newspaper or cardboard as a binder and sawdust,
The only problem is the drying out time,they burn well on the aga and also woodburner and I will definately be making more this summer.
Also I have converted a log splitter to make briquettes but have trouble getting them to bind, I think I will need to heat the output pipe,
this can wait until the weather warms up a bit.
Its like the one in the link below
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrFI7OyKDoo&feature=related]YouTube - Brikettpresse, Brikettierpresse.wmv[/ame]
Outdoorjoe I am sure you will have fun with your press, but if possible use a paper sawdust mix, not much ash at all, and if anyone can suggest a quick method of drying them it would be great.
Thanks
