anthony123

How wet are they at the moment?

They are very wet..I say about 50 percent moisture..I was hoping to start kindling them by the end of the month . would that ne possible? There not long either there only about 18 inches long.so would that speed up drying?

Why are you drying them? Btw about a month I'd think! Where do you get them from,pallets?

I will be using them for kindling. I get them from pallet makers.the sell seconds

What is a pallet board? Excuse my ignorance!

Hi, there basically 4x1 inch planks or 4x 3/4 inch planks

hi guys,just wondering if anyone knows how long to dry pallet boards stacked and spaced in a open shed.thanks:001_smile:

you cant sell them if they are treated timber or got paint cement residue on them which most scaffold planks do.

i wasnt aware of that..thanks for the heads up.il just give the boards a miss:001_smile:

Why not cut one up and find out;)

prob the best way.but its quiet hard when i dont have the machine yet:001_tongue:.im picking the machine up in 2 weeks time and i just came across a guy who is selling second hand planks

just wondering how many bags of kindling (40cm x 50cm bag) in a 8ft scaffolding plank.2 inches thick and 9 inches wide.

many thanks

anthony

Never tried it but I would think 3 ? would be easy to try cut, to bits with jigsaw hand axe load bags

i was also thinking the same around 3 bags.

Axminster had one on clearance. When I collected it from the north london branch they asked me what it was and what it did. When I looked around you could get something similar for about 5k. We fitted a pneumatic guide and conveyor.

 

I have seen a machine that recovers the wood from pallets it has loads of circular saw discs. When I looked into it half the pallet was turned into waste so you needed lots of pallets and would be left with as much waste as kindling. The kindlet will take the odd nail but loads of them will soon blunt the blade pallets also get stones embedded in them and it can be difficult to work out if they are treated.

how many bags of kindling could you get from a pallet?

Pallet boards will go through it but it just takes more time to break pallets up !

yes suppose your right..

is there any easy way to break pallets up?.i still would not use pallets as my main source of materials.it would just be a bit of a bonus if you can make bags of kindling for free (exluding labour)

are tilting log saws any good for cutting up lenghts of timber?

did anyone ever put pallet boards through a kindlet?

how many pallet boards would it take to make up a 40x50 cm bag of kindling?

hi guys thanks for all the input..i bought the machine and collecting it off a mate.i paid £2800 for 2009 model.joinery off cuts would be ideal as they are alot easier to handle.

@genesetsteve.

they are cracking bags of kindling you have there.does spurce or pine give as clean of a bag of kindling as the off cuts do?

Poplar burns great when dry, I ran a load through my kindlett and it was excellent.

is there a lot of waste as in knots through the timber

Joinary off cuts I got lots and brilliant for kindling cut into 6 inch blocks the split with axe carnt afford kindlet just yet[

 

what saw do you use to cut them up to 6inch pieces

hi all,just looking for advice on what would be the best materials to run through a kindlet.i wont be doing logs so i would have to keep waste to a minimun

and also what saw would you recommend to prepare the materials to the correct size..

thanks

anthony

hi anthony just to let you know if you could please change your avatar picture as thats one of my pictures of my kindling from my web

thanks

joy

 

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hi there,sorry about that.i changed it there for you.

thanks

anthony

Price sounds about right not expensive

Clean bone dry pine is the most popular

we only sell neat packed bags cant shift the random stuff

There is a huge amount of work involved for wholesale money

Most of the work is in preparing the stuff to 6" not feeding the kindlet.

we use 50x40 but you need to talk to your large customers.

If you have to buy the timber you will be better off buying cord and doing bags of logs less work and more profit.

hi steve,thanks for the advice.this year i am hopeing to take it nice and slow as i dont have the sheds or yard to do it.but hopefully as i let the business grow i can expand my work area to make easy as possible.and i think it will be great for my young lad ( 16 years old btw) to see how hard money is got and that you will need to graft to earn a living

You should have found out the answers to your questions before you bought the machine mate.

 

 

Hodge

hi,i guess your right but i thought the machine was so cheap at that price i just couldnt resist it.and im sure i wont loose on it.

thanks

hi guys,im thinking about setting up a kindling business in my area.i have purchased a used kindlet machine.the machine is a 2009 model and i paid 2800 pounds for it (3500 euro).i still need to pick the machine up within the next month or so.

was that a cheap price for the machine?

what materials is best and cheapest for kindling?

should i sell it in loosely packed bags or neatly packed?

is there alot of work involved in making large quantites if kindling?

what sized bag is the most attractive for customers?

any help will be much appreciated

thanks