icmenuiserie Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Does any one have one of these machines or know anything about them as I am interested in perhaps buying one? It's a press for making logs from sawdust, which you can then burn on the fire.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 [quote user="icmenuiserie"]Does any one have one of these machines or know anything about them as I am interested in perhaps buying one? It's a press for making logs from sawdust, which you can then burn on the fire....[/quote]I know about this paper one:Log makerPresse à briquettesYou can buy briquettes from these people and you might want to have a look at these people:www.weima.comwww.reinbold.dewww.ah2-bioenergies.comwww.techni-wood.be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icmenuiserie Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 Cool thanks for that they're just what I'm looking for. Do you have any experience of using the machine or how well the logs burn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 [quote user="icmenuiserie"]Cool thanks for that they're just what I'm looking for. Do you have any experience of using the machine or how well the logs burn?[/quote]I've never used the sawdust one, bu the paper log one was once quite popular... It became obsolete after a house move and has not been seen since! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 One consideration is the type of wood the sawdust has come from. I have loads of small offcuts of pine and softwood (ends on joists that have been cut to length, off cuts of panelling, etc.) Being aware of the risks of burning "high resin" woods in a wood burner I checked with the guy who cleaned the chimney this year if he thought it was OK to use these as fuel. He said OK to light the fire with but not as fuel (resin issues).Not use if he was being a bit "over cautions" and I would really love to use them up and keep warm from them !!.Anyway, point being that if the sawdust comes from softwoods, I would have thought the resin content similar to the actual wood itself - so the same would apply.Maybe the chimney guy was being over cautions (and do tell me if this is the case - as I would not need too much encouragement to burn my offcuts in the wood burner).Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 We had a paper one years ago. We found that the effort involved really wasn't worth it; they burned away very quickly.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Our local sawmill recycles its sawdust into pellets and sells them to the commune to heat the local retirement home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icmenuiserie Posted November 29, 2006 Author Share Posted November 29, 2006 We have only chatâigner and oak saw dust and the mountain is growing...hence the need for some way of getting rid of it. I knew about the soft wood, was warned by somone more or less as soon as we moved here...we were also looking into buying a large screw, grin, which slowly pulls the sawbust into a furnace and then heats a boiler. These are usually industrial, or for heating byres in the winter by farmers, but they are too expensive for us really, and to be most effective you need to mix the sawdust with an oil, and the nearest chippy is miles away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearly Retired (I am now) Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 I am happy to be corrected, but until then I can't see much of a problem with burning so called resinous softwoods such as pine. The Scandinavian countries and much of Eastern Europe (plus USA, Canada etc.) has swathes of pine forests which are regularly used to fuel log burners and fires. Am I missing something here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 The answer, for those that keep livestock, in making a brick that burns longer is to mix manure with the sawdust make into bricks which dry. Apparently one of these will burn as long and sometimes longer than an equivalent sized oak log. Make in the summer when they can be baked dry and use in winter! Have a look at this website http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/hooker87.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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