Clarke Paper / Cardboard Briquette Log Brick Maker

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When Phil welded the smashing container together he left some open space around the sides for water to drain out. Phil says he can make about five logs per hour. "Last year I made about 250 logs before the cold weather set in. I figure that 1,000 cardboard logs is equal to about 1 1/2 cords of wood." I've used this idea for about three years and it works great," says Phil. "Cardboard logs burn great as long as they're dry. My total cost was very inexpensive -- and my operating costs are almost nothing. This process requires no electricity or fuel of any kind."

Pre-cut some lengths of the twine; start with fifteen 18-inch pieces, which will be enough for five logs. Our #multimate range of paper briquette makers are ideal for DIY briquette making at home. They are pure tech genius -its design makes it so easy to use. You can use it anywhere. It stands on four heavy-duty and resilient steel legs, fully adjustable to enable it to be used outside on uneven ground. We have sold the Multimate briquette maker around the world, our biggest market is with the UK followed by Germany. We have supplied almost all of the EU countries with presses, The USA is another big market for us. We have even sold to Canada and Australia along with one to South Korea. We aim to continue the supply of presses bur there will be times when we must restrict the supply so as to keep up with the demand.

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Today we’re proud to present another DIY project from a fellow Doing the Stuff Networker. Jamie Burke is a master at repurposing trash and junk. His latest project shared on our DTSN Facebook Group not only saves money, but would be very useful both now (free is always good) and after a SHTF event. Using our free mixing paddle, you can now mix the paper into a pulp ready for compression in the briquette press. Use the paddle in an electric drill to breakup the paper and cardboard.

Firstly, I respect the efforts in sharing this work and always looking for ways to save energy & money. My daughter and husband own a small village store selling takeaway food, coffee, limited number of groceries, milk etc as well as newspapers.The unsold ones I use to make fire briquettes after shredding them. Have found that photocopy paper and magazines are unsuitable because they are very difficult to soak and mulch into a paste. To the paper mixture I add dried used coffee grounds as well as sawdust made by my son when engraving hardwood plaques and signs with a CNC router. Have experimented with the ratios of the ingredients in small batches and have settled on 500gm shredded newspaper, 400g sawdust, 600gm coffee grounds with about 6 litres of water, as the paper mulch still acts like a suitable glue for the other ingredients. The briquettes are pressed in a home made setup comprising 100mm dia PVC pipe x 200mm long, reinforced with 2 stainless steel hose clamps and plenty of 5mm holes for drainage when compacting to a height of 100mm. I have a 100mm long tapered cylinder (25 to 35mm dia) placed in the centre of the mould to form a longitudinal hole in the briquette to assist in the burning from the centre outwards. As it is winter here in Australia they take about 3 weeks to fully dry out to about 230gm each ready for burning, lasting about 30mins. Am experimenting with a 3 station rotary setup to allow 2 grandchildren to fill, press and push-out the briquettes in a rapid manner. Anticipating the use of a small concrete mixer to facilitate production of the briquettes.

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I’ve seen ‘devices’ you can buy that makes ‘newspaper logs’, but they never seem efficient, require you to pre-shred, take way too much time and the logs are not very solid. This is a much better method and doesn’t really cost anything. Step 1 Autumn Statement: Workers to pay less in national insurance – but rate cuts don't offset the freezing of personal tax thresholds The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has today (Wednesday 22 November) announced a range of tax, benefits and savings measures. We round up the key announcements and what they mean for you.

Plan on drying your logs in a warm dry area for an average of 3 months. This time will vary more or less depending on your climate, and it is conceivable that they may dry in less time. Try one, and see how it burns. First of all gather together waste paper and cardboard, finely shred it and add some water. (At this stage you can add some sawdust or fine straw) Mix it into a pulp using our free mixing paddle, make sure the mix is broken down into fine particles the smaller the bit the better. The single most important piece of advice I can offer anyone who wants to make their own paper briquettes from recycled newspaper, cardboard, woodchips, straw, and sawdust even adding charcoal (you should not use to much or any glossy colour printed paper). Is to shred everything into a pulp (using our free mixing paddle) this helps extract the lignin in the paper and act as the bonding agent. Flour can also be used as a bonding agent.Their heat is intense, which means there is no delay in generating warmth, and the flame helps even large logs ignite. If there is no dry wood on hand, paper logs can be encouraged to burn a long time. There is no need to fill the chamber of the fire with paper logs; you can burn them one at a time and still receive warmth. If you’d like to see more of how he and our other members are Doing the Stuff, join us on our journey to self-reliance and preparedness! I would like to know if anyone has worked out the energy of what one of these produces. One day I might get round to working this out by lighting one under a pan of water and working out the BTU.

As soon as I have to use an electrical item, be it a drill or shredder, I immediately want to work that out and try to understand what are you saving really, efforts put in yourself are free (unless you want to put an hourly rate to your projects). You will then be able to expel all the water using the handle provided which will automatically remove all the water, the extracted water can be collected below the press for reuse.Martin Lewis: What the Autumn Statement means for you – including wages, benefits, pensions, ISAs, housing, national insurance and more They can be used in your garden in chimeras and fire pits too. Each paper fire log can be burnt for up to two hours once fully dried.