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2 hours would be cool. Wondering about BTUs and woodstove practicality then. Portable woodstove that is, we have one we made from a 20mm ammo can.
Badger
Originally Posted by Badger
I was looking at videos on how to make hobo wood stoes like that with ammo cans or a propane cylinder. Might be what I would use these in, so the nasty fumes dont go into the food. but until then I think newspaper only for food preparation. All the other junk for outdoor heat production.
Well looks finished, not sure how much better until I test it out.
My test burns will be the following:
- Shredded Bills and scrap paper only (not for open air cooking).
- Shredded Bills and scrap paper with grass clippings (not for open air cooking).
- Shredded Newspaper only (no ads).
- Shredded Newspaper with grass clippings.
Here is the ram assembly. I have two flat PVC end caps with a hole drilled that will accept the small pvs tube that had drain holes drilled into it.
The 4" PVC tubing part of the ram is actually standing upside down to show you how the end cap is put in there. It has 2 holes drilled into it to allow for drainage.
I filled up a cheap 26 Gallon trash can from wally world with shredded bills and paper and such. This is going to be the first batch of test burns. With a 5 day water soak.
Might sound like a funny request, but could you weigh a briquette and share with us?
I'm contemplating a particular BOT (trailer) design option and wondering about the practical/impractical possibilities. So basically that info plus your burn time findings might lead to a viable offering in something I intend to build. Thanks.
Badger
I'll definately post dimensions/weights of the cured briquettes.
I have stirred the goop after one day of soak. Thursday should be the brick making day!
Last edited by rbeau30; 08-13-2012 at 17:34.
Made the first batch of bricks. One thing I noticed is that I had to put some weight on the bricks as they wanted to do some expanding, so I lined them up and put a 2x4 with weight on top of them to keep them compressed.
4 hours after making the bricks and they are stabilizing at about 3 1/4 inches long on average.
16 bricks in about 2 hours. I started getting faster at it as it went along.
closeup.
Will you be testing outside at all? Interested in how well this would work for one of those backyard fire pits.
"There are no finger prints under water."
awesome idea, I am definitely going to have to make one of these!
Yeah, I don't have a video camera, but I will time each brick and average them out on burn times. I'll put the data on the original post so it is easy to see and get to.
I started the second batch soaking of grass clippings and random shredded bills. Will press those in about a week. I'll add the grass clipping probably half way through the soak.
If anyone ends up making one of these, post pics and add to the post what you did differently. to get yours to work.
Just a question, but don't you have to limit how long your slurry sits? Just from a standpoint of mold and stuff growing on it?
I was curious because I have the big blue 55gal barrels, and was thinking that might be a nice source for a larger slurry tank.
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