Paper/Biomass Briquette Press

[rbeau30]

I will definately post up some stats on burn times and dimensions of the finished bricks along with pictures of the finished product. The price of the materials was minimal as I used scrap 2x4s from other projects, and I went an bought a cheap 2 ton bottle jack from harbor freight.

I plan on using scrap paper only (newspaper, junk mail without plastic windows on the envelope) and/or mix in some lawn waste like cut grass and/or leaves to see how it goes. The paper will be shredded and soaked in water, until it is the consistency of spitball material (only way I can describe it effectively). Apparently it takes a week or two to 'cure' and dry.

What I plan on doing with it? I don't have a fireplace, but I saw a few videos of people using them for bbq-grills, but I want to test them out first to ensure there are no wierd green flames coming off them. As far as being prepared and in a semi-urban environment, it is always handy to have fuel of some kind on hand for cooking when the gas grid would go down.

I work shift this weekend so the rest of the project will have to wait until Tues/Weds. Since I am bored at work right now, I will update the original post with some sort of supply list.