Stuart wrote:

I was looking at the price of logs around here and not too impressed with the price for a builders bag.

I just bought one of these ace little briquette making jobbies called a Multimate, made by a bloke in Wigan:

Now we have no use for our waste paper bin, and a use for all the junk mail and even leaves from the garden go in.

The ones I have tried already that have dried are not bad and do burn for ages. Obviously you must mix them with coal or wood for best use, but they are about as green as it gets. And free.

Seems a fun little piece of equipment but I wonder how much moisture is left in the brick? If you had to season the brick to bring the moisture level down, would it still be intact or would it all break apart? "Proper" briquette machines employ heat to melt the lignin.

I wouldn't burn anything "unseasoned", even if they do burn for a long time. Maybe they burn for a long time because they're too wet  Recently bought a 2007 RRS HSE TDV6 for a Pimp-My-Ride-Project.
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To pick up something I've bought not pick up wood

That multi ate looks good and I have loss of wood shavings that end up getting burned on the bbq when I get enough but making bricks out of them and my shredded paper would be good. Fancy selling your used once multimate at all Daz? FFRR Owner, SSRR engine destroyer!(*2) & Creator of SSRR

tanloverluke wrote:

Stuart wrote:

I was looking at the price of logs around here and not too impressed with the price for a builders bag.

I just bought one of these ace little briquette making jobbies called a Multimate, made by a bloke in Wigan:

Now we have no use for our waste paper bin, and a use for all the junk mail and even leaves from the garden go in.

The ones I have tried already that have dried are not bad and do burn for ages. Obviously you must mix them with coal or wood for best use, but they are about as green as it gets. And free.

Seems a fun little piece of equipment but I wonder how much moisture is left in the brick? If you had to season the brick to bring the moisture level down, would it still be intact or would it all break apart? "Proper" briquette machines employ heat to melt the lignin.

I wouldn't burn anything "unseasoned", even if they do burn for a long time. Maybe they burn for a long time because they're too wet

kp wrote:

Mixed woods mostly what I come across during outings and work that I can pick up and bring home. At moment in able to grab a load of ash & sycamore

Is partly dried as well and been burning very well on an open fire I've been told

very interesting. how are the briquettes once they have dried out, i.e are they still intact/dense? Recently bought a 2007 RRS HSE TDV6 for a Pimp-My-Ride-Project.
DONE: Meduza front bumper, AB rear bumper, AB tailpipes, calipers repainted, rear upper tailgate upgrade, side steps, AB front grille, AB side vents, rear LED lights, clear side repeaters, integrated daytime running lights, LED headlights.
TO DO: color code sills and pillars.

The ones I have done are quite solid. Depends how well you mix I suppose.

It appealed to me as I like the idea of free heat that is also quite green (or something free to help along what we pay for and reduce the price overall) as we have an old house. Its cold up here, we are high up and we get the wind over the hills.

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I wonder if the drill attachment is like a plaster mixer one.

I shred loads and loads of paper so the sawdust and paper mix would certainly be a good use of a waste product. I wonder if they do one that does bigger bricks... FFRR Owner, SSRR engine destroyer!(*2) & Creator of SSRR

For drying them out like I suggest with the wood, a small pile near the fire does the job easily enough, or like my nana old ingle nook, a pile each side and as one empties repile it and use from the other side of the fire  FFRR Owner, SSRR engine destroyer!(*2) & Creator of SSRR

kp wrote:

Stuart drop me a PM as I sure do
I wonder if the drill attachment is like a plaster mixer one.

They clog up. Its like a T shape with a twist on it. Works quite well.

Although it did cross my mind to find some kind of commercial mixing thing, having a few machines, some lads making them, and flogging bags of overpriced hand-made, super eco-friendly, recycled, eco-bricks to the local Yummy Mummies at Mottram Show or Chelford.

Cement mixer maybe?? FFRR Owner, SSRR engine destroyer!(*2) & Creator of SSRR