i agree this is a great idea. it is likely a way to get good little chunkettes without lots of machinery. slash is a very significant fuel resource in many places we've found. in the tropical bush, it is likely the most important and accessible.<br>
<br>the electric chainsaws have also come a long way. if your gasifier is part of a genset making electricity, you could use that to run the chainsaw and be self contained without need for petrol.<br><br>tom, there are many cnc laser cutting services that will cut out parts like this for you. the laser makes a near perfectly clean cut, without any slag. it is much easier and cleaner than the plasma cutter based systems. <br>
<br>sadly, a cnc laser system costs multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars. a cnc plasma 15k or so. maybe someday. in the interim, there are many services cropping up that will do small runs for you on their machines.<br>
<br>j<br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Walt Patrick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:windward@gorge.net">windward@gorge.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On 06/05/2011 01:47 PM, Thomas Reed wrote:<br>
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I have developed an attachment for chainsaws that will reduce a 5 foot tall pile of brush to a 1 foot pile of worth sticks in 15 minutes. See it in action at<br>
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Great idea! The website says that it's not shipping yet; would you please post a notice here when it is?<br>
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~~ Walt</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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