[Stoves] {briquetting} Fwd: Seeds in Briquette blend = new form of bird food.

[Rok Oblak]

Sorry bout the dimension misinterpretation 4cm or 1.5 inches! 1inch hole
would be too small for the side feed stove!

Thanks Dave
Rok

On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 10:07 PM, Rok Oblak <rok.stoves at gmail.com> wrote:

> One more note on my answer below - Nora, your briquette hole seems rather
> narrow! Its essential the hole provides enough primary air in the
> combustion chamber and my tests show a somewhat universal hole would be
> roughly 4cm/1inch in diameter. I do strongly suggest you make some
> experiments with your particular briquette blend you're using and see what
> works best, but i would merely do +/- 1cm
>
> Regards
> Rok
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 10:02 PM, Rok Oblak <rok.stoves at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Nora et all,
>>
>> just a quick note on starting the fire in the side-feed holey briquette
>> stove: i usually just tear one half of a briquette into small particles,
>> like 2-3cm and stack them in the center of the combustion chamber. There
>> are already 2 briquettes inserted from the side as well. Then i start the
>> fire from the top, just igniting some of the briquette material, or better
>> twigs or paper or whatever handy. The briquettes would ignite in 1-2
>> minutes..
>>
>> it does very much depend on briquettes you are using, so if your
>> briquettes contain charcoal or some slow-burning biomass, you might end up
>> using more starter materials like small twigs to warm up the stove and make
>> some amber as you say. It takes some practice if briquettes are
>> slow-burning i suppose, but its interesting to try and build up the skill!
>>
>> The bird-briquette looks nice! You should just leave them on the floor so
>> birds could practice wheel-walking while feeding :)
>> Rok
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 4:22 AM, Richard Stanley <
>> rstanley at legacyfound.org> wrote:
>>
>>> This is just in from a one Nora Feldmar who is studying in Holland and
>>> doing her dissertation in amongst the gypsy population in Hungary.
>>>
>>> Hello …..
>>> I am attaching you a nice moment from today. The multifunctionality of a
>>> briquette; this time as perfect winter brid food.. (there are quite a bit
>>> of seeds in our mix)
>>>
>>> So winter has started here and the foundation has already distributed
>>> some briquettes to the families who worked in the "plant" over the past
>>> months.. I am going there on tuesday to have a look how it is going with
>>> the heating, and how the briquettes funcion.
>>>
>>> I wanted to ask if you have any recommendations/tips in terms of having
>>> the best burning in heating stoves.. I was also wondering how do u most
>>> quickly start the fire itself, specially with Rok's stove.. We also have a
>>> rocket stove and i can only keep a briquette going once I have quite a bit
>>> of ember going (but once its on it burns over 30-40 mins!).
>>>
>>> Greetings,
>>> Nora
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> *Rok Oblak, MAA Design*
>>
>> rok.stoves at gmail.com
>> briquettestoves.com <http://www.holeyroket.com/>
>>
>> Gregorciceva ulica 5
>> 4224 Gorenja vas
>> Slovenia
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> *Rok Oblak, MAA Design*
>
> rok.stoves at gmail.com
> briquettestoves.com <http://www.holeyroket.com/>
>
> Gregorciceva ulica 5
> 4224 Gorenja vas
> Slovenia
>
>


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Gregorciceva ulica 5
4224 Gorenja vas
Slovenia
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