[Stoves] Preparing for the winter's fuel supply in Oregon

[ajheggie at gmail.com]

Here's a post from Richard Stanley with some pictures I have had to
shrink to get below the acceptable size limit.

It can be a bit time consuming so some posts that are difficult to be
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processing mode that can get them down to a standard size or, as in
this case I reduced the dimensions to 30% of original.

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AJH

>Dear fello briquetters with ready access to, of all things, a used garbage disposal and household sink. 
>
>> 
>> Planning for the winter supply of hollow core ag and household residue based  briquettes, means a lot of material processing.  Thats the not so
>> much fun part of the process. I have long thought about the possibility of
>> using a garbage disposal for pulping materials so I got ahold of a scrapped
>> double basin sink and bolted a scrap disposal on a few days ago, just to see if it was worth pursuing.
>> Turns out a that its pretty efficient but you really have to clean out any
>> rocks.  I got rid of those, by filling the non disposal side of the sink The larger basin, half full of
>> water and soaking and sloshing the leaves /grasses ferns and wigs around a
>> bit, to settle out the rocks, stones, metal stuff.  Next, I  skimmed off  the
>> floating material into the second smaller basin-- the one onto which I had attached  the disposal. 
>> I then plowed screed the material over the entrance hole with right hand then stuff it in with
>> a running garden hose spray nozzle in my left hand left hand .  It does  a good job  of chopping  and
>> pulping the fibrous  mass into a really well mixed slurry-without destroying the fibers entirely- good enough in fact, that that with just a day of soaking to soften everything a bit,  I can compact it directly in the press,  no paper or other binder,--and more critically, no decomposition needed.
>> (it's amazing too, just how much gritty sediment accrues, in
>> the larger soaking basin as well). Clearly wet processing of the feedstock seems to be a good way to go..Will have to test it out over the coming month before I am assured of its real viability but it' be far better if several of us do the same thing -and share back the findings to speed up and deepen the learning curve for the rest of us, eh ! 
>> 
>Richard Stanley
>Legacyfound.org
>
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