[Stoves] Message size

[Jonathan P Gill]

I find it useful to write in a word processor and then export a PDF.  This allows you to control the file size. I error on the side of large files for best photo quality.

Jock

Extract CO2 from the atmosphere!

On Sep 4, 2013, at 5:55 PM, Richard Stanley <rstanley at legacyfound.org> wrote:

> Andrew,
> 
> Sorry for the  hassle: I try to keep any mail  below 1.5 megs as indeed these photos were. (the physical dimensions were on the order of 70 x 75 mm as sent to you..and pixel density was probably 150dpi.  
> Hope it can be resolved and will reduce them further if you have not other alternative.
> 
> Thanks 
> Richard Stanley
> 
> PS., If anybody needs further clariafication or documentation on the previous post to our group, please feel free to just write me directly 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sep 4, 2013, at 2:31 PM, ajheggie at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> 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
> reduced may get rejected.
> 
> Consider that many smartphones produce good quality jpegs which need 2
> or more megabytes of bandwidth. I find Irfanview offers a good batch
> processing mode that can get them down to a standard size or, as in
> this case I reduced the dimensions to 30% of original.
> 
> Also remember including all the text of the previous messages in the
> thread also contributes to the size limit.
> 
> 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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