Making Logs for Burner from Paper!!!

[AngeTheHippy]

Afternoon all,

Just discovered this excellent website. Will keep an eye on it me thinks.

OK then - We have a Multifuel Burner in the sitting room - a Clearview. It's VERY efficient, and earlier this year (August actually - too late) Pete started making paper logs for burning. They are an excellent idea, cost nothing to make (apart from acheing arms!)and burn well for between 50 mins & 1 1/4hrs. FREE FUEL!!!!!

Petes looking for an old fruit/apple press to devise his own method of making them. I mentioned we started too late - this is true, next year (although he makes about 8/day)we'll start making much more than 8/day as they'll have the summer to dry out.

Even this time of year though, as long as under cover, they do dry and take about a week to dry outdoors.

So, ask friends/neighbours for their old newspapers (cardboard, twigs, leaved - even TBags too)soaked a day is all thats needed. Oh and a bit of muscle!! How good is that??

Ange
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[buzfuz8149]

Hi Ange,

a warm welcome to WAB.

I always wanted a multi fuel burner - suppose we had one when we had the old cast iron range - unfortunately we are too long in the tooth to bother now, we just don another woolly jumper to avoid turning the central heating on.

Glad to see some one that will go the extra mile.

[AngeTheHippy]

Hi buzfuz8149 , Thanks for your reply! Just joined this forum this morning, had a good look around and found some interesting stuff here.

It's a shame about not having a multi fuel burner, wonderful things. If you've had a range in the past though, you'd know just how wonderful they are.

Pete's out there now actually - temperature plumetting here in rural Lincolnshire, but still he makes the logs!!

Here's a link you might find interesting,

It's Not Easy Being Green :: Index

It's a spin-off from the TV prog earlier in the year, with loads of useful tips on it.

SeeYaLater,

AngeTheHippy
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[naturelover]

hi and welcome to the site,my mum used rolled up news paper for the fire when times were hard,thats an old trick.

[greenyonder]

Originally Posted by AngeTheHippy

Afternoon all,

Just discovered this excellent website. Will keep an eye on it me thinks.

OK then - We have a Multifuel Burner in the sitting room - a Clearview. It's VERY efficient, and earlier this year (August actually - too late) Pete started making paper logs for burning. They are an excellent idea, cost nothing to make (apart from acheing arms!)and burn well for between 50 mins & 1 1/4hrs. FREE FUEL!!!!!

Petes looking for an old fruit/apple press to devise his own method of making them. I mentioned we started too late - this is true, next year (although he makes about 8/day)we'll start making much more than 8/day as they'll have the summer to dry out.

Even this time of year though, as long as under cover, they do dry and take about a week to dry outdoors.

So, ask friends/neighbours for their old newspapers (cardboard, twigs, leaved - even TBags too)soaked a day is all thats needed. Oh and a bit of muscle!! How good is that??

Ange
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hi,yes its great having free fuel!,as i know how efficient log burners are,we have one to,they used to sell presses for making logs but you could only do 1 or so at a time,if you know a good welder/handyman im sure he could come up with something that makes say half a dozen at a time,or more!,good luck!,

[Lincs Yellowbelly]

I work for a company in Lincolnshire what sell stoves and cookers, unfortunatly i'm the one who has to take them about and move them

If I lived in the country i'd probably get one, you can burn alomst any wood on them but have to be careful that it's not wet or getting tarred glass is a problem. Plus it will also pretty quickly get you flue blocked up.

A few companies do processed blocks, almost like compressed sawdust although I've found they don't burn as well as properly dried wood

[Paul mabbott]

Yes, it's one of those great ideas and is okay if you have a large house (or mansion). We toyed with the idea of an AGA when we moved in here but would have needed a kitchen extension and there was no easy way to connect up with the (gas) heating system.
Mind, cooking with an AGA is a skill that is lost to most of us - I've often tried and cooked some ... interesting ... dishes, not necessarily what I intended!

Originally Posted by buzfuz8149

Hi Ange,

a warm welcome to WAB.

I always wanted a multi fuel burner - suppose we had one when we had the old cast iron range - unfortunately we are too long in the tooth to bother now, we just don another woolly jumper to avoid turning the central heating on.

Glad to see some one that will go the extra mile.

[ChrisJB]

Cheers for that Ange. I've often wondered about those paper squeezers. Do you know where I can get one? At the moment, I get through the winter with scrounging (mostly) and buying a bit of wood.

Regards, Chris

[medieval knievel]

B&Q here (dublin) do them; might be worth checking your local one. they're €26 here.
my boss has one, and he warned against me getting one, as i've no room to dry the blocks.

[AngeTheHippy]

Morning Chaps,
Crikey! Didn't expect a response like this . Pete made the 'template' - screwed 4 pieces of plywood together (brick shaped...) and cut 2 pieces, top & bottom of brick. These are slightly smaller than the side of the mold, to allow water to escape.

He packs 'em with the wet newspaper then squeezes with D-clamp thingies. It works well, but he's looking into devising a better system using less muscle.

He's looking for a cider press (to adapt) or might buy one of those bottle jacks for cars and devise something with that.

Ange
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