I just love how the critics complain how a paper log press is such a huge waste of labor when there's more efficient ways to heat a house. Still, none of those other 'vastly superior' ways of heating a house that the critics attempt to espouse fails to address the problem of disposing of the pile of junk mail that the post is so fond of delivering to my post box. I'm more than happy to spend a wee moment cranking out a few paper logs each month to get rid of that pile of junk mail and to provide a wee bit of supplemental fuel for my wood stove. The rest of the time, sure, I'm burning wood. Silly narrowminded critics.... I like this log press design.
Love clever people!, Not all great designers are found in fancy offices earning huge amounts for poor designs!. You have made something simple but effective!, well done.
Great video. You could dump your old coffee grounds in a system like that. Oops, you sound like you are from across the pound, my mistake - tea leaves.
Well done, ignore the critics, you are doing something of a positive nature, and keeping busy, as we senior citizens should be doing. The negative is, you could instead be sitting inside watching the television soap operas ...how boring. But it gets me, well it amazes me why people make those briquettes in winter putting pressure on themselves to keep up the supply...make them in summer. The briquettes will dry quicker and then you can store them for later. Again, well done. I know a blo ke is using an old newspaper press. Turn the screws and watch the water pour out. I should say he adapted the press to work the squeezy....lol.
Best home made press I seen ever because it's simplicity. There is people who has not enough strengh to use only the machine, others complain the hands bend easily. Your idea fiexes both problems. Thank you very much for sharing.
The way I see it, heating in a northern climate will require about 10 full cords of wood. If you get started now, you might have enough to heat your home by next summer ;-P
@immensecat I saw one guy get a rod and the fan blade from an alternator (which has pretty sharp edges) and he hooked it to a drill. It mashed up the paper really nicely.
Confirmed: puplping is what you need. If you just turn paper into strips (I used to turn it into 1-2 mm strips, so very fine) it just don't work as good as if you turn it into pulp. Plus It may stick together to form a brick, but it won't last long on fire as if you were using pulp.
exactly, you have to let it soak for days or a week to get a good pulp mixture and by simply taking a piece of lumber like a square block 2 X 6 and put a concrete block on it, that will put weight on the top and push all the water out without having to manually do it.
when you use a 50 tons pneumatic press ( can be operated by hand or more easily a compressor ) there is no more drying time needed because all the water is pressed out. And this installation does'nt cost you a fortune.
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Great idea but it seems much longer this way. In addition, is that the amount of expelled water is comparable in both ways .. or there is there any more that expels more?
I have never used one of these, but I'm thinking that when you use the levers you have to count on your strength and weight to push them down and they may not go down all the way. By using the car jack you press it down all the way with no issues. And, it seems to be alot better this way. I think that came out right, lol.
trreb1 possibly, but iv seen other videos of people using this same device with what looks like not a lot of strength or complication. just some locked elbows and a little bit of body weight seemed to do the trick just fine. not that I own one to try for myself or anything, just seems like his contraption would take up considerable space of your not planning on doing this on a large scale.
i buyed that press and made 10 brikettes and then the handles bend ! its low quality design that handles , tho this dude in video manage to create good homemade extension for pressuring.
I got the 4 in 1, same deal the handles bend, I welded flat bar to the handles to reinforce them, now the outside walls bow, due to to much pressure, building my own next, using a 6 ton Jack .
this all seems like an amazing amount of time and work to achive what you can do with a piece of wood and a axe in 2 seconds.. Chop.. ur done lol ..ooh and then ya get 2 pieces of firewood with one swing aswell
+Kawasaki 610 Well, he said 2-3 months in the video. Do a bunch of these and put them in your greenhouse in the summer and they'll be more than ready for when the winter comes.
violation of the general law of conservation of energy,, work smarter not harder. I've seen well over a dozen of these concepts and none of them incorporate the ideal of mass production of object goal to the amount of work one puts in..
+Dennis Popovich I dnt disagree with simple, there are after all plenty of simple machines that convert work energy. for example the use of a heavy counter weight plus lever action driving multiple presses to produce more logs for ones effort with such said system when the world govs crash a single person could produce fire fuel to a small community reviving the trade sys. I like simple but also effective. computers and the rest of our tech is great however the oil wont last forever and when the last drop gets pumped this world will change jst like it has in all of its known history. hope folks are ready
All that work for one 'log' that won't have half the heat in it of real wood. There's all kinds of ways to get free wood for heating, instead of the massive pile of time involved with these contraptions.
Yes, critic, but all those other 'superior' ways of heating a house doesn't get rid of the pile of junk mail that the post is so fond of delivering to my post box. I'm more than happy to toss in the occasional paper log in with the real logs in order to get rid of the pile of junk mail. You didn't think of that now did you....
roll the paper in a cillinder shape but a rubberstrap around it and throw it a day orso in the water than let it dry. the shape gives the paper the chance toburn correctly. waaay faster no bullshit tools needed
Bad idea. First of all; That is an excellent way to create sootfire in the chimney. And that is a BAD thing to happen which will destroy any chimney and great risc of burning down the house if not put out. Even modern metal chimneys. Paper/paperlogs create a lot of soot creating the above. The energy in them is not that great either. Second of all, the papers and ink often contain not so good stuff, Sootflakes and polution will be spread in the surroundings. A great way to piss neighbours off.
i po co te wszystkie udziwnienia z lewarkiem wystarczy ręcznie tak jak praska jest przystosowana i też ładne wychodzą i nie dokładam makulatury raz tylko 2 lub 3 wtedy jest lepiej zbity brykiet
