Cat litter as hobo fuel?
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I note you are all avoiding the garden bark comment
It's a pain in the posterior to properly dry sufficiently usable amounts
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It ain't dead ... yet. I may just have a cunning plan
If it involves thermite or plastic explosives....
...I'm interested! Vids please!
.... Nope.No video , but I'll 'try' for photo's (camera came second from some bloke named Noah who used it to take pics of a boat being built).
Quick hint though -
I'm the one who can switch visibility on and off
.EDIT: That'll probably make more sense to those who've been to a Midlands Meet.
Although I do have an absolute, unequivocal, hatred of being photographed, there are more than a few occasions when folk suddenly realise that I'm no longer there (and vice versa) - sudden appearances have (almost) put colleagues in hospital .
And: No, nowt to do with the newspapers
.And: No, nowt to do with the newspapers
I read, somewhere on the net, about burning compacted sawdust by having a central hole,don't see any reason why, if it works, it wouldn't also work for cat litter.
Presuming the stove has a bottom grate to feed air,you could try getting a 2inch stick ( it might help when extracting it to wrap it in paper ) hold it upright and pack the litter firmly down. Remove stick then rip up the paper, drop the pieces down the hole and light, preferably from underneath.
The idea seems to be that the hole forms a sort of chimney and the litter/sawdust burns from the inner circle outwards due to the forced draft.
Presuming the stove has a bottom grate to feed air,you could try getting a 2inch stick ( it might help when extracting it to wrap it in paper ) hold it upright and pack the litter firmly down. Remove stick then rip up the paper, drop the pieces down the hole and light, preferably from underneath.
The idea seems to be that the hole forms a sort of chimney and the litter/sawdust burns from the inner circle outwards due to the forced draft.
Even after a bottle of Rioja i followed that perfectly and see your point, all the posts about it being small pettets and compacting with little air flow now seem overcomable ( is that a word?). Where's 'Dec the Experimenter' when you need him?
I think this was probably the article
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Green-Homes/1974-11-01/How-To-Build-And-Use-A-Sawdust-Stove.aspx
Though worth noting this one too
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Modern-Homesteading/1975-09-01/The-Sawdust-Stove.aspx
A possible improvement might be to use a corse threaded auger bit for the central hole[1]. That way it might create a turbulent swirly path up the chimney, efectively lengthening the chimney path hence speed and volume of airflow.
[1] or for a more bushcrafty solution start with a 3 inch stick and carve your own thread, twisting it as you remove it should keep the thead pattern in the compacted fuel.
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Green-Homes/1974-11-01/How-To-Build-And-Use-A-Sawdust-Stove.aspx
Though worth noting this one too
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Modern-Homesteading/1975-09-01/The-Sawdust-Stove.aspx
A possible improvement might be to use a corse threaded auger bit for the central hole[1]. That way it might create a turbulent swirly path up the chimney, efectively lengthening the chimney path hence speed and volume of airflow.
[1] or for a more bushcrafty solution start with a 3 inch stick and carve your own thread, twisting it as you remove it should keep the thead pattern in the compacted fuel.
SimonM
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
I've made one of those sawdust stoves and they work too well, we melted the Scout Troop's only steel billy cos we let it boil dry!
We made ours from an old catering cofee tin, with a broom handle used to pack around.
We stood it on bricks, lit it, put a pot on to boil and went to mess about as you do when you are 14 (ish).
Came back about an hour later to find the "stove" roaring away and the billy with a big hole in the bottom!
Simon
We made ours from an old catering cofee tin, with a broom handle used to pack around.
We stood it on bricks, lit it, put a pot on to boil and went to mess about as you do when you are 14 (ish).
Came back about an hour later to find the "stove" roaring away and the billy with a big hole in the bottom!
Simon
I've just got this image of a cat all cross legged, hopping from foot to foot busting for a widdle but can't go because Master is trying to set light to the cat litter tray!
thanks a lot for that mental image now everyone is looking at me because I'm laughing like an idiot.
cheeper than twigs found on the ground for free? where do you get your cat litter from that they pay you to take it? lol
I got a couple of dozzen you can have. as an additional note I'm told they taste like rabbit but I've never tried to eat them so I can say from experience (though they've tried to eat me lol)
*shudder* yes they do *shudder* eat those horrid *shudder* eight legged spawns of satan *shudder*
I'm sure pine cones are only part of the answer. Cats tend not to like them as any form of kitty litter
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