Well if you can get sawdust free then go for it. Report back on how it goes but in my experience, you'll struggle to burn it.
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Wood shavings, not saw dust. You compress them into balls like you fo with snow when making snowballs.
It's a tiny wee stove though, it'll only take one 'snowball' and it'll burn through that open airy thing in no time. From personal experience shavings often end up as flying embers, rather than binding together.
Robson Valley's pellets are made like that because it's the most efficient use of the material, and cat litter is the closest available without buying several tonnes of the stuff.
Robson Valley's pellets are made like that because it's the most efficient use of the material, and cat litter is the closest available without buying several tonnes of the stuff.
Back a few years ago two guys at work discovered an industrial pelletizer machine thingy was lurking in the place the bosses hide bad ideas. One evening after day shift left when a skeleton night shift was on they fished it out and got it working. The next night they'd arranged to dispose off a lot of wood shavings from the nearby woodmill. Then they went round a few woodburner stove retailers with a nice sized fuel block.
For about a year they made a nice wedge of money. It ended when someone who had left the company 4 years before came one night before they'd started working on their sideline and walked off with the machine. He half had a claim for it because he was one of the former bosses that had the original bad idea that got the machine.
Off topic but if you do get waste wood from sawmill then look into how to consolidate the shavings or whatever form it's in to a briquette or some extruded block that can be broken into pellets. I'd have thought there would be an easy way to make even wood dust useful.
For about a year they made a nice wedge of money. It ended when someone who had left the company 4 years before came one night before they'd started working on their sideline and walked off with the machine. He half had a claim for it because he was one of the former bosses that had the original bad idea that got the machine.
Off topic but if you do get waste wood from sawmill then look into how to consolidate the shavings or whatever form it's in to a briquette or some extruded block that can be broken into pellets. I'd have thought there would be an easy way to make even wood dust useful.
I recently picked up a bag of compressed 'coffee ground logs' just to try them out. They're small logs made out of coffee waste and burn quite nicely and for a reasonable time with a lovely faint coffee smell. A bit too pricey to use every day but quite nice to throw onto an open fire. I may try using one (broken up) in my stove.
Cheers,
Broch
Nice idea 
On that note though. We can buy cocoa shell mulch in sacks for the garden. It actually smells of chocolate I wonder if those would work or could be made to work ?
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On that note though. We can buy cocoa shell mulch in sacks for the garden. It actually smells of chocolate
I wonder if those would work or could be made to work ?M
Nice idea
On that note though. We can buy cocoa shell mulch in sacks for the garden. It actually smells of chocolate
M
Got to be tried
They should burn well outside in nature, similar to chipped wood or coarse wood shavings.
I used to use them as a fire starter in my wood burners in UK. Less ash then newspapers.
I used to use them as a fire starter in my wood burners in UK. Less ash then newspapers.
Uniformity in size is key to a consistent burn. Sawdust and shavings really need an active air flow.
As you have no doubt noticed, the cat's opinion is of utmost importance.
I've got to use "cat sand" as second choice are all the large soil pots of new herb seeds.
As you have no doubt noticed, the cat's opinion is of utmost importance.
I've got to use "cat sand" as second choice are all the large soil pots of new herb seeds.
