How to make Cardboard Briquettes Homemade Press Vs Amazon fire logs bricks #scotland #amazing

I show you how to recycle cardboard for making briquettes and compare my Home made cardboard and sawdust Briquette maker to a Amazon one

[jameshupalo]

I think your press is still better, nice build.

[davidmatthews]

Okay for all those people who keep banging on about the bad side of this i would like to share some of the good this idea does. 1 i live in ireland where you have to pay quite a lot of money for the companies to take away recycling materials, so they make money taking your paper, cardboard, etc. 2 they also use a lot of chemicals in there process.
3 they sell you back recycled products at twice or three times the price of the normal product even though you have paid them to take the materials they need for said products. You are being scammed on a huge scale. 4 in this country they are prohibiting the burning of turf putting hundreds of workers out of work and the price of gas and electricity is going up by 40 percent for the third time this year. Winter here is freezing and people can't afford heating so they do what they can to survive. I know I'll get a lot of haters for this but the truth is the truth. We are being manipulated illegalise solid fuel so gas and electric companies profit even more, plus gas and electricity bills are half to the government in taxes for carbon tax and a plethora of other taxes on a country that is already the highest taxed in europe.

[urmakinitworse]

I like that you showed both options with no bias. Not everyone has the patience or skill to rig something up, and some people have plenty of scrap wood and pipe to rig something up quick and easy. Both valid solutions.

[pewusinger]

Add starch in the mix, it's cheap, and it'll increase firmness too when it's dry. It's what they use for coconut charcoal briquettes

[ChrisMak]

Can you please publish a follow-up video on how either of the bricks burn?

[ThePoplarReport]

Any chance you can do a burn test followup?

[bsutherland]

Make a video of the briquettes burning.

[TheBarbarian]

By the look of that end result i would say the home made one is better. Is the burn time different between the two types of logs?

[ryebomb]

Your press not only works better, but it looks like a ton more fun to use as well, making the job more enjoyable.

[lukedogwalker]

Funny how everything is ready to use when it's the consistency of porridge! Plaster, cement, wattle and daub... porridge 😉👍

[koningbolo]

I made a similar machine to press round logs and I used HDPE sheets (cut to size and shape) to use as spacers in between each scoop of pulp. This enables me to create not just logs but also discs which can be used for a shorter burn if need be...

[Colorcrayons]

I absolutely love your homemade version. Great proof of concept to inspire others for their builds. I bet i could build your version for under $50, even with jack. Great engineering you have shared. Thanks.

[norfolknchance.]

Centre of piston is threaded, so you can double the length/height of lift, simply wind it out, so no need to add block, and help make process a little quicker and easier! But nice simple press!
Also, if mold forms on blocks during drying, add some salt to mix, stops mold growth, cheap and easy! Cheers.

[charliechuckleberry]

I would like to see another video of these things being burned or used. I like to see how efficient the recycling of materials has become.

[TacDyne]

All the shiny cardboard from things like cereal boxes and soda cases has a thin layer of polyurethane on it. If you are burning these for cooking, or heating where fumes can enter the living area, you may want to remove those sprayed cardboard types and keep them for separate, outdoor only applications.

[ElliottRodgers]

Your version is way better.

Am curious how much better your bricks burned compared to the square ones?

How much better does 100% cardboards logs from your press burn compared to 60/40 paper/sawdust?

[monkey-butler]

I would really like to see how each one burns compared to the other. Great video.

[ThunderboltWisdom]

Great video. This is what YouTube videos SHOULD be like! No muss, no fuss, and does exactly what it says on the tin. From a fellow Scot 🤓👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[cobbler]

I've been raking up leaves today & thinking they could be made into briquettes. Your home made press is inspiring. Thank you.

[altheliterate]

If you capture the runoff water, the binders are dissolved in it, re use the water and your bricks will hold together even better