How To Make Paper Fire Bricks / Fire Logs from Recycled Paper

Music: The Far Side of The Sun, Pt. I from the album Space Age:

Today my friends Kim and Bill show us how to make recycled paper fire bricks so you can cook or heat your house by reusing your trash!

These paper fire logs are easy to make with a little ingenuity. You'll see how they shred the paper and press out the paper fire bricks and how low-tech making simple recycled paper logs can be. They're sort of like paper pancakes - and they burn like wood. Great for fueling larger rocket stoves or disposing of incriminating documents!

I'm not convinced that the entire process is worth it yet; however, I do love the idea of taking trash and turning it into energy. You decide!

[epjones]

I made these and they do not taste like I thought they would. Next time I'll add cinnamon or nutmeg.

[terbzy]

I did this last year it's a very interesting thing to do 🙂 Feels so squishy. Thanks for the video.

[TheDrakenZ]

genius setup guys. thank you for the inspiration.

[susandoyon]

use a centrifuge to remove the water, I use one in my fiber processing it cuts way down on drying time I use one called a spin dryer, but you could make one

[martinanastacio]

You can speed up drying time if you have 3 or 4 of those buckets full of holes (2:02).
Instead of 1 bucket, distribute the paper soup into 3 or 4 buckets, then press the water out. The thinner those paper disks you have (2:20); the faster water would dry up from those disks

[sandyginn]

Yeah it takes time to get your grove. BUT thanx to yall...you have made it so easy for us! You took the kinks out...Thanx for sharing

[ronyerke]

I love your shredder bucket and edger blade chopper. That bucket lid is inspired. But I think forming logs or bricks would be a more useful and less time consuming product. Thanks for the video! :-)

[johnpierre]

If you were to make it into a charcoal brisket it might make it faster. Put it in a metal container amd poke a hole in the lid dont let the fire or embers touch the brick and when it stops smoking out the vent hole itll be ready. Works great!

[ukchris]

Using paper is better than cutting trees down, hahahaha🤣. That's brilliant!

[ricksorber]

Will these light with paper or do you need a roaring wood fire first?

[IMOO]

Can this process use shredded paper to begin? I’m got loads of shredded paper and and having trouble finding how to recycle it.

[jeremydecapo]

Do you discard them from the press immediately after pressing? What's the minimal drying time before use?

[Bflo]

I had to get rid of lots of important documents and it would have taken forever to use a shredder with 8 sheets at a time, empty the small bucket and then later letting it cool after overheating. I put the paper in a large blue irrigation barrel with water, a cup of bleach and I used a garden soil cultivator with the 4 claws that I spin by hand and it worked amazing. It is so much better at destroying documents, faster and far more compact than paper shredder. It completely destroys the documents. I will try to use a 5 gallon cement spiral mixer next time. ... I probably don't even need the bleach but I am sure it helps in destroying the paper. Next time just let the water and time destroy the paper. I thought about making paper logs and I like how they made the logs with the buckets. When I do the paper logs, I will definitely leave out the bleach.

[jordans]

Most informative vid ive found yet thank you

[mariliacoelho]

Thank you for sharing. Best wishes from South Afrika...

[mattp]

Very clever shredder. Can you tell me what type and size rod you used to make the drill extension? Also are the edger blades welded or just sandwiched between two washers and nuts? Thank you

[Tea-dmke]

Can u use ashes after burning in compost?

[kylerfoote]

David the good: it’s better than cutting down trees... me in my head: you still have to cut down trees to get paper

[mtasux]

You guys are awesome. I just subscribed to your channel.

[winnipegnick]

Could something else be added as a binding agent. OR as a fire starter?