Posted by dangerdoc on June 10, 2008 at 07:57:50 from (68.93.9.131):
I burn about 6 cords of firewood every winter and frankly my back is starting to get tired.
I've considered buying a pellet stove and making my own fuel pellets with prairie hay. Unfortunately, feed pelletizers are a little more money than I have to spend.
I've seen hand operated briquette machines used in the third world for compressing grass and other materials into stove fuel. That is a little too low tech.
Has anyone seen a machine that will compress grass into blocks big enough to hand feed into a wood stove.
I've been thinking about how to automate the process enough to make about 6 tons of fuel in a couple of weekends without wearing myself out or dying from grass allergies.
I've even considered a little plot of switch grass. One acre would heat my house for an entire winter. I just need a way to compress it into logs or briquettes.
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