Free 186 More Best Homemade Tools eBook:  
Get tool plans

User Tag List

Results 1 to 5 of 5

Thread: Briquette press - GIF

  1. #1
    Jon
    Jon is offline Jon has agreed the Seller's Terms of Service
    Administrator
    Supporting Member
    Jon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Location
    Colorado, USA
    Posts
    26,373
    Thanks
    8,090
    Thanked 40,143 Times in 11,740 Posts

    Briquette press - GIF

    Briquette press.




    Previously:

    Briquette press - video
    Homemade charcoal grinder for biochar - video
    Perfect charcoal bag opening - GIF

    186 More Best Homemade Tools eBook

  2. The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to Jon For This Useful Post:

    johncg (Apr 25, 2021), mwmkravchenko (Apr 24, 2021), nova_robotics (Apr 24, 2021), Slim-123 (Apr 21, 2021)

  3. #2
    Supporting Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2017
    Posts
    398
    Thanks
    38
    Thanked 206 Times in 113 Posts

    Elizabeth Greene's Tools
    The first batch looked like wet cardboard or paper going in the mixer, but was black when he poured them. Did he add carbon or coal dust and I missed it?

    More broadly, what are good recipes for fuel briquettes?

    2,000+ Tool Plans

  4. #3
    Supporting Member Fluffle-Valve's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2015
    Location
    Duston, Northampton, UK
    Posts
    583
    Thanks
    86
    Thanked 101 Times in 82 Posts
    Not so sure I have the time to go to the trouble of making them? However, I have retirement coming up and a nice open fire in my shed. I'll have time on my hands then.
    I have a 1972 Land Rover Series III Truck Cab/Pick-Up and a 1962 Land Rover Series 2a Carawagon Camper.

  5. #4
    Supporting Member basil3w's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Posts
    124
    Thanks
    33
    Thanked 38 Times in 29 Posts
    Recipe would be a great idea, especially what they use as a binder to hold it all together. Might be a good secondary use for my can crusher...

  6. #5
    Supporting Member DIYSwede's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2019
    Location
    Stockholm, Sweden...
    Posts
    634
    Thanks
    416
    Thanked 804 Times in 319 Posts

    DIYSwede's Tools
    AFAIK, there's no added binder, for making briquettes out of wood chips the inherent lignine is enough.
    Taking naturally moist wood chips, compress them under so great pressure that the heat fuses the lignine,
    and the water steams off. -Yup - hot enough to burn a bare hand if done properly...

    Take out and let cool individually.
    Last step apparently important, as there's been a few fires at plants over here,
    when they've stacked them on pallets a little too early...
    Guess some internal pyrolysis sets in when pressing and if not cool enough and stacked too thick & wide,
    the temp could rise fast enough to set the whole stack afire.

    2 cents
    Johan

    Hence the russian DIYer in the movie has to wait quite a while for his briquettes to dry out,
    as his 1-ton scissor jack doesn't really make the briquettes steam off all the water...



    2,000+ Tool Plans

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •