Commercially produced paper contains many different chemicals - bleaches, etc. - which are usually toxic. Magazine, or other printed paper is even worse, due to the toxins contained in the inks. A batch of 4 Briquettes takes about a ream of paper to make. I want to find a way to make my scrap paper pile go farther by using other combustible material that is easily sourced, and will not cause problems if burned (noxious smell, toxic off gassing, excessive smokiness, etc). While I applaud the recycling of used paper for fuel for fires, one should never ... and I mean never ... use such fuel for direct food cooking such as BBQ.

Clarke CHT617 Briquette Maker/Paper Compressor - Machine Mart

You can burn the finished paper logs as fuel on an open fire or wood-burning stove reducing your carbon footprint whilst saving you money on your heating bills. The grass clipping needed quite a bit of extra pulp added the final ratio was closer to a 1.5 to 1 ratio of pulp to filler.Some fillers took up more space than others so there were no exact measurements used in mixing the pulp and filler.

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Don't shred your paper until you are ready to make a batch of briquettes. Shredded paper takes up way more room than flat sheet and if you aren't careful you will end up with little shreds of paper all over the place if a mischievous pet or rambunctious child gets into the shredded paper pile. Hello I just wanted to say a huge thank you for the briquette maker. I made over 70 briquettes with the 24 hour 'output' from just one of my horses! They're finally dry and burn for hours. I used I00% horse manure. In a few months you'll find a use for that trash can full of branches you trimmed off of the trunk before chopping it into pieces. The upside - most of the volume you start out with will end up as "waste" that can be added to the briquettes I mention this because you say, "They work really well for cooking over as they are a slow-burning steady heat source when placed on top of a nice bed of coals."Upside - Pine needles burn really well so this should have a good chance of making the briquettes burn much better. It does not take long for the paper to soak before it is ready to be pulped. There is no need for the paper to soak for days prior to processing. That means about once a week I end up with an impressive collection of finely diced lawn all over my sidewalk. I got the press after seeing a friend use one and realizing I could make my own briquettes for the firebowl. So now you have a big pile of de-needled (so it isn't a real word .. you know what I meant) branches.

Paper Briquette Maker

A few months ago I was looking at the amount of excess paper (junk mail, the kid's old homework, the never ending mountain of printouts encroaching on my desk at work) and decided to use it instead of just throwing it out.If the mix came up short on filling two sections of the press, I added more pulp until there was enough volume.