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You are most welcome! Glad it helped.

That's really interesting. What kind of food do you mainly use it to help grow?

Usually the ratios are by eye. At the end of the day its all carbon that burns. So as long as you dont go too far ie. 75-100% coffee you should be ok I think. So If i had more sawdust than coffee then I'd just use up the coffee and not worry to much aboht waiting for more coffee etc...

So in summary use what you have amd as long as it binds together (paper mache effect) then it should be good. Thats my personal measure

@@RobTheFrugalist Ok, got it, thanks!

Perfect let me know how you get on!

Let us know how you get on. Need tips shout.

I've never heard of the aeron remastered thanks for the tip

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So glad to hear!

Coffee sawdust and paper. Exactly how is here th-cam.com/video/D17NICyLXAI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=fuBevboVYfbABFhy

Thats what it is supposed to do but to be honest it wasnt my experience. But then I got that 20% info from a website selling coffee logs so...

@@RobTheFrugalist It's true though, I used to do the saw dust logs then I saw a video someone making coffee brick so I decided to make some and that 20% is in my experience, Honestly I think it's a little more, they also produce alot less smoke plus a weaker smell

@TheREALOC1972 interesting. How did you measure the heat output? For me the biggest gain is burning the coffee vs throwing it away...

@@RobTheFrugalist with a hand held thermomature that I use in my shop for cars and motorcyles, it goes up to 999 degrees.

@TheREALOC1972 nice. Hopefully not 999 while you were holding it as you might be singeing a few hairs

Thank you! Cheers!

It's amazing what you can observe when you take a close look!!!

Haha yess! 3 ply luxury. Buy in bulk. Save in some areas to be in control of others

@ I love that reply 'Best reply in ever' right there

Thanks!

That sounds very cold! What if you live in a sub zero temperature?

Well I tell you at the end of the video. Your answer depends on your context though. What do you have more readily available? Coffee grounds or sawdust? All things being equal (literally) I dont think there is much difference. If you can vet coffee for free then mix it in upto 25 % that will make it go further. Tell me more about your situation?

@@RobTheFrugalist thanks for your swift response. I have both sawdust and coffee husk, not coffee ground. Which one more suitable for bulk production? Thanks once again!

@antenehmelake9641 I don't know. I suggest you do some experiments. Coffee husks might need processing. They may not stick together well. Can you grind them further ? But that's processing costs at this moment, I would guess at sawdust being better. However you should do a micro experiment if you can? Maybe try witha few husks in? But tio many may cause them to fall apart unless you can compress...

@@RobTheFrugalist Thanks. We have huge source of coffee husk and at the same time wood charcoal price is high

Hello to South Georgia. Totally get you! The proximity to London and gainful employment. I cannot yet afford a larger piece of land I am about a million short!

I'd avoid that because of the rancid risk, however if you think firelighters..then you are well on your way. I have a vid on that one th-cam.com/video/ZBCMoh2MynU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=gUMfwSH7HRIqfK22

Great! Thats made my day!

Comfort over style! Unless you choose to paint the skirting. Can be a nice look but tricky and tedius to paint

@@craigmatheson2736 worth avoiding

Haha indeed. These are options though.

Perfect!

I can see how that can work nice!

Typo?

Well I'd agree if wood was universally available 100%. If you are in or near a city however its a little trickier.

why? they burn 20% longer and 20% hotter than saw dust bricks and create 1/3 less smoke.

@@TheREALOC1972I think supersneak was saying that a positive of the coffee logs is that it uses coffee ground that would otherwise be wasted

@ wasted on what though? there's so many other things that coffee grounds can used for too.

Whilst content counts. Its generally fine to burn. I avoid glossy or photographs, (they wont pulp well anyway)

Coffee is a bit like wood 🪵 so burns longer than just paper. But main thing is you turn waste into heat.

How many fires would that do? The target to beat for buying firelighters is 3p/3 cents a firelighter (or 4-5 for these wax things)

@@RobTheFrugalist 50; don't forget to include opportunity cost on the time to make them. How much is an hour of your time worth?

@@kentalanlee ok. The example you gave was more expensive than 200 for 15... i am not making these. Though i was thinking of making one using bacon fat

@@RobTheFrugalist Bacon fat has the advantage that it smells like bacon when you throw it in there too! Mmmm....

Glad you liked it. Blessings from London!

The gear might have slipped or twisted. Open it up and take a look. With this model there should be two screws holding the gear in place and it all should align nicely. It might just need realigning or rescreing in. Watch out for loose screws if you give it a go.

@ I opened the gear box and the gears fell out, spent 45 minutes trying to reconfigure them to the way they were. Almost got it but then it the motor came off the wires where it was soldered. 🙂‍↕️🤦🏻‍♂️

@gabenolan6746 this is common. Resolder and you are done. You can see it happened to me in the vid too. Dont give up.

How doyou mean? Like blowing against it?

@ Hello Rob, against the hot stovepipe. You will take more energy from you stove for your room if you change the direction of the ventilation. The air will stream over hotter and bigger surface and will gain more temperature. I hope it is understandable, English is not my mother’s tongue.

Touching the pipe? My concern is it might get too hot and break /damage the circuit. I have it blowing across the pipe from the back of the stove unto the room...

@@RobTheFrugalist Perhaps we don ´t understand each other . I only mean the stream of air. 👋But you say, you do this already Good evening from Germany

@Thingssimplyfied thats fine. Send me a diagram at robthefrugalist@gmail.com of what you mean :D thanks for the comments!

Thanks though I am far from expert. The splitting axe is very good and there werent so many knots!

Not but just checked. Interesting idea. Almost want to attach it to your radiators if you are going to pay that much.

Things to try 1) either a bit more paper or more soaking with the paper. Thats whats holding it together when it dries. 2) more compression if you can but its almost certainly 1) but also try not to move it when its wet it will deffo easily fall apart then. I would also ask when does it fall apart? During process or after dried (deffo no prodding inbetween)

Yes in UK. About 6 weeks sooner in the summer although I tend to leave them longer before burning. Always check to feel if they are dry and check using a moisture meter. I keep them in a warm airy location.

Well, I've not needed to do that, so not an expert nor experienced in that. I'll guess at the answer would be based upon whether you are using it it at "full pelt" or slumbering it. You'd need a strategy to remove the ash and would need to do that safely while keeping the hot embers in the fire to avoid the ash levels getting too high. What kind of challenges do you have with this? I'd imaging you'd need a bit of a supply chain system going too, ensuring the firewood is surface dry by preloading a day's worth under cover if needed.

That was my old axe. So they dont pretend to be the same, but then if you have one already do you need a splitting axe? Its an interesting reference point to see the differences.

I did use it to try to fell tree too about 15 years ago ... the tree needed the chainsaw :)

Superb to hear, and well done you. In Japanese they call that "genchi genbutsu" meaning "go and see for yourself " a way of solving problems

Glad it helped!

Great to hear. I think i bought mine second hand (but nearly new) in 2005 similar age

It works, not amazingly but it works. Some better than others from what I hear in the forums.

It's an uphill struggle . Maybe I'll do a vid on it.

Is it slamming shut when closing? If so it could just need the cog adjusting so the teeth are recalibrated.

How to adjust cog?​@@RobTheFrugalist

@goulashigabor look at it in operation. Does it look properly aligned? Are both screws in? (Or however many are attaching to it) One obvious thing to sanity check as well is whether the batteries need changing!!!!

@@RobTheFrugalist thanks insanity is creeping, batts are new, hard to tell in operation as the motor is very different to yours(maxkon) older model. On mines there are around 5 wheel cogs inside the motor housing so its all trial and error. Anyways many thanks for sharing your video I am sure it helped a few in the world. Ps. i also had to resolder 2 wires so fragile.

@goulashigabor i am with you on the resoldering. But its satisfying when you get it back working. Good luck.

Yup. But it wouldn't have been a fair burn. This is all experimental.

Decent. That works well. Do you ever hit nails? ( I used a chainsaw once and went through a couple and wouldn't recommend that! ) I guess the bits still stuck together will burn longer anyhow. One of the plusses of the buster is if you wanted to keep all the whole bits ... (and do it fast)

One of the negatives of the buster is paying for it :D but if you do a lot its worth it.