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@@craigmatheson2736 worth avoiding

Haha indeed. These are options though.

Perfect!

I can see how that can work nice!

I dont, but that's really interesting, thanks!

Make sure it's not USPS land or there's a stiff fine for using it. Forrest land is fine but Park land is "look but don't touch." Hence all the crown fires in the lowlands.

Typo?

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

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.

Nice idea

Copper grease. Something like this probably amzn.to/4dPiwnz

@@RobTheFrugalist thanks a lot can you help me from where to buy the tools and what best glow plugs

@@housamalali6176 best glowplugs stick your car details into amazon they will be specific to your car. I used bosch others are available.

Tools @charliesbimmers may help.

​@@housamalali6176 the best tools ive found are the halfords advanced tools. Theyre fairly cheap to buy as bigger kits and come with lifetime guarantee so if you end up breaking anything, it is free to replace

It's less about adding the coffee more about burning the coffee. So you are adding carbon. Is it massively different? (if thats your question...) then I don't think so no. Aside from looking nice aesthetics etc.. and also not wasting the coffee grounds

So glad I could help! Well done and thanks for the thanks!

Thanks so much! Glad you like them! Where are you watching from?

Yeah thats how we found it was trickier to remove and then looked different... sorry to hear it was that one. Huge difference in price. Inthink they also have a pressure sensor on it or something...

@@RobTheFrugalist Yes. There is preasure sensor integrated in that glow. Finally I decided to exchange that one also. My car did 160 000 km on original glows so I think there was a point to exchange them all at once.

@@DarassoMr well done

Great tip!

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Thats amazing. Fortunate to have a neighbour like that. How do you conpress yours as thats terrific burn time.... longer than most hardwoods!

@@RobTheFrugalist I found a table top drill press that the motor no longer worked at a curb of a shop, I took it home and took the motor out so it would go up and down and I built compression plates out of plate steel and so it compresses the hell of the bricks.

@TheREALOC1972 nice one! Well done.

Thank you for the tips on what to use for molds. I love these ideas and will try them out.

Lucky you.

Pff microscopic differences over many miles? No idea.

Glow plugs could burn out from faulty connections or excessive heat in the cylinder causing carbon build up. This then makes the plug hard to 'self clean' resulting in failure

Have you got a cement mixer?

@@RobTheFrugalist why do u ask? Wanna borrow one?

@LAStars-sratS I am actually doing some repaving (kintsugi style) of my damaged crazy paving due to tree roots today. It would come in handy. However for the logs I prefer to work in smaller batches.

Check for dirt give it a clean maybe even consider using wd40

Have a read of the comments a few have

Interesting. Though that's a couple of months I don't have. Have you tried it?

I'm doing it now. She's out could start now and you'll have some by January. It'll still be cold then...

@timmanning5206 let me know how you get on ... looking forwards to updates. Make sure it dries properly. And even if it doesn't work it's all learning let us know!!!

Glad I look like I was a kid in 2000s I'll take that

Not had anything near 100. It does supposedly dry faster though.

It's a sped up video....

You are very welcome! Thanks too!