I run the paper through a shredder, add some saw dust, mix, add water, then compress into soft-ball size balls with my hands. Let dry for a week and they burn great.
We get tons of junk mail and store flyers. There is a sawmill close by we can get tons of free sawdust from. I will be making these for our garage wood stove! Thanks for solving the junk mail problem and providing fee heat. We also shred our paper. It works great in the compost bins too.
Red pill tattoo No it’s not that simple idiot probably 1.9 million max actual people clicked, and im guessing about 709k people found it useful give or take
Cool idea. Another idea that we use here in South East Asia is to plant fast-growing trees that grow up to 5 feet per year. Then it's just chopping and using the branches every year.
Good householder doesn't let anything go to waste. I recommend this life advice, it's great. I can also add that you can use ANY paper/cardboard packaging and waste that is left from your groceries. And woodchips - even greater, it's smart. Only avoid those boxes with shiny, silver foil inside (like juice cartons) because they pollute air when burned and should be recycled. Once again - such a good tutorial.
The inks and dyes on junk mail, magazines and food boxes also pollute, not just the plastic windows on envelopes. I hadn't thought much about that until I looked at what's allowed to be open burned in the state I recently moved too. NONE of those types of paper or cardboard are legally burnable because of the inks and dyes. And here I thought I was going to be able to cut my garbage hauling down some.
Thank you so much for this informative video. I live in the country and don’t have a way to go out and cut wood right now. I have a very tight electric budget of $100 a month. Everyone knows that isn’t going to do a lot in the winter. This I can do. Thank you-thank you! What a blessing!
You can make candle clay pot heaters. Just be careful, but them on a metal tray and make sure they aren't close to or under anything. The paraffin wax could catch fire and leak out. Take a few precautions. You can probably get a similar result from stacking a few bricks over a candle. It's very efficient and economical. Look it up on YT.
@@gusjeazer you can simply melt down vegetable shortening and create large candles with it using Jam Jars... burns slower than paraffin wax, is non toxic, won't catch fire and very very cheap
I’m happy I found this, as a Canadian in march getting ready to move into my mower home lol this will definitely come in handy for the rest of the winter… I like the one comment where he makes, well in my words “meatballs” by hand and let’s it dry for a week… I’m very happy I found this video
Like your video.....pretty cool. I have a (prepper friend) who likes this stuff and I had suggested that he use all the shredded paper he got from work (4 shredders there) as there seemed to be a endless supply of it. He has a second lawn mower that he never uses - places it on the outdoor table and lets the vacuum of the mower pull it up underneath into the blades - cutting the strips yet finer, then into the large grass catcher all neat & sweet! I do like the saw blade idea on final mulching - he uses a paint stir that hooks too the drill but puts an edge on one side of each prop blades with his grinder to get the cutting done. He is using some old bread loaf pans to form the bricks/logs - I believe he uses the smaller loaf pan size for a portable tent stove that does not take standard firewood sizes. He was using 4" PVC tubes cut at 14" for the first run...hope that help someone out there.
My Man, Mr EastCoastMan, you are a freaking genius. I am going to follow your instructions and tweak it from the comments below. I also wanted to add that I have dried Rosemary, Mint and Basil from my garden and I will be adding some of those to my logs. And this Spring I plan to plant other herbs such as Sage and Thyme and may use that as well. Thanks so very much for this video!
In case no one told you before, that dark stuff in store-bought logs is wax (makes them burn very long time). Good video, I think I'll make some for my next camping trip.
Maybe someone should collect all paper recycles and create these logs full time. One day, with the way things are going it may be essential to survival.
Well, you could also just go for regular walks in the woods or along a beach and collect (dead/drift)wood that you can bring back home and leave to dry up properly too!
@@user-B_8 Not where I live. You have to buy permits to remove anything from the woods. You are legally prohibited from removing anything from the beaches.
@@rabeccalassek9511 That's so ridiculous! God forbid anyone should take it upon themselves to "do a clean up of the beach," even if their intention is to use it as firewood 👉🤯 🤪😂
@@fonda7760 You are right. I think newspaper print, meaning only the black is the safest. I wouldn't want to be using magazine print or the cardboard boxes that frozen foods or cereal boxes etc are made out of. Where I live you are allowed to burn stuff out in the open but the law say ONLY cardboard boxes, not colored food boxes like I mentioned.
Done!!! Making one of these "Manloafs" this weekend. Our heating bill is zero due to our wood stove and our electric bill is around $42/month but we are always trying to find ways to reuse stuff we'd normally throw away. Thanks ma dude for the tip!
Great idea. Just saw this. I have all my business records and files from 2007 to date. Gonna use every pc of that paper to make my free logs. I was trying to decide to burn them or shred them, but now I know how to make them work for me. Thanks.
They also turn your wood stove into an energy vortex, stripping away your hard earned cash, emptying your pockets and channelling all of it into the pockets of ruthless billionaires.
Wow...Perspectives and Perceptions; how many people are in need of warmth as we go into winter this year-in the mind of a homeless person, this info is (potentially) golden; one thing we have plenty OF here in US (cart-sort and junk papers in general)...let us each remember that not EVERYONE AROUND us has access to (free) sticks/wood (resources) for simple burning/heating; sometimes WE FORGET-I’ll make these and give them to those around me that can use them...teach them how to make them for themselves (can be done without the mixing tool too) GREAT video, Thank You!
I would dry them close to your wood stove inside, to decrease drying time and also it's putting humidity back in your house that the wood stove took away. Possibly a drying rack.
I watched this video and I used to make hand sheet paper using the same method not only paper but old cotton shirts jeans and other stuff but to make a fire is not only brilliant and save money recycling annoying junk mail. Loved this video!
You should use the ash from your burner and make a paste, add water, apply the paste to the rag and wipe clean your woodstove window. Ash is a use-value with many uses. You can even cover ruts in your driveway with ash as it compacts harder than concrete.
Great idea young man. I use the junk mail to start our fireplaces, two in our home and one in my garage. I also use the paper that the pharmacy puts in my bag every time I refill our scripts, 4 pages per medication, and the after visit report the Doctor provides, I view online and save to hard-drive. I have a bunch of buckets, time and I'll start making bricks. We are rebuilding our wooden deck. The savable planks are being used to make a garden above the ground to keep the moles and gophers out. Keep up the good work. With the constant increases in taxes everything helps.
Back in the 60's and 70's we had a roller that we made logs from dry newspaper. Then used a large tie wire on it to secure the role till we put it in the fireplace. I like this idea, it takes a while to dry but good idea man.👍
@@bluefamily3937 Denver, as has many cities, outlawed fire place burning. We did originally roll wet news papers on a dowel, tie with kite string, dry. Then the brown cloud came, smog. Fines! Turns out it was mostly Auto and coal burning. Today we burn in much more efficient stoves than heat loosing fire places. Keep up the good work, recycle, reuse, reduce. Be wise, be safe!
Safety suggestion. When using junk mail envelopes, remove any plastic windows on the envelope. Burning plastic gives off toxic fumes. And could interfere with your blending process.
@@mataicakau237 but wasn't the feeling great though?.... I as feeling warmth, cuddles, love... That's how I went about my day after watching this.... For one it's cold here in Wa. Need the warmth!! Cuddles because I felt like hugging my ppl... Love because I love them all.💖🙏🧘
In the Netherlands we used to put a no-sticker on our mailboxes -we have a slit (?) in the frontdoor- against junkmail. It was not effective enough. Now the law is thus: no junkmail unless you put a yes-sticker on your box. Works like a charm.
Free heat forever WOW what a brilliant idea I'll bear this in mind for when I hopefully get me a little wood burner for my garage well done young man I love it
Instead of using a blade on my drill, I shredded all my paper through a paper shredder and mixed with water in a bucket like you did. I set it out in the sun to harden and it works just fine.
@@LisaSoulLevelHealing I drilled holes in the bottom of the bucket and placed the shredded paper in the bucket and.let it soak inside a second.bucket for a couple of days then pulled out the bucket with.holes and sat in my garden. The remaining water drained into the garden and hardened over a week or so.
better if add to water little amount waste motor oil too, burn lot better long time. and make old metal tube were can press bricuettes tight hard and dry briguette,
Very creative! Definitely going to try this. I build the fires at our house and keep the stove going and I know how frustrating it can be to get a good fire going sometimes. Particularly if your wood is a little too green or has water in it. Trying to keep enough dry wood around seems like an ongoing struggle and starting a fire from scratch or from a few coals can take a while. This would be super helpful. Thank you!
As far as I know the only wood that burns green is Holly worth cultivating a bush or two ,then you can just grab a few twigs to start your fire.Girl Scouts info from years back.
I picked this up in another video. I welded a 7 in saw blade on a 3/8 in rod and use that to grind things up. I made a press like your buckets, but I use a 4 in pvc pipe with holes drilled into the side and built a fence around it. Got tired of having to clean the pulp off my shoes. My press is a ladder type with 2x4's as the rungs with spaces in between at 1 5/8 inches, so I can use a 2x4 to press a plunder down on the pulp and squeeze out the water. After drying the finished logs don't burn well, they just smolder. Put some kerosene on them and they're good fire starters. The pulp log gets pushed out between 2 large blocks of wood and set somewhere to dry out. Next time I do this I'll throw in sawdust and see how that works. Thank you for the idea! (sawdust)
Ya know, I delight in feeding junk mail to my shredder - I keep the shedder by the door so after I come in from the mailbox, I go directly to the shredder I think this could be a great way to get rid of the shredded paper - thanks for the great video 👏👏👏🇨🇦
This is perfect 👍 And if there are children in the house, or grandparents, they can help too. You can set up the steps into "stations". Each step, or station has one of the children or grandparent doing their part and that way you're not doing every log all by yourself. Perhaps the adult does the " mixing" step of course, because that part requires an adult, at least if using a saw blade mixer 😉, But the children could cut the paper with scissors, little children love cutting, also it would give grandparents a good feeling to help be a part at that station too. And at the molding station, children can mold the logs into bread tin molds, and children can add the water, yes, it can a become a fun family affair with stations and each person take pride in their part of log making and stock piling. * Also, Have the grandparents save their paper trash and bring it over so you all have even more logs to make! 👍🙂
Great idea 👍 Make the third bucket at the bottom a garbage bin. It will allow you to press the water out fastsr without having to worry about water leaking onto the floor.
@Ember Rhapsody i don't know how anyone mistakes the kindness yall possess for safeness. Its like "dude they live in -30° weather. These folks are CRAZY and DANGEROUS if you mess with them." I live in North Carolina with similar people except for surviving the cold and ever literally burning the White House down. Canadians straight up burned the White House hahaha
Love this! We line the bottom of the bucket with holes with window screen (metal), after soaking and grinding, we pour the pulp into the screen-lined bucket, fold the screen over and start the pressing action. works great!! Thanks for the video
You can put yourself on a master mailing list at the post office and receive all the junk mail you could ever want! Don't forget dryer lint, used chopped up crayons and candles, toilet paper rolls, cardboard, old telephone books, and catalogs. Invest in a paper shredder, or collect from shredders at businesses, and old leaves, grass clippings, and hay, work as well. You can also use a 6 inch wide by 12 inch long PVC pipe, sprayed with Pam cooking spray on the inside, to form a more professional log shaped appearance. Bread pans work as well, or build a rectangular form out of 2 by 4's. Wrap them with Saran wrap or dry cleaning bags, and sell them, or use them for barter when the grits hit the fan.
This is awesome because my grandfather which was back in 1900 1920 they were so poor and because there was no work they would make paper logs they would roll up paper very tight and and basically do the same thing you're saying without the process of the water and and everything but yeah good job very informative thank you
You can make miniature versions of this to use as fire starters. Use the aluminum cup of a tea light as the mould, let dry, then let them soak in hot molten wax. They’ll burn for 4-8 minutes, depending on thiccness, are waterproof and will get any fire going. Great for camping and survival preparedness
@@yourstruly4961 The dried pulp on it’s own may burn for one or two minutes. The wax adds so much fuel it will last 5 times as long. Also makes it completely waterproof.
Magazines, junk mail and colored gift-wrapping paper may seem like harmless items to burn. Only use plain newspaper or uncoated paper in your fireplace, and use it sparingly. While you should generally not burn paper, it is acceptable to use a small amount of tightly rolled, plain black-and-white newspaper as kindling. Make sure to place it between small bits of wood and avoid any paper with colors or gloss. But the ink printed on the paper releases toxic fumes when burned.
Great idea that I will definitely try. I saw a similar video that used dryer lint and candle wax to make small fire starters. I’m thinking for anyone like me who has bits of old candles from jars that I saved, just melt them and pour over the logs after they’ve dried. They could burn longer maybe. I’ll have to experiment 👍🏼
You should build yourself a small mold that you can put that pulp into and compress it to make them tighter and dry faster. Make it so you can use a clamp to smash down on it. Then, after they dry, you can stack them neatly. Stack all summer, burn all winter. Also, if you start running out of pulp...subscribe to a few free newsletters. They will sell your name and address and soon, the mailman will be pissed at how much free stuff he is delivering to your house. :-)
Just use some scrap 2×4 pieces and make a rectangle. Add a bottom then put the wet paper into the little mold. Take another scrap piece lay it on top and use some clamps to squish it down and drain the water. I would drill some holes into the bottom and side like he did the bucket so water can drain out. Then take it and set the paper log out for the brick to dry. Easy peasy. No need to buy a bunch of crap.
Great vid thanks for sharing, I do kinda the same thing and I use all the shreds from my paper shredder and I also made a mold out of wood to shape the logs, I stock up in the summer and let them sit in the sun for a few days, they dry in no time
Why so many thumbs down? This is genius 😂 i def gotta start making these! Since Bido announced a 54% heating increase this winter, we've been stocking up wood & have a company coming out to clean & check our fireplace. We plan to use it this yr as a main heating source...all day & all night 🤷♀️
Fireplaces aren't very efficient. They use heated air from the house to burn and will drop the temperature of outer rooms drawing in cold air. Consider investing in a wood burning stove with an outside air intake for the firebox air. You will literally burn 300% more wood in a fireplace than a stove for the same amount of heat!
THIS VIDEO IS BRILLIANT, ILL BE BUYING SOME BUCKETS TO MAKE THESE FIRE BRICKS. THNKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO MAKE THIS VIDEO TO EDUCATE US OFF GRID PEOPLE, PEICE AND LOVE.
Great idea. Would be great to have some made up for any emergency situation for heat. Great way to recycle. I don't care that it takes some time. People are too spoiled to do some work. It's free people. Hard work never hurt anyone. Great idea. Thanks for sharing.
My grandparents and great grandparents homes were marked during the depression. The hobos would go to the back porch and ask what needed to be done. They would work, wash up a bit and sit down to dinner.
@Poor Poor Productive and profitable work like bureaucrats working in government who send you tax bills, revenue generators, DMV employees and a slew of other useless parasites.
@@stever7258 Well, I herniated my low back and broken my shoulder cartilage. That's what continuous hard work does! And the optimistic side does not help 😁. Any suggestions?
Canadian Tire? Cool! I used to make paper the same way for craft projects. I used to place it in the bathtub, it saved a big mess. Good video thank you.
I want To try this with shredded paper. I also thought I might add some cinnamon occasionally for the holidays. I’ve got fire starters for the fire place that were made from pinecones and had cinnamon in them with the wax to get the fire going and they smelled wonderful. I thought maybe we could do that with the cinnamon in these bricks. Thanks for the great idea
Growing up in the mountains of North Carolina, we always used wood stoves to heat and cook. This is something that we would do but, they were only for starting a fire or, keeping the fire going at 3 am. As a kid, I was ALWAYS throwing these paper logs in, so I wouldn't have to go to the barn, for firewood.
My Canadian friend does this, he signs up for junk mail so he's always guaranteed something. The only difference between yours and his is that he has a press outside and forms them in to 6 by 6 cubes so he can use them in the burner, stove, grill, cabin etc
Very cool video 😎 I love some of the comments with more ideas. Love the egg carton idea....pour your left over grease in it. Add lint or saw dust and you got fire starters.
This is a great idea! I’m in Oklahoma (obviously winter here is nothing compared to our friends up north) but I love finding new DIY/survival techniques. With how crazy the world has gotten, information could mean the difference between life and death. 😁👍👍
I find it better to wet it for a few hours and use a paddle mixer to mix it, shreds it adequately and is much faster and cheaper. Plus no saw blades welded on!
We shred all of our junk mail too. Plus the accumulation of old financial records ends up in the shredder. In a years time the shredded mass fills a 55 gallon drum. I used to just toss a shovel full of shreds every so often into the wood stove but it always roared and spiked the flue temp. Now if I were to spend a little time, like this guy did, I could have a small stack of slow burning fire logs. I think it’s worth a try.
I also use a shredder, then I mix with leaves from my yard. I do not mix a lot, just stir and keep adding until my 5 gal bucket is full and about as thick as concrete. Then I pour into another bucket with holes and screen wire on the out side. Then place another bucket filled with sand and push down as far as possible. Leave the weighted bucket on top mix more and repeat. When full carefully dump the contents and cut into two or 4 pieces and let dry. The finished products looks like half or a quarter log. When these dry they burn fine.
Very great and informative video. If a person would have the forethought to produce enough year around and store them it would be a huge amount of waste turned into something essential. 👍👍
Saw a device that cranked the sheet of paper and rolled it up and sheet after sheet eventually left you with a log made of paper. Well done with the video.
Had one of those in the 1990's. It rolled the papers nicely, then it said tie it with twine. The fire ate the twine, the log "unrolled" and snuffed the fire. Then wouldn't light again. Might as well just stack the newspaper, works just as well as rolling it.
Great idea! Two points to add: if you don't have enough junk hardcopy mail, many retailers would be happy to put you on their catalog mailing lists. Also, be sure to put the ashes in your compost pile. Immagine the effect this would have on waste if it really took off. Kudos, EastCoastMan.
I took your advice and went to a store and took a milk crate. It made me pretty famous around here. I was on the news and everything, and the police even came by my house and gave me a free ride to their place of employment. Next week I get to go visit another place, where a judge actually works, and from what I hear, I'll have to pay some money to them. This milk crate is going to cost me quite a bit of money I guess, but I'll get that free heat! Thanks so much for that great advice!
@@jeremylee89 So, that makes it OK to steal them ??? It's OK to run the stop sign on the corner too because "people do it all the time" Will the judge agree when you get a citation?
@@workonitm8 calm down lol. Didnt mean to ruffle your feathers. All i said was people do take the crates. And yes people do run stop signs. People do what people do. They dont care if its illegal. Lol.
It doesn't matter how you choose to mold it, dry it or even save it. It's up to you how much labor you want to put into it. He has a credulous idea and has shared it for no cost. He has shown us the simplest instructions with the least tools. Like any recipe, give it your own twist. Thank you for sharing this as I have heard various versions but they seemed complicated. Single mother to a disabled son so it's all on me. And simple is better. Although the dryer lint someone recommended adding is terrific because I don't have ample sawdust laying around. Would a little starter fluid sprayed on them as they dry be a bad idea? Too much flame possibly? Well anyway, thanks again
Maybe a combo rolled paper (with dryer lint, loose threads or fabric scraps, and bit of used candle wax or used kitchen oil) "wick" inserted in one end, with a screwdriver or something, to start the process easily? All basically free! Use what you have! Add another twist ot two, from the comment section. :) I, personally, would not want to add the lighter fluid. Just a thought. I actually have shredded paper I use for my critters and for compost (gathered from friends and family recycling), so I like this fire-brick idea for the excess I usually manage to have!
If you have stuff you want to get rid of that is confidential, old statements with SSN on it, for example. Way better that standing over the paper shredder. Plus I'll get heat too! Thanks Mr. EastCoastMan !
I’m very frugal myself, I would always save cardboard junk mail etc. We would even have to burn the Pineneedles sometimes for starter. But this is one of those times where I said wow, that’s awesome. Thanks for the info. I don’t have a fireplace right now even though I live in the mountains but I’m going to make some for my friends
Nice idea I always wondered if you could use leaves, shred them add some sort of bonding agent and press them into logs. There bags and bags of them at the curbs this time of year all over......... Glenn P.
@@marilynreno7510 I have not done it. Just seen the starters that smell like coffee. If you try I would start with a small number of grounds and work up until you find the perfect consistency. Good luck! Great smells :]
I live in WA state and when I was in Girl Scouts we put wax and sawdust in cardboard egg cartons for fire starters. I know I'll get haters but I fill up cardboard egg cartons with leftover grease and burn that. It makes a good fire.
Your awesome 😊 thank you I keep my grease lard in coffee cans and will poor it on my logs but I love your idea I just split wood yesterday so I have plenty if sawdust. So smart
Tried making the compressed paper briquettes. I have several down ponts I've found 1, drying them (I have some made i autumn and are still wet) 2, the briquettes produce a large quantity of ash when compared to wood
Good job ! What a great idea. I just bought a wood stove , so this is perfect.. I was born in Canada . I know too well how cold it gets. Stay warm thank you very much and be blessed
dryer lint burns pretty well. My cats use litter that is pine pellets that break down into saw dust. I think that maybe for outside fire starter logs, it might work very well.
I run the paper through a shredder, add some saw dust, mix, add water, then compress into soft-ball size balls with my hands. Let dry for a week and they burn great.
This is awesome!
use some old cooking oil and old candles in the mix. and stuff them into old toilet paper tubes.
Very smart!
Great idea!
We get tons of junk mail and store flyers. There is a sawmill close by we can get tons of free sawdust from. I will be making these for our garage wood stove! Thanks for solving the junk mail problem and providing fee heat. We also shred our paper. It works great in the compost bins too.
you are basically taking paper and turning it back into a log. Its brilliant!
Lol
The cycle of life haha
@@nevergonnnagiveyouup544 The recycle of life!👍🤣
This man has possibly helped so many,
Looking at his view count, of 4 million people. A hero to man kind.
Really? Are you that easily impressed?
@@rickstout01 I guess you like the the alternative, freezing you're ass off.
Red pill tattoo No it’s not that simple idiot probably 1.9 million max actual people clicked, and im guessing about 709k people found it useful give or take
With the UA-cam money he made off this one video he could buy a truck load of fire logs and a new pair of boots....smart.
How to make a case for a cell phone 📱
You give a man a fish you feed him for a day, you teach a man to fish you feed him for a lifetime. Fantastic idea and video! Thank you for this!
Cool idea. Another idea that we use here in South East Asia is to plant fast-growing trees that grow up to 5 feet per year. Then it's just chopping and using the branches every year.
Good householder doesn't let anything go to waste. I recommend this life advice, it's great. I can also add that you can use ANY paper/cardboard packaging and waste that is left from your groceries. And woodchips - even greater, it's smart. Only avoid those boxes with shiny, silver foil inside (like juice cartons) because they pollute air when burned and should be recycled. Once again - such a good tutorial.
one-word======-creosote!
@@triumphmanful oh yes, exactly, I didn't know what it's called, thanks!
How about adding used vegetable or motor oil to increase BTU content?
Right. Don't burn plastic windows from envelopes.
The inks and dyes on junk mail, magazines and food boxes also pollute, not just the plastic windows on envelopes. I hadn't thought much about that until I looked at what's allowed to be open burned in the state I recently moved too. NONE of those types of paper or cardboard are legally burnable because of the inks and dyes. And here I thought I was going to be able to cut my garbage hauling down some.
Thank you so much for this informative video. I live in the country and don’t have a way to go out and cut wood right now. I have a very tight electric budget of $100 a month. Everyone knows that isn’t going to do a lot in the winter. This I can do. Thank you-thank you! What a blessing!
You can make candle clay pot heaters. Just be careful, but them on a metal tray and make sure they aren't close to or under anything. The paraffin wax could catch fire and leak out. Take a few precautions.
You can probably get a similar result from stacking a few bricks over a candle.
It's very efficient and economical. Look it up on YT.
have you made/used these yet? Curious what your results are..
U also can burn soil
@@gusjeazer you can simply melt down vegetable shortening and create large candles with it using Jam Jars... burns slower than paraffin wax, is non toxic, won't catch fire and very very cheap
I love the socked feet next to the circle of death on a stick, stay safe buddy!
Oh my god, I'm laughing so hard, that was so funny!!!
God bless you real good ✝️🥀🐎
😂😂😂😂like my brother in law
Lol reading look down see his socks
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I’m happy I found this, as a Canadian in march getting ready to move into my mower home lol this will definitely come in handy for the rest of the winter… I like the one comment where he makes, well in my words “meatballs” by hand and let’s it dry for a week… I’m very happy I found this video
Like your video.....pretty cool. I have a (prepper friend) who likes this stuff and I had suggested that he use all the shredded paper he got from work (4 shredders there) as there seemed to be a endless supply of it. He has a second lawn mower that he never uses - places it on the outdoor table and lets the vacuum of the mower pull it up underneath into the blades - cutting the strips yet finer, then into the large grass catcher all neat & sweet! I do like the saw blade idea on final mulching - he uses a paint stir that hooks too the drill but puts an edge on one side of each prop blades with his grinder to get the cutting done. He is using some old bread loaf pans to form the bricks/logs - I believe he uses the smaller loaf pan size for a portable tent stove that does not take standard firewood sizes. He was using 4" PVC tubes cut at 14" for the first run...hope that help someone out there.
"That looks like a bill I should be keeping" *tosses it in. Subscribed.
It was his heating bill...nuff said.
@@sirfishslayer5100 hahahaha everything about this is funny and right!
me too!
@@ronny1617 👍🏻
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I have 51 mailboxes in my neighborhood and can’t wait to get started.
That is funny as s***
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Ask all of your neighborhood for their junk mail. Hahaha!
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My Man, Mr EastCoastMan, you are a freaking genius. I am going to follow your instructions and tweak it from the comments below. I also wanted to add that I have dried Rosemary, Mint and Basil from my garden and I will be adding some of those to my logs. And this Spring I plan to plant other herbs such as Sage and Thyme and may use that as well. Thanks so very much for this video!
Sounds a lot better than cat fur! (from another comment).
In case no one told you before, that dark stuff in store-bought logs is wax (makes them burn very long time). Good video, I think I'll make some for my next camping trip.
So, just add/cover them in some wax too then, and voilá you're good to go..
I hope (?) 🤔🙄
Maybe someone should collect all paper recycles and create these logs full time. One day, with the way things are going it may be essential to survival.
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Well, you could also just go for regular walks in the woods or along a beach and collect (dead/drift)wood that you can bring back home and leave to dry up properly too!
Not only survival,it will be less trash,grate idea👏thank you!
@@user-B_8 Not where I live. You have to buy permits to remove anything from the woods. You are legally prohibited from removing anything from the beaches.
@@rabeccalassek9511 That's so ridiculous! God forbid anyone should take it upon themselves to "do a clean up of the beach," even if their intention is to use it as firewood 👉🤯 🤪😂
I’ve heard about this. . How nice to see it in a video. I’d add a ton of dryer lint.
Don't add dryer lint. The dyes and the synthetics are toxic when burning.
@@jazzcatt What about the dye in print (bills, newspapers)?
@@fonda7760 You are right. I think newspaper print, meaning only the black is the safest. I wouldn't want to be using magazine print or the cardboard boxes that frozen foods or cereal boxes etc are made out of.
Where I live you are allowed to burn stuff out in the open but the law say ONLY cardboard boxes, not colored food boxes like I mentioned.
I add brushed out cat fur.
@@MorenitaChinita Yikes! I bet that doesn't smell too great when burning.
Thank God for gifted and talented people! Junk mail. Wow I never thought! I hope youtube be around for ever!
Done!!! Making one of these "Manloafs" this weekend. Our heating bill is zero due to our wood stove and our electric bill is around $42/month but we are always trying to find ways to reuse stuff we'd normally throw away. Thanks ma dude for the tip!
You should start a UA-cam channel, I would watch!
Yes, it's nice to think we can recycle the junk mail for something beneficial.
I Make a Manloaf Every Morning When I Wake Up, First Thing! Wait'll You People Get To Be Sixty Something, It'll Mean Something To You, Too! 8-)
I have a house that sits empty and my power bill is 50 a month with the only thing on is the outside security light no fridge no heat nothing
@@candiewhitaker6082 oh wow that’s rough. Where you at?
Great idea. Just saw this. I have all my business records and files from 2007 to date. Gonna use every pc of that paper to make my free logs. I was trying to decide to burn them or shred them, but now I know how to make them work for me. Thanks.
Who knows...it may be a biz bucket deductible 😳😜😇
I have used commercial ones using used coffee grounds. Smells great!
People always need to talk shit...leave the guy alone...he isn't robbing anyone...he is trying to help people...God bless him❤️
Ya he is... he took a milk crate from the variety store...they belong to a dairy..
Yes, he is instructing viewers to steel milk crates, Yes, it is steeling
He who hath not sinned cast the first stone !
@@shawnv1463 Do you not know that you can BUY them? They have been selling them for decades, therefor9 No theft.
Great comment Gloria
The bills burn hotter and longer then the junk mail
also emit a toxic gas when burned.... something to do with the ink.. Dunno but. thats why people use wood....
They also turn your wood stove into an energy vortex, stripping away your hard earned cash, emptying your pockets and channelling all of it into the pockets of ruthless billionaires.
then theres no house to heat hahaha
Hahaha man thats funny...yup burn ur fingers and pocket too
They always do cuz bill are a form of punishment 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Wow...Perspectives and Perceptions; how many people are in need of warmth as we go into winter this year-in the mind of a homeless person, this info is (potentially) golden; one thing we have plenty OF here in US (cart-sort and junk papers in general)...let us each remember that not EVERYONE AROUND us has access to (free) sticks/wood (resources) for simple burning/heating; sometimes WE FORGET-I’ll make these and give them to those around me that can use them...teach them how to make them for themselves (can be done without the mixing tool too) GREAT video, Thank You!
Wow it actually works with the Massive rising costs of heat this is such a useful life hack video :)
Huh! I have a dry cabin in the southwestern US & you've given me a reason to be happy about junk mail!! Thanks!
I would dry them close to your wood stove inside, to decrease drying time and also it's putting humidity back in your house that the wood stove took away. Possibly a drying rack.
I watched this video and I used to make hand sheet paper using the same method not only paper but old cotton shirts jeans and other stuff but to make a fire is not only brilliant and save money recycling annoying junk mail. Loved this video!
If I could do this with my email junk mail, I could heat the world.
you can if you print it out
@@mostlypeaceful5621
Printer ink is expen$ive.
@@workonitm8 Save printing just use the paper.
@Richard Fife è
Lol
My grandmother use to take newspaper get it wet and roll it tight, then tie it off with cotton string. She had great fire logs!
You should use the ash from your burner and make a paste, add water, apply the paste to the rag and wipe clean your woodstove window. Ash is a use-value with many uses. You can even cover ruts in your driveway with ash as it compacts harder than concrete.
My 7 year old daughter did that i was like wow how'd you know that... UA-cam
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@@angelinal9377 🤣🤣... this information & the kids..lol
Ash and water?
you can also, use some of that ash in your garden...or flower pots it will help your plants...
Great video...comments are hilarious, laughed from beginning to end 🤣🤣. Thanks all 👍
Great idea young man. I use the junk mail to start our fireplaces, two in our home and one in my garage. I also use the paper that the pharmacy puts in my bag every time I refill our scripts, 4 pages per medication, and the after visit report the Doctor provides, I view online and save to hard-drive. I have a bunch of buckets, time and I'll start making bricks.
We are rebuilding our wooden deck. The savable planks are being used to make a garden above the ground to keep the moles and gophers out.
Keep up the good work. With the constant increases in taxes everything helps.
Back in the 60's and 70's we had a roller that we made logs from dry newspaper. Then used a large tie wire on it to secure the role till we put it in the fireplace. I like this idea, it takes a while to dry but good idea man.👍
Had one of those..worked great n savedcalot of cash n not much extra dirt in the house with paper logs compared to regular logs
I remember that log roller very well. Loved it
@@bluefamily3937 Denver, as has many cities, outlawed fire place burning. We did originally roll wet news papers on a dowel, tie with kite string, dry. Then the brown cloud came, smog. Fines! Turns out it was mostly Auto and coal burning. Today we burn in much more efficient stoves than heat loosing fire places. Keep up the good work, recycle, reuse, reduce. Be wise, be safe!
A blade welded to a bar, spun on a mains drill while wearing socks! Give this man a Darwin award!
Years ago you could buy a briquette mold for paper scrap. In the UK we used fish and chip papers, were great for starting fires.
Safety suggestion. When using junk mail envelopes, remove any plastic windows on the envelope. Burning plastic gives off toxic fumes. And could interfere with your blending process.
The ink is mostly toxic too tho... 😱 I recommend to look into solar heaters...
(also, that video could have been done in half the time...UA-camrs, learn to edit)
I believe soaking out releases the ink
Watching this till the end, then I realise that I don't have a log burner! 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
lol, as soon as i saw it, i was like, welp...
Me neither but cool video lol
I was just going to leave a comment to say thanks...and I just realized me too!😂😆😂
@@mariaceniceros7784 😂😂 I was too excited for nothing!
@@mataicakau237 but wasn't the feeling great though?.... I as feeling warmth, cuddles, love... That's how I went about my day after watching this.... For one it's cold here in Wa. Need the warmth!! Cuddles because I felt like hugging my ppl... Love because I love them all.💖🙏🧘
In the Netherlands we used to put a no-sticker on our mailboxes -we have a slit (?) in the frontdoor- against junkmail. It was not effective enough. Now the law is thus: no junkmail unless you put a yes-sticker on your box. Works like a charm.
Wtf are ypu talking about?
Free heat forever WOW what a brilliant idea I'll bear this in mind for when I hopefully get me a little wood burner for my garage well done young man I love it
Instead of using a blade on my drill, I shredded all my paper through a paper shredder and mixed with water in a bucket like you did. I set it out in the sun to harden and it works just fine.
Did you do the multiple bucket method?
Did you do the multiple bucket method?
@@LisaSoulLevelHealing I drilled holes in the bottom of the bucket and placed the shredded paper in the bucket and.let it soak inside a second.bucket for a couple of days then pulled out the bucket with.holes and sat in my garden. The remaining water drained into the garden and hardened over a week or so.
better if add to water little amount waste motor oil too, burn lot better long time. and make old metal tube were can press bricuettes tight hard and dry briguette,
Very creative! Definitely going to try this. I build the fires at our house and keep the stove going and I know how frustrating it can be to get a good fire going sometimes. Particularly if your wood is a little too green or has water in it. Trying to keep enough dry wood around seems like an ongoing struggle and starting a fire from scratch or from a few coals can take a while. This would be super helpful. Thank you!
As far as I know the only wood that burns green is Holly worth cultivating a bush or two ,then you can just grab a few twigs to start your fire.Girl Scouts info from years back.
Your r going to use a skill saw blade at the end of a rod we all want to see this
Great ideal
Dryer lint
@@nickhodgen yes, I use it to start fires in our wood burning stove.
I picked this up in another video. I welded a 7 in saw blade on a 3/8 in rod and use that to grind things up. I made a press like your buckets, but I use a 4 in pvc pipe with holes drilled into the side and built a fence around it. Got tired of having to clean the pulp off my shoes. My press is a ladder type with 2x4's as the rungs with spaces in between at 1 5/8 inches, so I can use a 2x4 to press a plunder down on the pulp and squeeze out the water. After drying the finished logs don't burn well, they just smolder. Put some kerosene on them and they're good fire starters. The pulp log gets pushed out between 2 large blocks of wood and set somewhere to dry out. Next time I do this I'll throw in sawdust and see how that works. Thank you for the idea! (sawdust)
It burned better with the sawdust added!
The buckets make a great system to make these, I have heard about this before but I never seen how to make it and this seems very efficient
Ya know, I delight in feeding junk mail to my shredder - I keep the shedder by the door so after I come in from the mailbox, I go directly to the shredder
I think this could be a great way to get rid of the shredded paper - thanks for the great video 👏👏👏🇨🇦
This is perfect 👍
And if there are children in the house, or grandparents, they can help too.
You can set up the steps into "stations". Each step, or station has one of the children or grandparent doing their part and that way you're not doing every log all by yourself. Perhaps the adult does the " mixing" step of course, because that part requires an adult, at least if using a saw blade mixer 😉,
But the children could cut the paper with scissors, little children love cutting, also it would give grandparents a good feeling to help be a part at that station too. And at the molding station, children can mold the logs into bread tin molds, and children can add the water, yes, it can a become a fun family affair with stations and each person take pride in their part of log making and stock piling.
* Also,
Have the grandparents save their paper trash and bring it over so you all have even more logs to make! 👍🙂
I don't call them bills.
I call them Bob's.
For some reason it's less stressful when they show up in your mailbox
Great idea 👍
Make the third bucket at the bottom a garbage bin. It will allow you to press the water out fastsr without having to worry about water leaking onto the floor.
"This here sawblade welded to the end of this drill is dangerous"
[Proceeds to use sawblade while barefoot ]
Dude is savage AF!
Also , make sure hammer setting not used. OUCH!
Canadians are so polite we forget how wild they are lol
😂😂😂😂😂
@Ember Rhapsody i don't know how anyone mistakes the kindness yall possess for safeness. Its like "dude they live in -30° weather. These folks are CRAZY and DANGEROUS if you mess with them."
I live in North Carolina with similar people except for surviving the cold and ever literally burning the White House down.
Canadians straight up burned the White House hahaha
@Ember Rhapsody im dying 😭
See folks these Leafs are CRAZY
🤣🤣🤣
I love that he is filming in his living room in his socks. Also he knows his audience “When your husband is out..”
I personally gather all kinds and sizes of fire wood all year long. I love this brick idea though 💜
Love this! We line the bottom of the bucket with holes with window screen (metal), after soaking and grinding, we pour the pulp into the screen-lined bucket, fold the screen over and start the pressing action. works great!! Thanks for the video
You can put yourself on a master mailing list at the post office and receive all the junk mail you could ever want! Don't forget dryer lint, used chopped up crayons and candles, toilet paper rolls, cardboard, old telephone books, and catalogs. Invest in a paper shredder, or collect from shredders at businesses, and old leaves, grass clippings, and hay, work as well. You can also use a 6 inch wide by 12 inch long PVC pipe, sprayed with Pam cooking spray on the inside, to form a more professional log shaped appearance. Bread pans work as well, or build a rectangular form out of 2 by 4's. Wrap them with Saran wrap or dry cleaning bags, and sell them, or use them for barter when the grits hit the fan.
Thanks, FlameThatBurns!
This is awesome because my grandfather which was back in 1900 1920 they were so poor and because there was no work they would make paper logs they would roll up paper very tight and and basically do the same thing you're saying without the process of the water and and everything but yeah good job very informative thank you
Pete Sneeringer can you go into detail of how to do what your grandfather did. Thanks a lot.
Brilliant. I hope this gets shared to people in Europe who are scrambling for ways to heat their homes this winter.
Texas Needs this man, especially in the blackout
I have like 2 totes full of junk mail and I’ve been debating what to do with it. I think I just figured it out. Thanks bud
I wish I knew this when we had a log burner.
Thank you for the great video 👍
You can make miniature versions of this to use as fire starters.
Use the aluminum cup of a tea light as the mould, let dry, then let them soak in hot molten wax.
They’ll burn for 4-8 minutes, depending on thiccness, are waterproof and will get any fire going. Great for camping and survival preparedness
What’s the reason for putting them in melted wax?
@@yourstruly4961 The dried pulp on it’s own may burn for one or two minutes. The wax adds so much fuel it will last 5 times as long. Also makes it completely waterproof.
Magazines, junk mail and colored gift-wrapping paper may seem like harmless items to burn. Only use plain newspaper or uncoated paper in your fireplace, and use it sparingly. While you should generally not burn paper, it is acceptable to use a small amount of tightly rolled, plain black-and-white newspaper as kindling. Make sure to place it between small bits of wood and avoid any paper with colors or gloss. But the ink printed on the paper releases toxic fumes when burned.
Sure thing, but I'm not sucking on the stove pipe, maybe that's the real issue...
@@kevinfreeman3098 way to care about your planet's air quality and your neighbors.
@@snekh8r hey, way to not be a twat, oops, well this is awkward.
@@kevinfreeman3098 so your response to not polluting the planet was low brow name-calling? Impressive.
@@snekh8r it all comes back to the planet one way or another and none are good, which way can you get the best use, I also burn waste oil, it's quite efficient. So once again fu©k off, chode.
Great idea that I will definitely try. I saw a similar video that used dryer lint and candle wax to make small fire starters. I’m thinking for anyone like me who has bits of old candles from jars that I saved, just melt them and pour over the logs after they’ve dried. They could burn longer maybe. I’ll have to experiment 👍🏼
You should build yourself a small mold that you can put that pulp into and compress it to make them tighter and dry faster. Make it so you can use a clamp to smash down on it. Then, after they dry, you can stack them neatly. Stack all summer, burn all winter.
Also, if you start running out of pulp...subscribe to a few free newsletters. They will sell your name and address and soon, the mailman will be pissed at how much free stuff he is delivering to your house. :-)
Lol put down your wife's bread pans 😂
I could do this and make a press attachment/mold for my 32 ton wood splitter. Sounds like a cool winter project for a snowed in day or weekend.
You just gave me an idea. 💡 thanks.
Such molds and presses are commercially available.
Just use some scrap 2×4 pieces and make a rectangle. Add a bottom then put the wet paper into the little mold. Take another scrap piece lay it on top and use some clamps to squish it down and drain the water. I would drill some holes into the bottom and side like he did the bucket so water can drain out. Then take it and set the paper log out for the brick to dry. Easy peasy. No need to buy a bunch of crap.
Great vid thanks for sharing, I do kinda the same thing and I use all the shreds from my paper shredder and I also made a mold out of wood to shape the logs, I stock up in the summer and let them sit in the sun for a few days, they dry in no time
Now I know where my wife got her meatloaf recipe!
You better hope she doesnt watch UA-cam lol
Haha
I thought my girlfriends meatloaf tasted a little grainy. 🤔😐
lol! hysterical!!
Lol
Why so many thumbs down? This is genius 😂 i def gotta start making these! Since Bido announced a 54% heating increase this winter, we've been stocking up wood & have a company coming out to clean & check our fireplace. We plan to use it this yr as a main heating source...all day & all night 🤷♀️
Fireplaces aren't very efficient. They use heated air from the house to burn and will drop the temperature of outer rooms drawing in cold air. Consider investing in a wood burning stove with an outside air intake for the firebox air. You will literally burn 300% more wood in a fireplace than a stove for the same amount of heat!
And there are some great tax incentives for installing biofuel heating sources right now.
THIS VIDEO IS BRILLIANT, ILL BE BUYING SOME BUCKETS TO MAKE THESE FIRE BRICKS.
THNKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO MAKE THIS VIDEO TO EDUCATE US OFF GRID PEOPLE, PEICE AND LOVE.
Great idea. Would be great to have some made up for any emergency situation for heat. Great way to recycle. I don't care that it takes some time. People are too spoiled to do some work. It's free people. Hard work never hurt anyone. Great idea. Thanks for sharing.
I think there have been a few people hurt by hard work.
My grandparents and great grandparents homes were marked during the depression. The hobos would go to the back porch and ask what needed to be done. They would work, wash up a bit and sit down to dinner.
@Poor Poor Your time is only worth what someone will pay for it. ;)
@Poor Poor Productive and profitable work like bureaucrats working in government who send you tax bills, revenue generators, DMV employees and a slew of other useless parasites.
@@stever7258 Well, I herniated my low back and broken my shoulder cartilage. That's what continuous hard work does! And the optimistic side does not help 😁. Any suggestions?
Canadian Tire? Cool! I used to make paper the same way for craft projects. I used to place it in the bathtub, it saved a big mess. Good video thank you.
Great idea there sir! Plus you’re helping the environment by putting to good use what would end up in a landfill! Subbed!!!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
paper in landfill just breaks down into humus. A problem? Now plastic, that is a problem😀
Do you pay your refuse collection by weight?
So burning paper is better than letting it decompose ? First I've heard of that...
I want To try this with shredded paper. I also thought I might add some cinnamon occasionally for the holidays. I’ve got fire starters for the fire place that were made from pinecones and had cinnamon in them with the wax to get the fire going and they smelled wonderful. I thought maybe we could do that with the cinnamon in these bricks. Thanks for the great idea
Awesome idea .
Growing up in the mountains of North Carolina, we always used wood stoves to heat and cook. This is something that we would do but, they were only for starting a fire or, keeping the fire going at 3 am. As a kid, I was ALWAYS throwing these paper logs in, so I wouldn't have to go to the barn, for firewood.
My Canadian friend does this, he signs up for junk mail so he's always guaranteed something.
The only difference between yours and his is that he has a press outside and forms them in to 6 by 6 cubes so he can use them in the burner, stove, grill, cabin etc
Lol I just suggested the same thing
I should say that I used to burn the junk mail. I never made it into pulp and stuff. Good idea
I do this, just on a smaller scale. About the size of a fist to fit in my mini stove I've built to heat my hot tent. New sub! Thank you for sharing..
Very cool video 😎 I love some of the comments with more ideas. Love the egg carton idea....pour your left over grease in it. Add lint or saw dust and you got fire starters.
Props man, appreciate the upload. Love the ingenuity.
This is a great idea! I’m in Oklahoma (obviously winter here is nothing compared to our friends up north) but I love finding new DIY/survival techniques. With how crazy the world has gotten, information could mean the difference between life and death. 😁👍👍
Tip: Run the junk mail through a shredder before you make the logs
I find it better to wet it for a few hours and use a paddle mixer to mix it, shreds it adequately and is much faster and cheaper. Plus no saw blades welded on!
We shred all of our junk mail too. Plus the accumulation of old financial records ends up in the shredder. In a years time the shredded mass fills a 55 gallon drum. I used to just toss a shovel full of shreds every so often into the wood stove but it always roared and spiked the flue temp. Now if I were to spend a little time, like this guy did, I could have a small stack of slow burning fire logs. I think it’s worth a try.
Nicolas Chu I thought that he was going to do that!
Cool!
I also use a shredder, then I mix with leaves from my yard. I do not mix a lot, just stir and keep adding until my 5 gal bucket is full and about as thick as concrete. Then I pour into another bucket with holes and screen wire on the out side. Then place another bucket filled with sand and push down as far as possible. Leave the weighted bucket on top mix more and repeat. When full carefully dump the contents and cut into two or 4 pieces and let dry. The finished products looks like half or a quarter log. When these dry they burn fine.
Very great and informative video. If a person would have the forethought to produce enough year around and store them it would be a huge amount of waste turned into something essential. 👍👍
Dude, that's how I make meatloaf! I add a few more woodchips though.
Gotta put ketchup on top at the end
Saw a device that cranked the sheet of paper and rolled it up and sheet after sheet eventually left you with a log made of paper. Well done with the video.
Had one of those in the 1990's. It rolled the papers nicely, then it said tie it with twine. The fire ate the twine, the log "unrolled" and snuffed the fire. Then wouldn't light again. Might as well just stack the newspaper, works just as well as rolling it.
Great idea! Two points to add: if you don't have enough junk hardcopy mail, many retailers would be happy to put you on their catalog mailing lists. Also, be sure to put the ashes in your compost pile. Immagine the effect this would have on waste if it really took off. Kudos, EastCoastMan.
Catalogs use a lot of colored inks for the images and that ink can be very toxic when burned. Better to use the junk mail that has a lot less ink.
Yes plus the glossy paper doesn't burn very well
Can't wait to try this. I've been rolling up wet newspaper letting it dry. Burns fairly long. But not hrs!
I'm sold.....nice idea...I'll be doing this now forever thanks
So busy with this video you can hear the guy have genuine stress about the bill. Still burns it 😄 🤣
I took your advice and went to a store and took a milk crate. It made me pretty famous around here. I was on the news and everything, and the police even came by my house and gave me a free ride to their place of employment. Next week I get to go visit another place, where a judge actually works, and from what I hear, I'll have to pay some money to them. This milk crate is going to cost me quite a bit of money I guess, but I'll get that free heat! Thanks so much for that great advice!
I think the milk crates have a label that says something about a $300 fine for theft.
That "free" heat might be expensive.
The whole milk crate jail, fine thing lol. People do it all the time.
@@workonitm8 I remember back in the day having those and some boards to make some really nice shelves for a college dorm room.
@@jeremylee89
So, that makes it OK to steal them ???
It's OK to run the stop sign on the corner too because "people do it all the time" Will the judge agree when you get a citation?
@@workonitm8 calm down lol. Didnt mean to ruffle your feathers. All i said was people do take the crates. And yes people do run stop signs. People do what people do. They dont care if its illegal. Lol.
Thank you!! I live in Detroit & can't wait to try this. You are awesome! 😍
It doesn't matter how you choose to mold it, dry it or even save it. It's up to you how much labor you want to put into it. He has a credulous idea and has shared it for no cost. He has shown us the simplest instructions with the least tools. Like any recipe, give it your own twist. Thank you for sharing this as I have heard various versions but they seemed complicated. Single mother to a disabled son so it's all on me. And simple is better. Although the dryer lint someone recommended adding is terrific because I don't have ample sawdust laying around. Would a little starter fluid sprayed on them as they dry be a bad idea? Too much flame possibly? Well anyway, thanks again
Maybe a combo rolled paper (with dryer lint, loose threads or fabric scraps, and bit of used candle wax or used kitchen oil) "wick" inserted in one end, with a screwdriver or something, to start the process easily? All basically free! Use what you have! Add another twist ot two, from the comment section. :) I, personally, would not want to add the lighter fluid. Just a thought. I actually have shredded paper I use for my critters and for compost (gathered from friends and family recycling), so I like this fire-brick idea for the excess I usually manage to have!
And I agree...thanks for the simple idea!
I wouldn't add lighter fluid .drill a 1/2in. hole add a Vaseline cotton ball in hole to light
That too. I don't usually have Vaseline, for every day, but I probably should get a small jar or two.
If you have stuff you want to get rid of that is confidential, old statements with SSN on it, for example. Way better that standing over the paper shredder. Plus I'll get heat too! Thanks Mr. EastCoastMan !
A paper shredder would be a good step to add. Thanks for posting this.
Good work.
P.S. the commercial logs have a wax coat and inside a petroleum product not unlike a Vaseline additive to maintain the burn rate.
Great ingenuity brother! God bless you and your family!🤗🕊🔥💖✝️💕❣
Some say his stove is still lit till this day
I found out that's not true. I've got an insider that says Bigfoot relights his stove for him everyday
Hahahhaha
I am messermated by fire
Amazing...wow...I'll be saving my papers for this...thx so much
I’m very frugal myself, I would always save cardboard junk mail etc. We would even have to burn the Pineneedles sometimes for starter. But this is one of those times where I said wow, that’s awesome. Thanks for the info. I don’t have a fireplace right now even though I live in the mountains but I’m going to make some for my friends
Nice idea I always wondered if you could use leaves, shred them add some sort of bonding agent and press them into logs. There bags and bags of them at the curbs this time of year all over......... Glenn P.
You can add coffee grinds too. It will smell great and do the same as saw dust. They even sell the starter logs with the coffee smell
Have you done this with the coffee ground? How do you get the grounds to bond with the paper and what percentage of grounds to paper are you using?
@@marilynreno7510 I have not done it. Just seen the starters that smell like coffee. If you try I would start with a small number of grounds and work up until you find the perfect consistency. Good luck! Great smells :]
@@marilynreno7510 u can buy coffee logs
I live in WA state and when I was in Girl Scouts we put wax and sawdust in cardboard egg cartons for fire starters. I know I'll get haters but I fill up cardboard egg cartons with leftover grease and burn that. It makes a good fire.
Great idea since egg cartons can't be recycled!
Your awesome 😊 thank you I keep my grease lard in coffee cans and will poor it on my logs but I love your idea I just split wood yesterday so I have plenty if sawdust. So smart
@@carlasabyan6010 you can also burn vegetable and fruit peelings/ seeds. I have raccoons so composting doesn't work for me.
Thank you again 😊 they work so well
@Sheri JK You are right. Some use dryer lint and wax to put in the egg cartons too.
Tried making the compressed paper briquettes. I have several down ponts I've found
1, drying them (I have some made i autumn and are still wet)
2, the briquettes produce a large quantity of ash when compared to wood
Good job ! What a great idea. I just bought a wood stove , so this is perfect.. I was born in Canada . I know too well how cold it gets. Stay warm
thank you very much and be blessed
dryer lint burns pretty well. My cats use litter that is pine pellets that break down into saw dust. I think that maybe for outside fire starter logs, it might work very well.