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EKO-MANIA DRY PAPER LOG MAKER

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blackrose

blackrose Report 5 Sep 2009 08:53

well its arrived, anyone got any tips re usage of above; seemed a good idea seeing that I'm now unable to go out on my own so am stuck at home looking for things to do and we have a multifuel stove. My husband is very sceptical but theres lots of waste paper etc around here. Thoughts please

me

me Report 5 Sep 2009 08:55

my son just got one of them for his fire in the garden they are very good

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 5 Sep 2009 08:56

GOOD LUCK with it

most of our gadgets end up in the back of the cupboard or garage
but hubby still keeps buying more lol
he like the quirky things in life

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

blackrose

blackrose Report 5 Sep 2009 09:51

well I've started drying out my teabags and we have got lots of twigs and newspapers so I'll see how it goes. I'm looking forward to compressing the junk mail!

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 5 Sep 2009 22:50

I've got a paper briquette maker - is this the same?
Basically fill it with wet paper and squeeze it so you end up with a brick shaped lump of soggy paper.
Dry it out and use on fire.
Never thought of adding tea bags - they go on the compost.
If I added twigs to mine, the 'briquette' would fall apart.

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

blackrose

blackrose Report 6 Sep 2009 07:56

Hi Maggie no, I'm thinking of getting a briquette maker but thought it was wrong time of year to be drying out to much. The dry log maker I purchases after reading reviews on internet and basically it is a big log sized tube with plungerthat you can put waste paper, tea bags, twigs in and compact with its plunger. You initially wrap some newspaper round the outside of tube. I like the idea of making them and being able to throw them straight in log basket.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 6 Sep 2009 09:20

Oooh - yours sounds better than a briquette maker!
I need muscles like a lumberjack to squeeze the water out!

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842