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there should be a simple process/kit to turn junk mail into the shape of a fire log to burn in the fireplace. paper is dense and a paper log could burn as long and hot as wood. a year of junk mail could probably provide a winter of fuel. simply rolling it up doesnt work. it doesnt burn well. maybe
it needs to be packed together differently, or soaked in something.
(?) Log maker
http://www.ecozone....Eco_Gadgets_23.html
Don't worry [8/7] - I've found it. That makes this idea baked, I guess. To add a new halfbaked element [gnormal] might have to propose a log maker which made logs out of waste paper that actually looked like real logs... or something [hippo, Oct 04 2004]
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Rolling candle stubs in paper and tying with wire works pretty well. |
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Baked. I have one. In the UK you can buy a "log press" from places like garden centres, and also mail order. You put your junk mail and/or newspapers into a tank of water and get them nice and soggy. Take the resulting pulp and dump it into the press. Push the levers down hard, and it squidges out a load of greyish, yucky water. Open the press and remove the "brick" which is by then surprisingly solid. |
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Leave to dry for about a month, under cover. They light fairly easily and burn steadily (and hot ! - but slower than wood), leaving a light, fluffy ash. The presses cost about GBP £20 -£25. You can produce about 30 bricks an hour if you have enough scrap paper. I will try to find a link. |
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Long time, no see [gnormal]. |
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I have a feeling we did these a while ago. Maybe not. They are pretty well baked though. |
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<popular sitcom>GNorm!</ps> |
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Hey [8/7] where's that link? For some reason I get about 5
unwanted catalogues a day, plus assorted magazines,
flyers, credit card applications etc. |
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[Hippo], oddly enough I bought my press mail-order from a glossy catalog that came in a Sunday newspaper. I have also seen them on sale in my local garden centre, although not for a while. It's a messy process, and you need to store up a good deal of paper to make it worthwhile, but it's free fuel ...... |
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[hippo] - re link; yes, that's exactly the one I have, but I only paid about GBP £20 plus shipping. It works really well. I also have one of the can crushers that is shown on the same page. |
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Note: for premium quality logs, I take bags of shredded computer listing paper home and pulp it, the logs from that are superb; dense, even, clean burning. But the shreddings are bulky - you only get about 6 logs from two huge bags of shreddings that fill the back of the car. |
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Great, now I'm having to print off all my spam as well just to keep warm.... the voluminous junk mail from the company that sold me the log-maker in the first place has finally dried up. |
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lets pack the pulp into toilet/paper-towel tubes for nice lil mini logs. |
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that's a good name for it- Finito |
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// Beats running a chainsaw // |
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"I love the sound of chainsaws in the morning .... " |
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Why not recycle the toilet paper? |
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...What about making toilet paper instead? Read the junk mail while on the toilet, shove it into a unit that creates a continuous output of clean toilet paper; wipe, fold, feed it back into machine, you'll talk to me tomorrow, Mr.Bream... |
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So instead of making logs, you're getting rid of them. |
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Try adding nutmeg, coriander or lavender to spice up your log-making. Ordinary home compost added to the mix will assist in creating a slower burn with a more neutral ph emmision. For Peat's sake I'm logging off. |
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There you go, mix the junk mail into your compost. After one year add pine seeds. After 30 years cut it down and saw into logs. |
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...just misread the last part of the title as "fir e-logs" -
premium web-enabled firewood, perhaps? |
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