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Today we're proud to present some other DIY project from a fellow Doing the Stuff Networker. Jamie Burke is a main at repurposing trash and junk. His latest project shared on our DTSN Facebook Group not just saves coin, only would be very useful both now (complimentary is always good) and afterward a SHTF event.

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Hither'south Jamie's down and dirty tutorial…

Firebricks and Wood Stove Logs Tutorial

This process just requires: Two buckets, a drill (or stabbing weapon), piece of wood (or lesser of some other bucket), kinda a custom drill flake, water. + your TRASH!

Out of all of the concrete spam you receive in the mail, leaves you rake, dead leafage, paper towel rolls, newspaper plates, napkins, beer boxes, egg cartons, etc., etc., etc., (any biomass material you can think of) – why not turn it into useable logs for your furnace, campfire, or cooking? Only don't use the plastic coated things.

I've seen 'devices' you can purchase that makes 'newspaper logs', only they never seem efficient, require y'all to pre-shred, take way likewise much time and the logs are non very solid. This is a much better method and doesn't really cost anything.

Step i

Get 2 v gal buckets. $iii each at walmart. Drill a lot of holes in information technology, nearly 2 inches downwards from the lips and around 3/xvi size-ish. I used a soldering fe. You can utilize a screw commuter and stab holes all in there. Go around all the saucepan and on the bottom. [Todd'due south note: Buckets can be had for free at baker's and structure sites]

Holy bucket

Un-holy and holy

Step two

Identify the holy bucket inside the other normal bucket. Start putting your papers, leaves, bio material in it. Add together your h2o and fill'r up. Doesn't really matter if y'all have also much water. You can get out these buckets of water setup past the mailbox, then but walk past and toss stuff in.

Don't approximate my trash

Stride iii

You need a custom drill bit, which I accept. A good thing to do is detect an old tabular array saw blade and weld it to south shaft of steel. This is "the hardest" role of this setup. Drill away and in seconds you will have a squeamish pulpy moisture mess.

Drill zipper turns information technology into mulch

New and improved stirring zipper/zombie slayer

Pace 4

Next, pull out the holy bucket and allow it drain. I put the draining bucket on top of the other bucket to salvage the water – you can re-use the aforementioned water many times.

Reuse this water for your side by side batch

Step 5

You should accept a press that goes far down into the bucket to press out the remaining water. I establish a saucepan that someone cut the bottom off.. well perfect. Simply you will probably desire to place a bucket down on some wood, trace around the base of operations and cut out that piece of forest to use as a press.

Pulp on the left. Found this next to my house (press). Or just trace a bucket on wood and cutting out the forest piece for a press.

Step 6

Set your press within the saucepan over the lurid. Then I set the re-used water bucket inside of that saucepan (because water is heavy). That will work over time. I likewise sat on it.. put my anvil on it.. and stood in information technology. It'south pretty quick. whatever heavy y'all have for the top.

Step 7

Now once most the water is pressed out – take information technology out to a sunny/dry identify. Turn over the bucket and tap on the top. It will take some time to dry, depending on your location. Nosotros alive in the desert and so this will happen fast. If you want information technology to dry faster, cut these logs as you would a pizza, into sections.

The wet fire cake ready for drying

In one case dry, these will burn down a long time.. and cost y'all ~ nada.

Free firebricks dried in the desert!

Todd's note: Hope you enjoyed Jamie's tutorial. He'south a fine case of people who have traded theory for Activity! Come check out all the other folks busy Doing the Stuff!

If yous try information technology yourself, nosotros'd similar to know how it turns out.

Proceed Doing the Stuff of self-reliance,

Todd

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