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- A natural and effective alternative to burning charcoal
- Competely non-toxic
- Make use of old newspapers
- Each briquette burns steadily for up to 2 hours, leaving minimum ash.
- Manufactured for Good Ideas
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Product Description
A natural and effective alternative to burning charcoal
Make use of old newspapers with this natural and very effective alternative to burning charcoal. The paper briquettes burn easily eliminating the need for fire lighters or barbecue fuel. Competely non-toxic, each briquette burns steadily for up to 2 hours, leaving minimum ash.
Manufactured for Good Ideas
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
If you have asolid fuel fire a must have.The Times paper is enough to make a brick a day. They burn great and help save money.
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53 of 56 people found the following review helpful
Whilst the idea is sound the construction is too flimsy with the result that the pressure on the handles bends the sides outwards allowing the sieve to be partially pushed through the base requiring a screwdriver for leverage to release it every time.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
I have had one of these for approx 2 months now. I have been using shredded paper that I have acquired from my work place. I fill 4 buckets and compress it down, fill with water (recycling washing up water is handy) and leave to soak for up to 3 days. I have been experimenting and discovered if you leave it soaking for longer than this there is no real benefit and after a while there is a bacterial problem and they start to smell a bit eggy. They actually smell of cheese when drying... not too pleasant.
I manage to get approx 3-4 blocks per bucket and have constructed a drying rack in my loft. My loft is ventilated and a large brick will dry out fully in about 2 months depending on drying environment. I burnt one on my newly installed multi fuel stove the other night and it does burn well, as with coal, it just smoulders, but burns nonetheless.
I have found that after a few uses the arms on the brick maker start to bend, so I have used a wooden block and applied pressure/body weight to the top of the sieve part and this is just as affective. The secret is to fill it right to the brim before compacting them. Getting the bricks out can be a little tricky, but I just place a small block of wood underneath the sieve and push down, this lifts the inner part giving you space to get your fingers in to pull the inner cradle/sieve out.
I find that as shredded documents are a little coarser that shredded news paper they may need a little more soaking, generally an overnight soak should suffice. Try adding a little washing up liquid, it helps break it down. I even added coal dust and saw dust from cutting up wood for the stove, just a handful on top of the shredding before filling with water, it should help it burn. I try not to waste anything.
once burned there is quite a bit of ash generated, but they do burn for some time once the stove has heated up, am going to try burning overnight with coal next. I have them drying out in my garage and am in the process of building a wood shed so will add some slatted racks to air dry them.
Looking forward to next spring/summer as should be able to make quite a few as they can dry in the sun a lot quicker. One the whole this is a handy gadget but may need some slight tweaking and experimenting to use it to its full potential.
I manage to get approx 3-4 blocks per bucket and have constructed a drying rack in my loft. My loft is ventilated and a large brick will dry out fully in about 2 months depending on drying environment. I burnt one on my newly installed multi fuel stove the other night and it does burn well, as with coal, it just smoulders, but burns nonetheless.
I have found that after a few uses the arms on the brick maker start to bend, so I have used a wooden block and applied pressure/body weight to the top of the sieve part and this is just as affective. The secret is to fill it right to the brim before compacting them. Getting the bricks out can be a little tricky, but I just place a small block of wood underneath the sieve and push down, this lifts the inner part giving you space to get your fingers in to pull the inner cradle/sieve out.
I find that as shredded documents are a little coarser that shredded news paper they may need a little more soaking, generally an overnight soak should suffice. Try adding a little washing up liquid, it helps break it down. I even added coal dust and saw dust from cutting up wood for the stove, just a handful on top of the shredding before filling with water, it should help it burn. I try not to waste anything.
once burned there is quite a bit of ash generated, but they do burn for some time once the stove has heated up, am going to try burning overnight with coal next. I have them drying out in my garage and am in the process of building a wood shed so will add some slatted racks to air dry them.
Looking forward to next spring/summer as should be able to make quite a few as they can dry in the sun a lot quicker. One the whole this is a handy gadget but may need some slight tweaking and experimenting to use it to its full potential.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Good Ideas Briquette Maker (613) - Turn old newspapers into fuel
This product is messy, tiring and time consuming because after soaking paper, it has to be shredded, packed, squeezed then released and if you're lucky you get a brick that doesn't... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Figgy
Smart gadget makes heat from waste paper
Our Briquette Maker has been in use for over three years and has stood up to long term wear-and-tear very well. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Rowena Hoseason
super FREE fuel
this is one of the most economic purchases I have ever made . the clever use of old news papers ans the very simple to use gadget make it so easy to recyle old papers into long... Read more
Published 17 months ago by majorb1
Not as easy to use as we thought!
The idea is simple enough and we set about ripping old papers into neat strips for our paper block maker. Read more
Published on 17 May 2010 by B. Honisett
not made very strong and not if you are going to use it alot
the first day i had it and used it the bottom bit kept flipping out when you sqaushed the paper down.its not made very well and is'nt made of strong metal. Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2009 by Angela Clanachan
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