Blog Posts on briquette making

Briquette Making - Stop Block and Push Block by Secrets on the Grill on Apr 14, 2010The mold mentioned in a previous entry uses a standard PVC pipe with an inside diameter of 2 inches. This mold casing is the chamber where the compression of the briquette material takes place. But by itself, the PVC pipe has two open ends. The St...

Briquette Making - Stop Block and Push Block by Secrets on the Grill on Apr 14, 2010The mold mentioned in a previous entry uses a standard PVC pipe with an inside diameter of 2 inches. This mold casing is the chamber where the compression of the briquette material takes place. But by itself, the PVC pipe has two open ends. The St...

Briquette Making - Mold by Secrets on the Grill on Mar 21, 2010The mold is another item in the Briquette Making Machine Components that needs to be fabricated. But it's easy enough to make with a hacksaw and a power drill. The mold is made of a standard 2-inch PVC pipe. You don't need the entire length of a p...

Briquette Making - Mold by Secrets on the Grill on Mar 21, 2010The mold is another item in the Briquette Making Machine Components that needs to be fabricated. But it's easy enough to make with a hacksaw and a power drill. The mold is made of a standard 2-inch PVC pipe. You don't need the entire length of a p...

Briquette Making - Clamp and Stand by Secrets on the Grill on Mar 20, 2010These two items from the list of the briquette making components essentially form the "machine" that will allow the briquetting compression to happen. The rest of the components are merely accessories that will facilitate the briquette-mak...

Briquette Making - Clamp and Stand by Secrets on the Grill on Mar 20, 2010These two items from the list of the briquette making components essentially form the "machine" that will allow the briquetting compression to happen. The rest of the components are merely accessories that will facilitate the briquette-mak...

Briquette Making - Pail and Tray by Secrets on the Grill on Mar 19, 2010Since you will be mixing various biomass ingredients for briquette making, big plastic pails or vats are suitable containers for this purpose. The wide mouth of these containers will make it easier for you to mix the ingredients and transform them i...

Briquette Making Machine Components by Secrets on the Grill on Mar 18, 2010In a recent entry, I wrote about the workplace where I make my homemade briquettes. Biomass briquettes can come from various ingredients and so the entire process may be a bit messy. Use an apron to keep dry.In the absence of an affordable commerci...

The Briquetting Workplace by Secrets on the Grill on Aug 7, 2009The basic workplace for making the briquettes would be a sink. A sturdy table with a good catch basin would be a good alternative. Shown below is the basic setup I have at home. It is essentially a sink made of concrete at our "dirty" ki...

Preparing the Briquette Ingredients by Secrets on the Grill on Aug 6, 2009In a previous post, I mentioned how paper should be prepared as a briquette ingredient. Two other ingredients I use on a regular basis are crushed dried leaves and sawdust. Sawdust need not be broken down further. Just ensure that wood shavings an...