Thread: Glyc logs in calor gas bottle burner.....brilliant!

Quote: Originally posted by pjfireman Alex, only smokes for first 10 mins until first lot of wood is going well and things nice and hot, then after this very little smoke. However other people in our village also burning wood. We have no gas supply in village so people use oil and or wood. So my small amount smoke is not noticed. Thanks, that's what i wanted to know I just dont' want to have a black smoke coming out of my chimney...

i line ice cream tubs with pallet wrap or cling film then they turn out very easily so the tubs are reusable simples

Alex, only smokes for first 10 mins until first lot of wood is going well and things nice and hot, then after this very little smoke. However other people in our village also burning wood. We have no gas supply in village so people use oil and or wood. So my small amount smoke is not noticed.

I run the glyc, hot, into an open container 3/4 full of chain saw saw dust. (I use one of those garden tubs but a low sided one from a farmers supplier)This is then left to set for a week or 2, and it does set, before cutting up with a spade and wrapping the bricks in old newspaper to keep them nice to handle. I use NaOH and WBD with no prewash. I find that now even if no sawdust is added the glyc sets hard. D ick

My glycerine is still runny due to the pre-wash. I've got a log maker (one of those ones with two handles for compressing shredded paper into logs) and some sawdust, but still haven't got around to trying to make logs yet. It's going to be messy!

I can never get them to set as such, even with NaOH and even if demethed. Usually I put the shavings into a tub, pour in the warm glyc, leave a while, then mix while keep adding the sawdust. when its very thick I then put on gloves, and stuff it tightly into milk cartons, with holes in both ends for drainage, and stack them to drain. In winter they will be fairly set, but never properly, which is where a real press would come in. The harder...

Try small carpentry/ joinery works for sawdust. They tend to be glad to get rid of it. Larger outlets are generally tied to board makers and the sawdust is fed directly into their containers.

Very interesting! Does the glyc have to be de-methed? Nick.

is that in your garage joined onto your house ? (guessing by the window/door... too nice for a shed! etc..) if so.... fill it up and leave the door to the house open, see if you can get some extra heat out of it!) p.s. Quote: Respect D!ck I'd hate to be in prison and hear that!

Quote: Originally posted by -=Alex=- What about that poisonous gas which comes out when glycerine is burnt? This is the only thing which stops me from making glyc logs... another tinternet myth. just about anything that burns gives off acrolein inc fags. http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts124.html http://www.eoearth.org/article/Public_Health_Statement_for_Acrolein just like wood or coal fires dont stand by the chimney and breathe in the smoke for...