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We just shovel the sawdust right into the wood stove without going through the process of making logs, seems to be the same amount of heat, don't trust me though , try it yourself after drying out the sawdust.

Awesome job! Trial and error, keep trying and you'll find your solution!

Not cost effective..

Great

Pretty sure this was filmed before the internet existed.

Doresc să cumpăr o presa bricheta că în clipul videe

This young man is going places!!! He will be successful at anything he does. This gives me hope for the next generations,great job!!!

Ground corn.?

Need a cement mixer ! Lol

Respect, this kid is learning real knowledge!!!

What is the tonnage of the press?

I would love to see an update on what you have learned over the last 4 years.

What epoxy can I use for a mantel above a wood fireplace? Do I have to worry about the heat? Can’t seem to find anyone that can answer this for me.

Thomas Edison said “Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration.” This lad is a budding Edison; he doesn’t give up. 👍

You can do it dry but youre trying to press too much at a time. Try 3" blocks.

Reminds me of science projects in middle school. 😁

This seems like a lot of work considering you could just pack the sawdust into cardboard boxes and burn it.

Did you have to dry the wood before milling and doing the epoxy?

good job kid. continue. also, use Google to research problems.

use hot water and corn starch

The water ain't getting completely squeezed out and it looks like your machine keeps pushing the water back in as it packs it which isn't what you want it to do

I think you guys need to drill some holes in it at the area where it compacts so It can let the water Xscape more out of it and it will dry and form much better

One wet log per day is not working.Look around on RUclips for Sawdust briquet machines that work.

Part of the problem is the jolting of the press forcing out the logs aswell as engine almost stalling under load wallpaper paste is a good bonding agent

If you are still experimenting with this project try using a pipe no larger than 1 and a half inches diameter to get enough psi. Your pipe should be about 2 ft long with a slot cut on either side half the length of the pipe. Using clamps on the slotted end of the pipe,you can adjust the pressure to the pipe instead of a gate. By using this method you are able to use just sawdust at 10 to 15% moisture with no additives or binders.

from what I have seen.........the material has to be at a give moisture content then the compression heats the material causing the ligum in the wood to become the glue it is and bond the cellulose together............ergo if it aint steaming when it comes out it isnt hot enough. I think the pellet mills are shooting for 15% moisture content when they compress the pellets.

Cool experiment! Unfortunately there isn't really a quick way to do this, time is the key factor.

I'm wondering the cost of the log press.

You Guys are Awesome!

One of the best film projects yet. The filming of the distances, angles, speeds and music kept my attention throughout the who video. Beautiful results with the "hunk" of wood and the video.

Man, those things are robust.

The slow motion hatchet throwing was cool. The double bullseye was cool to see. There is a satisfying feeling when sticking the hatchet.

80k views, a dozen smiles and a few chuckles per view! Thats a lot of happiness added to the world. Thanks for a fun, cute, informational video. How did the log burn?

Bravo

Great job lil man! Love how you never gave up.

"Here you kid, put your hands right down there inside the running hydraulic press...what could possibly go wrong..."

Use petroleum jelly and paraffin wax heated and blended warm in small batches.it comes out like a tootsie roll.

A for effort.

They gotta be heated Baked...

Hope Ur not still looking for a solution, as this vid was posted 2 years ago. What more can be said? Escarpment 4 water, and a longer election tube will generate the frictional heat that is needed, to activate Lignin bonding.

Diameter is too big therefore there is no pressure enough/square inch

Great idea and attitude its smart using flour as it is used commercially in charcoal briquettes as a binder the issue you are having is that the amount of saw dust you used is to high I would suggest 1-1-1-1 ratio of saw dust cardboard pulp paper pulp and flour also make a way to drain the water as water trapped in the log will prevent the materials from binding

I don’t even know why I watched this it’s 12:55 am

Worked with a wood shop doing a similar thing a few years ago, the sawdust was too fine and the brickets when burned crumbled. In the end soaking a mix of sawdust and shredded paper waste from a few local companies made good binding agent. They also had holes in the compression tube to let water out, they captured the water and reused it.

Excellent work! As I watched I could see your knowledge grow. What great learning! There’s lots of useful tips in these comments so I look forward to your next steps.

Check out some Indian videos. They have it down pat.

Need heat to get ligum in the sawdust to bind like in pelletizer

If y'all are still interested in working on this, may I suggest that you have the mould taper very slightly outwards as it goes? That way, when the end is opened, pressing on the log will release it from the sides as well, preventing friction from wrecking it. The first simple way is to angle the half-pipes slightly away from each other and fill the resulting gap in with some sheet steel. The second is to form the mould from strips of steel welded into a tapered sunburst pattern, with very narrow gaps between them. This will not only allow you to create uniformly round logs but will allow water to easily escape *AND* make the mould *very* strong.

Great job young man and much respect to you dad for helping and teaching our next generation..

Great attitude, bud! Never quit