Coffee Briquettes Made Easy
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- Being a Woodworker with shavings and dust as waste can be a pain. But by making Briquettes from my waste and then adding Used Coffee Grounds (The Cafe drop them by my workshop door), I've created a Peat like biofuel that burns for over two hours.
Now, I've come up with a way that you can make them at home too. With the easiest of things from the Kitchen cupboards to make your own Coffee logs. Like the Kenko coffee tin. And I show you How To Make Coffee logs.
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I think keeping that extra moisture in there is going to work really well. It's going to evaporate anyway but should make sure they're loaded with a bit more fine particulate. I guess the press needs you to squeeze that extra out so they can be more easily removed. Think you're onto a winner here 🤔
I think so too James. The liquid allows the block to consolidate better. I'm really looking forward to comparing to a Commercial Coffee Log. Even if it only lasts for 75% of the time, it's a win.
Hi. I'm here if you want to share your thoughts on this process.
I've made it work for those of you who can't get a press. And I think it's great.
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Jamie
Wonderful! I like the 'pork pie' technique as any step removed is a bonus for me.
Thank you for a concise & entertaining upload.
I love a Pork Pie 🥧 😂
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You would be hard pressed to find somebody else do a better job than this guy, best on RUclips 💯❤🎉
Thank you. That's pretty cool.
Jamie
Simply wonderful 😊
Where I work we used to get flour in 8l buckets with lids that we were throwing out constantly. Being a bit of a hoarder, i started taking them home. I fill them with shredded paper and cardboard, then cover with the grey water from my washing machine. Leave them for a couple of weeks, blitz with a paint mixer, then pour into another bucket with holes drilled in the bottom. I then use the bucket I soaked them in to press down and push the moisture out. In the Australian summer, only takes a week for them to dry and they were burning for about an hour.
My recycling bin goes out about once every 2 months, i shred all the cardboard by hand while im watching tv, keeps my hands busy and keeps me off my phone. Free heat, and less phone addiction.
This is brilliant Jake. Thanks for sharing.
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Hi, I love your videos. Watching this, I am not convinced you are losing much by allowing water to drain away. You would need to collect the water and let it evaporate to collect what is left over. I suspect the water has dissolved tannins and maybe some humates in it. You would have to start with and press a known amount of biomass, such as 500 g, and keep the water in half of the samples and allow the water to drain away from half. You would then weigh them periodically until the samples are completely dry. I am convinced the weights would be similar, and you would not lose that much material in the water. You would also be able to speed up the drying time. Just my thought. Thanks again for taking the time to put these together.
Thank you 👍 not losing much. But it's the way it shrinks back when it's wetter. It's noticeable. I can't remember how well they burn.
I'll have to go through the pad and compare two similar mixes and see.
I appreciate I'm not a scientist.
@@twcmaker Interesting, I never considered that. I work with commercial fruit growers. Our local cherry industry has thousands of tons of waste in cherry pits annually. I have been experimenting with turning them into biomass bricks, charcoal, etc. I think I have been over-compressing the bricks with a hydraulic press. I'll make some batches where I do not squeeze the water out and see what happens. Thank you
I believe just about everyone on RUclips is doing them wrong.. (I should say, they could do them better)
The liquid helps. They see it as squeezing the water out to get dry quicker. That's what I did too. But when you leave the liquid in, there's definitely a shrink back to more solid. In fact look at my last 3 videos. I cut a briquette in half on the bandsaw and went quiet (for a second or so) when I saw an air pocket. They're normally more solid. I must have just squeezed too hard that time.
You do know that Bio bean who make the Coffee logs.
I believe that they have one or two problems with their manufacturing. Because their log expands back out in heat. Makes loads of cracks and burns faster. Imo
Just found out they've gone bust.
This is fantastic. I've made contact with a guy who has plenty of wood shavings, so now I'll be making myself this press! Thank you very much for your knowledge and experimentation.
Oh brilliant 👍 👍 👍 thank you for coming back and telling us.
Where are you from? and have you subscribed..? (I can't remember all of the subscribers 🙈😂)
Jamie
@@twcmaker Yorkshire, and have shared it with friends who are all across Britain, Europe, and America.
I watched an earlier video of yours when it was recommended to me just after I failed at making my own with wax as an ingredient.
I hope this knowledge gets widely put to use. It can really save some folk even.
Thank you. I know in Chicago they were interested in helping homeless make these, some to sell, some to keep homeless warm through the Winter, and save waste in burning refuse or landfill.
It's pretty amazing how something so simple can change people's lives.
I appreciate what you've done. Thank you
Jamie
If you take a 1litre plastic milk bottle and cut the bottom off at a diagonal it works well as a scoop for filling bird feeders so should also do well for getting the mix into the press.
Ahhh yes 👌 I'll have a look to see if it'll work with what we have.
Brilliant thank you
Jamie
I've cut a bottle up. It's too flimsy. Need a plan b. It was worth a try. Thank you
Thanks for sharing .... A Brilliant 'Simple Method' of making the Briquettes .... Now .... Having made Cheese for a Long Time , Haven't made for years now .... :-) :-) :-) .... That 'Piece of Wood' ... In cheesemaking it has a Very Discriptive name .... It is called, wait for it .... " Follower " ... as it 'Follows' the Diameter as the Length is reducing .... :-) :-) :-) Best to ALL from ChCh, NZ
I love that. Thank you. I'll be calling it a follower from now on and referencing your comment. ' Follower' perfect 👌
Thank you
Good to show people how to make them using everyday items. I'm sure people will adapt this depending on their capabilities - like make wooden discs for either end. You could make a funnel out of a plastic bottle - maybe a laundry type bottle which has a wider neck/opening? - to put the mix in the tin. Great stuff Jamie, love watching these even though we don't have a fire but do have a local woodworker who supplies us with shavings and sawdust for our compost heap so might need to get a firepit!
Imagine sitting outside late Summer, fire pit warming you and Clive, hot drinks or soup.. Watching the Sun set.
The process of letting the mixture compost was something I haven’t seen in other videos very interesting.
Ahh. You should look through my playlist Making & Burning Briquettes 🔥🔥🔥.
Compost method was a happy accident. Nobody else does it yet.
Coffee = 20-30% hotter. Composted = longer burn.. Much longer. I wouldn't make them if it didn't work.
There are large mouth funnels used for canning food that may help you fill your tins. Alternatively, the top of a detergent bottle or some other large mouthed bottle can have the bottom cut off and used as a funnel. Have a look around.
@@ronyerke9250 Thank you. I'll keep looking.
Love that can and jar press is a brilliant idea. Looking forward to see how they burn.
I should do weight comparisons. 👍
I'll make some notes tomorrow
Hi I love your videos.The container itself makes a good scoop you could make two at a time or many and I would make a good press out of wood clamps or just regular clamps, clamped to the table.
Thank you. Yes there are options to take that may suit you better.
I've got a few of these to make this morning 😁
Jamie
Thanks man!
1. A trimmed down traffic bollard (top & bottom) will make a funnel.
2. A turned cylinder might be slightly safer than a glass jar & can have differing diameter ends.
4. soil pipe might prove a suitable alternative mould.
Great stuff, which I see involves even more recycling. I'll try it out myself, as I have two batches fermenting/composting as we speak in my greenhouse.
@@ashleyhoward8926 I don't know how big your Log burner is but soils pipe here in the UK is 6". That's way too big for my 4.5kw stove. And with bigger briquettes, comes the longer drying times.
Its a balance 👍
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Jamie
@@twcmaker Cheers Jamie, I live I Northumberland, UK. I have often used plastic 110mm soil pipe, but typically have none to hand, now I want a bit. I like your recycling supermarket materials idea & will try it, along with turning a double ended piston for a pipe of some sort.
Also gardeners in a potting shed use a large tray about the size of your large pieces of paper. It's similar to a drawer with a lowered front, for"potting up" on the bench, . Perhaps 8"+ back & sides, but the front just 2" or so. Just tip a bucket full of compost in there & fill the central pot by hand & any spillages don't matter.
My 4kw Morso Squirrel has a small firebox as well, so only small logs here as too..
So this was good for you. 👍
I've got the top of a washing machine (formica covered chipboard) I might make it into a potting type 'thing' you just mentioned. Thank you. Moves it a bit further. I could turn a single piston with a handle in the middle and both diameters 🤔 It could work well.
I just wanted this video to be for everyone.
Brilliant. Definitely going to try this 👍🏻
Please do!
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@@twcmaker yes I’ve subscribed 😊I’ll share on fb too. Such a great use for waste products. My friend wants to try growing mushrooms as well.
I tried Blue Oyster mushrooms. They grew brilliantly. It was amazing. I just had to much going on to care for them properly.
So I've put the mycelium under a tree next to my compost bin in our garden. I'm now looking forward to Spring. Hopefully I'll get a proper outdoor, in the Wild crop of wonderful mushrooms.
Thank you for sharing 👍👍
Jamie
Love it mate
@@AbellTo Thanks Darren 👍 This sort of thing, and some of what you do, should be seen in schools.
@@twcmaker totally agree mate, get the creative minds going to solve problems
@AbellTo Are you well Darren. I saw your last video. Make sure you look after you too. (And the little one too)
@@twcmaker I’m ok mate, totally exhausted but coping ok.
@@twcmaker thanks Jamie for asking
❤ wonderful Idea using kitchen items to make briquettes 🟤🟫. Everyone can make briquettes with this technique 🎉🎉. Great Work Jamie as Always. Greetings
Thank you Tim. I appreciate the support.
Jamie
Interesting
Thank you. Currently heating my living room. Nice and warm in here this evening.
Were you searching for this or just on your home page?
Love it, like 50/50 coffee and shavings mix, plus time to merge together. I think adding dust is not as good for the briquettes structure as shawings. Just coffee and wood shavings thats brilient! Greetings!
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@@twcmaker Yes, and i ask you like a year ago to try coffee and wood wool :) Shavings works just great!
Thank you. Well thank you. I don't have wood wool though. I think we've lost something in translation.
Good stuff, man.
Cheers Vince 👍
I'd love to see a comparison to natural peat in its burn time and heat output.
Me too. Not sure where I can get some. Or if anyone reading this would like a couple of my briquettes to try out, I'd be up for that.
Jamie
you just need a funnel... and the simplest funnel is just a cone with an open end... and to make a cone you just need something flat and firm that you can roll into a cone... and you don't even really need a full cone, a half cone will do... and a half "cone" can just be a single fold in a sheet of firm cardboard or something
@@Tigregalis I like it. I'll be on the lookout for something suitable.
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Jamie
If you get those fancy can openers that open it without the sharp edges it also pops back on and off nicely.
This might be possible for me as a small operation 😂😂
Perhaps a PVC pipe might be an option to fit in the random jar you end up with.
@@rafaelunplugged Try what you have around you. Especially if it's out of the kitchen cupboards. Even more recycling ♻ reuse, re-purpose.
A jam funnel has a nice wide brim and would help to get your mixture in the tin without spilling.
Thank you. I'll keep an eye out for one.
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Yes, subscribed straight away, great channel !
I really appreciate that thank you. 👍 Welcome Miska!
Amazing work you absolute scientist, how do they compare in burn to your square shaped one
@@Demonslate I don't know yet. The first batch won't be ready for another couple of weeks. They're bound to burn faster because they're 20-30% smaller. But they should be a good alternative on the fire. Easier to pile up and the flames can lap around the curves.
They are from the same batch I've made square ones. So a direct comparison will be defined by shape only.
Really looking forward to it. Maybe Augusts Briquette video will be burning these. 🤔
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I csnt wait to see the results in winter. I wounder if and how much konger they burn when water hasnt been drained from them.
Hi there, nice work with the coffee grounds briquettes. And very very nice cabinet work.
Can I ask a few capitalist/reductionist questions?
-How many Kg of pressed briquettes can you produce in an hour of work?
-How much do you pay per Kg of woodfuel where you live?
-How much do you pay per Kg of woodpellets where you live?
@@HaconoEstufasyEnergia Why. I'm making use of my waste dust and heating my home during the Winter months. They are mainly made in my free time. In this video I made 26 briquettes in 35 minutes and was filming too.
I don't need wood pellets and can't use them on my Log burner and don't know how much they are.
Remember I'm making use if my waste dust and creating heat. It's not about money
Jamie
"Brilliant" Jamie. GR8 to see your subscribers have tripled. All the best Pete NSW.
Thanks Pete. I appreciate the support. How's the Winter going in NSW?
@@twcmaker Your very welcome Jamie. Night temps' are a tad above average which is GR8. Never drops below 4c here in the Far N/E NSW HERE at good elevation. All the best Pete. 👍
Wow. Never drops below 4° c. That would be wonderful. I think over the last few years we've had it drop to -6° a few times. And when it did it was a few nights in a row. Not keen on very cold nights.
Enjoy the +4° 👌
Jamie
@@twcmaker Being born year of the Snake Jamie, I very much dislike the COLD. 😂I DON"T know HOW people can handle living in the Minus c during the Day. No doubt being born there they are USED to it. All BEST Pete.
The Worcester briquette maker
I know 🙈. I've even called myself that on occasions. Unfortunately RUclips knows what it's doing. Its punishing me if I don't post at least one post per month about Briquettes.
That's why I've started saying at the beginning 'I'm a woodworker who makes Briquettes" to try to get RUclips to recognise my woodworking.
glue the wood disk to the bottom of the jar
It's an option. Actually the mix does stick to it. I might be better off with another tin lid stuck to the wooden piece. We will see.
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7:50 I'd use a marmelade funnel
@@corwinwhitehorn7759 what's a Marmalade funnel?
@@twcmaker It's a funnel (stainless or plastic) used to put marmelade in jars. It comes in different diameters.
I didn't know this was a thing
The videos of the briquettes are entertaining and interesting to watch. The research and testing is fun to watch and you learn to make it yourself ❤ A little question does it smell of coffee when you burn it 🤔🙂 Best wishes from Norway 🇳🇴
@@dillerud95 thank you for watching.
When the mix has been left a few weeks the smell is reduced to about 10%. Then as the Briquettes dry, the smell goes. Once they are fully dried there is no smell at all.
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@@twcmaker oh yeah I'm a subscriber I went subscribing after two videos. So the blue flame you showed us is yhat the oil in the coffee that made the blue flame. 🤔 You made me curious. Thanks for making good entertainment and educational videos for us all to enjoy 😉
I've been told the blue flame is the gasification almost like when making charcoal (I think it's the fumes burning off during heat)
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@@twcmaker 🙂 aha well now I know. Have a great day
And you.
Jamie
5:19 1-2 month, mixed with water. This step seems like you allow for mycelium to spread? It makes it a bit more clumpy, but basically compost away some of the heating value (negative). Does the briquette not stay together, if the 1-2 month period is shortened significantly (like a few days?). Or can this step be skipped, if the finished briquette is kept moist for the first week, after forming it?
From other compost experiment i have done, this process produce a somewhat strong bond withing days/a single week, 1-2 month seems long?
Also, you talked about turning the briquette every day. If you place it on some kind of bar or grate, you dont need to turn it. It will allow air below the briquette.
I was a bit supriced, the heating value of used coffee grounds are higher than woodpellets, when comparing at the same moisture %, due to some oils. It is a excellent fuel.
I think i will try to make a few. I will try to make a larger mold, aiming for 15 x 15 x 50 cm.
@@bsod5608 That's great. Let us know how it goes 👍👍👍
Jamie
Thanks a lot for all the information! I wondered: Did you ever try making briquettes only with sawdust and coffee, without the shavings? I only have dust & coffee at home, so any advice would be appreciated. Thanks again! 🙂
Hi I have tried these. They fall apart. The curly shavings help hold the briquettes together. You could try.. Actually, I could try something that I think would work.
And more content for either later this month, or August.
I'll trial it tomorrow 👍
Great question thank you
@@twcmaker Hey, thanks for the response and investing your time in this! Greatly appreciated! 🙂
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Jamie
Greetings from a Brit in Germany. Nice to hear a West Midlands accent (I studied in Stoke) I am fascinated with "coffee logs" and recipes. I have been saving all my waste coffee for ages. Tell me can you include waste paper in this mix as well as waste sawdust? Do you think these "peat" briquettes might be useful to bake bread in a Dutch Oven experiment?
@@arcadia1081 You can add paper if you want to pad it out. Not sure how that would work with the compost mix. Brown cardboard ripped up might do much better. Anyhow, still leave it to decompose.
I'm going to try my Pizza oven next month 👍 See how that goes.
How's Germany treating you?
@@twcmaker Thank you for the reply! You are motivating me to try this whole thing out now! Ah, next question! How long does that coffee/sawdust mix have to ferment in the bucket?
Oh my Lord we have a lot in common. I spent winter learning to bake good bread and a pizza oven is on the list (Kiko Denzer's book is the bible). Check out my garden on my channel - I grow my own food and have a horse manure hot bed. I also build stuff from pallets (nothing like your artworks though!)
Could the bricks be made using junk mail instead? Does paper burn hot enough to get the coffee grounds to burn? Just asking before I try it.
Hi. I'm not experienced in burning paper. I do know from someone that shiny magazine type paper takes longer to breakdown and doesn't burn well. Brown card and cardboard breaks down faster and would decompose better.
Try it out, experiment and learn what works for you. Then pop back and tell us how you've got on.
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Is there any concern of burning wood shavings and dust from wood that’s been chemically treated.
I think firstly it depends on the laws of burning in your country.
When you say chemically treated, is it just a bit of dust from home improvements or you can get tons from a business 'up the road'
I don't use any chemically treated but do burn some that's heat treated. From what I've read in some timber treatment companies on their website. It's just treated just heat and carefully done. Not dipped/sprayed in chemicals.
So in my position with furniture grade timber, old parts of trees and the occasional (Well used and worn) pallet etc. I'm not worried at all. My chimney is swept regularly and I don't burn it too hot or too cold.
I think if you're only using it on 5-10% of you fire fuel, it should be okay.
Jamie
If i were to try and find a wood worker to see if i could take his waste shavings, what would i look up? Would you say there would be something in each town that would have waste wood shavings? My dad used to empty the skip of an mdf furniture factory to burn on his fire. I wounder if somewhere like that would have shavings. (Although no help to me since i dont live anywhere near there)
Hi. MDF waste is not as good as real wood shavings. Where are you? Look for local wood shops, small furniture makers, joinery shops. I hope this helps. Come back and ket me know how you get on.
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MDF smoke is poisonous.
True.
If I can’t get hold of any sawdust is cardboard ok to use?
Ripped or torn cardboard can be used. If the mold really bothers you, then you could cover all of the mix with water. Left under cover outside it would naturally start to evaporate as the decomposing process begins. Mix well and often (once or twice a week) if you are concerned. I'm not an expert at this. I'm learning it myself too. 👍
Jamie
@@twcmaker brilliant this coffee method sounds like it’ll be nicer smelling than the horse 💩 method I originally got my press for last year 😂😂😂 I was thinking of wetting the cardboard down for a few days then blending it up with a plaster mixer and laying it on top of the coffee grounds. My cousin has a coffee shop so should have plenty available. Would a 70/30 coffee to cardboard be about right? And then only wet enough so that it holds its shape when squeezed by hand then leave for a coupe of months with a mix every few days? Love the content by the way and very grateful and in awe of how meticulously you are 😂👍
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I have no idea how the cardboard reactes with the Coffee. And by the way.. Horse poo 💩 nice. They use it to burn in other countries around the World.
One more question. I’ve got a press like the one you use but would it be worth selling it and using the tin can method as that looks very quick and I’ll get less grief from the Mrs as it won’t be taking up a load of space in the garage 😂
😂 😂 😂 😂 I think you've answered the question yourself 😂
It's it safe to breath the smoke of burning compost?
Once dried and down to less than 8% moisture content. There's very little smoke at all. So much less than Wood. And we do have a chimney that the smoke goes up, and the door on the log burner to keep smoke inside the fire and chimney.
Smoke is never safe to breathe
What if you had a large PVC pipe
Like 5ft long
Then a PVC inside it to press
Then you push out a 5ft brick and made 1ft cuts. Lol
😂 Its an option. I like them small and finished size, so I don't have to handle them again. 👍
Hello! I’m from Argentina, maybe you have information in a question i have been doing myself for a while now... do you believe that hop bagasse (bagasse from beer production) may be used and may be a good heat kcal producer for a mixture with pine in the production of pine briquettes? Would you try also mixing it with coffee grounds leftovers? (sorry if my English is not perfect, its not my main language)
Yes, absolutely. Try different mixes and burns. See how it goes. Then choose the one direction that looks the most promising.
Have fun. Let me know how you get on.
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Great job finding a way to shape them without a press! What I find my mind wondering about now is .... when they installed the wood insert into the fireplace, they instructed us to use birch or ..... pine I think it was (but not beetle kill). It had to do with the buildup of stuff in the burning process. So... what I am wondering is what buildup do the briquettes cause?
Also, last time I mentioned the charcoal... I wanted to link a video to you of a guy using the process of making charcoal to heat his house. ( ruclips.net/video/jxBUqk2M3Y8/видео.htmlsi=SNabATye7bARZ2Vb) What I wonder is if the briquettes would last longer in this process. I am currently not set up to do any kind of testing yet, but I am curious... !
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I think at the point where I've found the optimum mix, the best recipe. I can then take that further by trying the charcoal method you've mentioned. I've come much further than most with these briquettes by composting them. I think fine tuning could get another hour of burning. I'd love to get a 3 hour burn. Still a way to go.
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Jamie
What is the name of the press you are using?
I wouldn't bother with that press now. In my opinion, the new ones aren't the same quality.
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for how long can it burn
This size, shape, I don't know yet. They're still drying. The square ones in the other videos burn for over 2 hours every time. Here's a link to the latest video ruclips.net/video/nVh93Sw4eRQ/видео.html
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