A thought I had while watching - rather than putting the shredded paper into the solid bucket and then decanting it into the perforated bucket, you could start with the perforated bucket inside a solid bucket, load the paper in and soak it. Then, you pull the perforated bucket out, dump the excess water, return it and compress it with the third bucket as you did. It would remove a step and limit double-handling/mess. Either way, the perforated bucket idea is a great one.
Kudos to you for reprocessing wastepaper into a useable product, and especially for sharing the experience with your kids. They may not remember this particular experience, but they will remember how Dad always included them when he worked so they could learn. I learned so much just holding the flashlight when my Dad was working on the cars.
I had one of those machines back in the 90's. They burnt well on the embers of the fire. Get the kids making those and sell them to the neighbourhood. Great video. Commented before the end of video and saw the burning part. Really does work. Another thing, I use dishwash and water to bind it.
Happy to see the little ones to get involed as family fun project. I like your ideas instead of just burning it. I think i can also use paper brick as insulation for my plants in the winter time as well. Thanks for sharing
I've made a few bricks so far they turn well with the press but excited to see how mixing sawdust makes them burn better especially since many places just give sawdust away for free!
Just seen this. Excellent dad science/recycling lesson. Im going to try this with my grandson. Thanks for taking the time to upload this. Stay safe& well
So i made a bunch of these last year to take camping with us. being very budget restricted i just used an old loaf pan and a mesh strainer. i find that they burn well with a hole through the center, and word around the internet is things like spent coffee and tea grounds, saw dust, and dried leaves added to the pulp mix can help add to burn time. Now being unemployed I'm gonna start making these again to sell. I've also read that if you want to burn these indoors in a fire place or woodstove to avoid using things with colored inks due to fumes that can make you sick.
The bricks that i made last year I got a burn time of 25 to 30 minutes. We used these for summer camp fires. They are very lightweight and easy to travel with. Thanks for the tips.
I have done that for about 10 years when I was owning my house , now i’m mostly on my sailboat so I sold the house , so for the paper brick I have a friend who has a company that insert other special offer in Walmart weekly paper , home-depot and many others , he receive all that paper from printer then it’s inserted by machine or manually by 10’S or workers then some machine fold it , strapped on pallets then ship on distributors futon be delivered at home , but the printer alway print a lot more , sometimes 3 or 4 pallets more and the distributor don’t want them so my friend sell it for paper recycling, so I can take couple palettes from time to time since he has about 100 palettes a weeks to sent to CASCADE CANADA , i’m in Quebec Canada to make various paper products, so to make my fire paper brick I took an old cement mixer and I welded some plate inside to make some more splash , so I load the mixer as mush as possible with paper and just the Wright amount of water , it took some time to figure the good quantity, and I let it turn for 3 hours it contain about 400 lbs of dry paper , yes it’s a medium mixer , to make the brick I took a 6X6 steel tube by 16 inches long and for pressing the pulp I have find in a scrap yard an old 10 ton hydraulic press , I bought a new 24 stroke cylinder and a power unit , so when the mixer has blended the pulp just write I pour it in a large tub and I scoop with a small bucket as much water as I can then I go to the press , with a big spatula I fill up the 6X16 tube full then I press until I was reaching 1200 psi on the gage , on the head of the cylinder there was a scare block welded that was 1/8 smaller than the inside of the 6X6 tube but by pressing the pulp some pulp was getting between both so I was lifting the ram about 6 inches putting 2 parallel then going down again then the paper brick was getting out or the 6X6 and the pulp between ram block and 6X6 was falling so I was able to lift the ram all the way up , lower the 6X6 , fill it full again and start and other cycle . When I sold my house my friend bought my kit and he has 4 employees that made bricks 24/24 , he sell them , he has unlimited free paper all year and all the place to make them . He press 4 bricks at the same time now , it requires 3000 psi to get a good compaction .
Just finished watching a video with the 4 bricks being made. Someone commented on this channel. So here I am. Lot of technical jargon in your setup. At the end of the day, its only for burning.
Add potatoe starch. If your burning in a stove it lowers how much soot sticks to the stove pipe. Also it slightly increases burn time due to the binding effect it has with the pulp. Add sugar or corn syrup and it will increase how hot it burns.
Nice, making videos with your kids could be a unique content. Wanted to know if it could be used for construction, like could it be relevant with cement?
I don’t think so. The bricks are very lightweight, but they burn in the camp fire for a long time. (25-30 minutes). Clean burn plus recycling out of the landfill. 😜👍🏽thinks for the comment.
I am looking to get back into doing this meaning I want to get a wood stove for my home I like the convenience of pellets but it is much more difficult to make your own pellets than it is to make your own bricks I have one of the little Northern tool machines that you can use to press four bricks at a time One concern I have for me the primary objective here is cost saving money That's the only point to me Shredding is a definite necessity to get this done right in my opinion I haven't had a chance to collect any data yet so I'm wondering if maybe you've collected it? So my question is how many BTUs do you get out of 19 lb worth of shredded material and how much electricity did it cost you to shred 19 lb of material? I'm looking into using solar power to run the shredder so that my cost for shredding is zero because one of my concerns is that the electricity used to do all the shredding would exceed the cost of simply buying that many BTUs of fuel I hope to see more videos from you on this!
Thanks. I have a handful, more activities regarding recycling. So I have those videos are coming pretty soon. Stay tuned and describe, hit The subscribe button if you want to see them. Thanks again take care.
Question for you…why leave the paper to soak so long? Ive made these bricks after only 5 minutes of wetting the paper? My challenge is waiting for the bricks to dry. I wonder if putting them in a low temp oven would help them dry out faster? Do you have an opinion? Thanks!
Great question. I don’t really have a good answer for my two day wait I think I want all the paper to break down better. And for the drying process I use a hot tin roof in summer time. We get a very dry heat here in Nebraska. I think my wife would not be happy I use the oven for my dad experiments. 🤣 but it is crazy how much bigger we can accumulate just a month’s time. That care. 👍🏽
Are these bricks safe for heating homes in wood burning stoves for inside a home? Any extra soot? More so than wood? Is there a concern with the ink/ chemicals in the paper/ cardboard? Just trying to figure all this out so I can be very safe when using such bricks myself.
I just use them for camp fires. They don’t have smell. I don’t know a way to test them. In the summer we use a lot of them. We they burn they burn like wood. I know paper is wood but they smoke up just burn.
Amazon : Paper Log Briquette Maker, DIY Recycle Newspaper Briquette Maker Heavy Duty Iron Paper Log Brick for Heating Fire Stove Black 10 x 5 x 3.2inch All different kinds, fun stuff.
Amazon : Paper Log Briquette Maker, DIY Recycle Newspaper Briquette Maker Heavy Duty Iron Paper Log Brick for Heating Fire Stove Black 10 x 5 x 3.2inch All different kinds, fun stuff.
They are right! If you don’t watch it, they were slip right off When you are pushing down on them. It sounds weird, but I still recommend them because I couldn’t find anything else that made bricks the size.
@eddiewrightdenny74 i ordered the really nice multimate press from europe. Its pricey but I plan on making tons of these. But im gonna try cheap amazon one until it arrives
Mi spiace tanto fare il guastafeste...ma... 1) Bruciare carta di giornale è altamente inquinante. Tanto che in Svizzera è vietato. L'attuale carta di giornale e un composto chimico assai lontano dalla materia di partenza, gli alberi. 2) Meglio che i giornali, compreso riviste, libri, ecc... vengano messi nei cassonetti e riciclati per fare altra carta.
@@eddiewrightdenny74 ... Ok...I'm so sorry to spoil the party... but... 1) Burning newsprint is highly polluting. So much so that in Switzerland it is prohibited. The current newsprint is a chemical compound very far from the starting matter, trees. 2) Better than newspapers, including magazines, books, etc... are put in bins and recycled to make more paper.
@@eddiewrightdenny74 So, as a good man, make another video advising against newspaper. And in which cardboard is used to which you add dry leaves, grass, dried and combustible kitchen scraps, etc... What do you say?
1) I live in USA. 2) I was burning paper. Not newspaper. 3) grass, saw dust, and other organic materials great idea. I made these videos for creative outlook not trying to change anybody’s mind. Just trying to show what’s in my going through my mind.
Recycled paper goes into the landfill unless there is a program at the time that a business buys and/or takes it you can call your local waste management and ask them yourself. Not only is this actually recycling it but it also makes you less reliant on the government. Win win
It's so nice you have your kids helping. They are cute.
Great instructional video. But I gotta say my favorite parts were the interaction with the kids! I loved it all!
Thanks for the comment. I try to have mad dad skills 😂
A thought I had while watching - rather than putting the shredded paper into the solid bucket and then decanting it into the perforated bucket, you could start with the perforated bucket inside a solid bucket, load the paper in and soak it. Then, you pull the perforated bucket out, dump the excess water, return it and compress it with the third bucket as you did. It would remove a step and limit double-handling/mess. Either way, the perforated bucket idea is a great one.
Props for being a good dad and teaching your kids via hands on learning! Nice video!
Thanks. I try to do my best.
SO cute that you involved all the kids (even the infant) in the process. You're a great Dad!
Kudos to you for reprocessing wastepaper into a useable product, and especially for sharing the experience with your kids. They may not remember this particular experience, but they will remember how Dad always included them when he worked so they could learn. I learned so much just holding the flashlight when my Dad was working on the cars.
Thank you for the kind words. I needed that today.😀👍
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I had one of those machines back in the 90's. They burnt well on the embers of the fire. Get the kids making those and sell them to the neighbourhood. Great video. Commented before the end of video and saw the burning part. Really does work. Another thing, I use dishwash and water to bind it.
I wish I had RUclips when I was a kid, I would’ve made a lot more things than I did. Thanks for the comment.
Happy to see the little ones to get involed as family fun project. I like your ideas instead of just burning it. I think i can also use paper brick as insulation for my plants in the winter time as well. Thanks for sharing
Love you Dad!🌹💗Three Bundles are very Chicky 💗
Sorry The Forth arrived late,So Qute!❤️❤️❤️❤️
i have been watching many "brick out of paper" but this was the funniest. Great audience you have...
Thanks for that! Or a fun bunch😜👍🏽
I've made a few bricks so far they turn well with the press but excited to see how mixing sawdust makes them burn better especially since many places just give sawdust away for free!
Hey thanks for the comment. That’s good to know about the Sawdust We have a couple saw mill around here but I can ask to get a couple bagfuls.
Just seen this. Excellent dad science/recycling lesson. Im going to try this with my grandson. Thanks for taking the time to upload this.
Stay safe& well
Thanks for the comment. Go luck. If you run into any trouble I’m here to help. 👍🏽
So i made a bunch of these last year to take camping with us. being very budget restricted i just used an old loaf pan and a mesh strainer. i find that they burn well with a hole through the center, and word around the internet is things like spent coffee and tea grounds, saw dust, and dried leaves added to the pulp mix can help add to burn time. Now being unemployed I'm gonna start making these again to sell. I've also read that if you want to burn these indoors in a fire place or woodstove to avoid using things with colored inks due to fumes that can make you sick.
The bricks that i made last year I got a burn time of 25 to 30 minutes. We used these for summer camp fires. They are very lightweight and easy to travel with. Thanks for the tips.
Thank you, I'm going to try this.
Way to be a Dad, brother. Your kids are going to be Somebody!
I have done that for about 10 years when I was owning my house , now i’m mostly on my sailboat so I sold the house , so for the paper brick I have a friend who has a company that insert other special offer in Walmart weekly paper , home-depot and many others , he receive all that paper from printer then it’s inserted by machine or manually by 10’S or workers then some machine fold it , strapped on pallets then ship on distributors futon be delivered at home , but the printer alway print a lot more , sometimes 3 or 4 pallets more and the distributor don’t want them so my friend sell it for paper recycling, so I can take couple palettes from time to time since he has about 100 palettes a weeks to sent to CASCADE CANADA , i’m in Quebec Canada to make various paper products, so to make my fire paper brick I took an old cement mixer and I welded some plate inside to make some more splash , so I load the mixer as mush as possible with paper and just the Wright amount of water , it took some time to figure the good quantity, and I let it turn for 3 hours it contain about 400 lbs of dry paper , yes it’s a medium mixer , to make the brick I took a 6X6 steel tube by 16 inches long and for pressing the pulp I have find in a scrap yard an old 10 ton hydraulic press , I bought a new 24 stroke cylinder and a power unit , so when the mixer has blended the pulp just write I pour it in a large tub and I scoop with a small bucket as much water as I can then I go to the press , with a big spatula I fill up the 6X16 tube full then I press until I was reaching 1200 psi on the gage , on the head of the cylinder there was a scare block welded that was 1/8 smaller than the inside of the 6X6 tube but by pressing the pulp some pulp was getting between both so I was lifting the ram about 6 inches putting 2 parallel then going down again then the paper brick was getting out or the 6X6 and the pulp between ram block and 6X6 was falling so I was able to lift the ram all the way up , lower the 6X6 , fill it full again and start and other cycle .
When I sold my house my friend bought my kit and he has 4 employees that made bricks 24/24 , he sell them , he has unlimited free paper all year and all the place to make them .
He press 4 bricks at the same time now , it requires 3000 psi to get a good compaction .
Just finished watching a video with the 4 bricks being made. Someone commented on this channel. So here I am. Lot of technical jargon in your setup. At the end of the day, its only for burning.
@@fullcircle4723 yes but the guy make lot of money from free paper
This is so awesome and the kids are so cute. Good job day and thank you for giving me an idea to do with my kids.
Your kids are adorable.
Love the video, Lovely kids,
Thanks for the comment. They won't be little kids for long, so these little video are a great memory time capsule for our family. Thanks again.
@@eddiewrightdenny74 God bless your sweet family 💙
You have a lovely family.
Adding sawdust really makes a difference
Well done
Thanks
Next plastic bricks.
Add potatoe starch. If your burning in a stove it lowers how much soot sticks to the stove pipe. Also it slightly increases burn time due to the binding effect it has with the pulp. Add sugar or corn syrup and it will increase how hot it burns.
Sweet I’ve never heard of that. What a great tip. Thanks again.
😃bro.lam learning it🇵🇬
Nice, making videos with your kids could be a unique content.
Wanted to know if it could be used for construction, like could it be relevant with cement?
I don’t think so. The bricks are very lightweight, but they burn in the camp fire for a long time. (25-30 minutes). Clean burn plus recycling out of the landfill. 😜👍🏽thinks for the comment.
I am looking to get back into doing this meaning I want to get a wood stove for my home I like the convenience of pellets but it is much more difficult to make your own pellets than it is to make your own bricks I have one of the little Northern tool machines that you can use to press four bricks at a time
One concern I have for me the primary objective here is cost saving money That's the only point to me
Shredding is a definite necessity to get this done right in my opinion I haven't had a chance to collect any data yet so I'm wondering if maybe you've collected it?
So my question is how many BTUs do you get out of 19 lb worth of shredded material and how much electricity did it cost you to shred 19 lb of material? I'm looking into using solar power to run the shredder so that my cost for shredding is zero because one of my concerns is that the electricity used to do all the shredding would exceed the cost of simply buying that many BTUs of fuel
I hope to see more videos from you on this!
Great video and a fun activity for the kids. What is the heat output? Warmish, warm or hot?
Thanks. I have a handful, more activities regarding recycling. So I have those videos are coming pretty soon. Stay tuned and describe, hit The subscribe button if you want to see them. Thanks again take care.
Could those bricks be used as insulation material?
It looks like wood because it's papper of different kinds of paper that's from trees but cool video
Little things are trilling to me at any given time. I’m a very simple man. Thanks watching.
1. You have a beautiful family. 2. Thanks for this video. 3. Where did you get the brick form?
Thank you. Amazon. Paper brick tool, they have single ones,they have triple ones, and even go up to six bricks in on mold.
Question for you…why leave the paper to soak so long? Ive made these bricks after only 5 minutes of wetting the paper? My challenge is waiting for the bricks to dry. I wonder if putting them in a low temp oven would help them dry out faster? Do you have an opinion? Thanks!
Great question. I don’t really have a good answer for my two day wait I think I want all the paper to break down better. And for the drying process I use a hot tin roof in summer time. We get a very dry heat here in Nebraska. I think my wife would not be happy I use the oven for my dad experiments. 🤣 but it is crazy how much bigger we can accumulate just a month’s time. That care. 👍🏽
Are these bricks safe for heating homes in wood burning stoves for inside a home?
Any extra soot? More so than wood?
Is there a concern with the ink/ chemicals in the paper/ cardboard?
Just trying to figure all this out so I can be very safe when using such bricks myself.
I just use them for camp fires. They don’t have smell. I don’t know a way to test them. In the summer we use a lot of them. We they burn they burn like wood. I know paper is wood but they smoke up just burn.
I like the metal press. Where to get that?
Amazon :
Paper Log Briquette Maker, DIY Recycle Newspaper Briquette Maker Heavy Duty Iron Paper Log Brick for Heating Fire Stove Black 10 x 5 x 3.2inch
All different kinds, fun stuff.
I had one of those. The metal always bent when I squeezed the water out.
I know what you mean if you weren’t careful, it would slip off the metal pegs and I must have a bad accident. I was took it nice and easy.
How strong it is?
Did you use the shiney, ads or that kind of magazine paper? Don't. Not good for inside fires.
No shiny ads. I have tried adding sawdust to the mix & dry leaves also. I think this will work pretty well. Have you make any before.
Where can i get that tool you used to make the bricks...
Amazon :
Paper Log Briquette Maker, DIY Recycle Newspaper Briquette Maker Heavy Duty Iron Paper Log Brick for Heating Fire Stove Black 10 x 5 x 3.2inch
All different kinds, fun stuff.
I press tiles and have a pneumatic and hydraulic press. Molds plus paper=🔥🚀🌞 maybe even building bricks
Sounds like a great setup. 😜👍🏽
I saw reviews said the handles are weak and bend easy...true?
They are right! If you don’t watch it, they were slip right off When you are pushing down on them. It sounds weird, but I still recommend them because I couldn’t find anything else that made bricks the size.
@eddiewrightdenny74 i ordered the really nice multimate press from europe. Its pricey but I plan on making tons of these. But im gonna try cheap amazon one until it arrives
@@peopleschampiii584 good luck!
Where did you get the mold?
How much does one weigh?
I was just watching kids
Where did you get the brick press
Amazon
www.amazon.com/Briquette-Manual-Machine-Household-Recycle/dp/B09WMMHPJ1/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?content-id=amzn1.sym.b40947a2-6ca4-4bcd-871b-14689e937daf&keywords=paper+log+briquette+maker&pd_rd_r=4528e7e7-1adf-414e-af06-7a1626fa0cf4&pd_rd_w=D5DSC&pd_rd_wg=ZO48O&pf_rd_p=b40947a2-6ca4-4bcd-871b-14689e937daf&pf_rd_r=8X3TFMFHGVPZ895NA5Z6&qid=1659156719&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyUjM0WERUSDMxRzA4JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNjM3MTE1M0lCMUM2SE9DNEhPQiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwODk5NDA1M0lKR1VZWDI3OVJMUSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU%3D
add baking soda or bleach to loosen the paper
Mi spiace tanto fare il guastafeste...ma...
1) Bruciare carta di giornale è altamente inquinante. Tanto che in Svizzera è vietato.
L'attuale carta di giornale e un composto chimico assai lontano dalla materia di partenza, gli alberi.
2) Meglio che i giornali, compreso riviste, libri, ecc... vengano messi nei cassonetti e riciclati per fare altra carta.
Can you translate to English please!
@@eddiewrightdenny74 ... Ok...I'm so sorry to spoil the party... but...
1) Burning newsprint is highly polluting. So much so that in Switzerland it is prohibited.
The current newsprint is a chemical compound very far from the starting matter, trees.
2) Better than newspapers, including magazines, books, etc... are put in bins and recycled to make more paper.
@@eddiewrightdenny74 So, as a good man, make another video advising against newspaper. And in which cardboard is used to which you add dry leaves, grass, dried and combustible kitchen scraps, etc... What do you say?
1) I live in USA.
2) I was burning paper. Not newspaper.
3) grass, saw dust, and other organic materials great idea.
I made these videos for creative outlook not trying to change anybody’s mind. Just trying to show what’s in my going through my mind.
porque eres así?
So instead of recycling the paper you wasted electricity and water, to convert it into hazardous smoke..
Rather than a recycling company doing the same then charging for their service?
It's all about learning experience and parents engagement with the kids and learning experience for next generation.
They don't actually recycle the paper anyway. It's been proven a scam over and over again
When you soak the paper in water it washes out the ink so when you burn the paper it’s just like burning wood
Recycled paper goes into the landfill unless there is a program at the time that a business buys and/or takes it you can call your local waste management and ask them yourself. Not only is this actually recycling it but it also makes you less reliant on the government. Win win
Where do you get the mold?
Amazon
www.amazon.com/Briquette-Manual-Machine-Household-Recycle/dp/B09WMMHPJ1/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?content-id=amzn1.sym.b40947a2-6ca4-4bcd-871b-14689e937daf&keywords=paper+log+briquette+maker&pd_rd_r=4528e7e7-1adf-414e-af06-7a1626fa0cf4&pd_rd_w=D5DSC&pd_rd_wg=ZO48O&pf_rd_p=b40947a2-6ca4-4bcd-871b-14689e937daf&pf_rd_r=8X3TFMFHGVPZ895NA5Z6&qid=1659156719&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyUjM0WERUSDMxRzA4JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNjM3MTE1M0lCMUM2SE9DNEhPQiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwODk5NDA1M0lKR1VZWDI3OVJMUSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=