Homemade briquette press

[weasleteets]

Best press I've seen! great job.

[TheKaotic70]

That is a very nice press thank you for posting.

[AndrewKFletcher]

Good video and excellent improvement on your first machine.

[rancheroman1961]

Nice machine...you could get a lot more travel if you designed one with a ratchet style press, this would take advantage of the leverage you have...when you think all the water is gone you would lift the handle and grab another notch allowing you to apply more pressure on your mix...great press non the less, a very nice job...I hope to be building one similar soon.

[madwilliamflint]

Very well done. Thanks very much for posting it. Unfortunately I don't yet know how to weld. But I will find a way to do this.

[aeros135]

For sure ..... but then not everyone has the skills to make one. You might be surprised at the time, cost and thought that goes into designing and making things. My advice was more aimed at the actually mulch, not the machine ..... and the booklet for that is another bonus you didn't cost in.

[aeros135]

An effective design. I've been making fire briquettes for some time now .... and selling my own machines (ebay 180764989808). A couple of points that may be useful for anyone contemplating making briquettes. I make about 30/hr on a single briquette machine. The time is making the mulch and getting the ingredient mix correct. Drying is another issue. I can force dry otherwise it takes a long time. Paper is only the binder no more than 15%. Wood chips/dust is free. It takes practice but works well

[chevysb400]

@aeros135 I bet he made his cheaper and just as efficient.

[dmacosta1]

nice

[859shaun]

Any chance of getting the specs as this looks so good i want to build one as i have been looking at desins for a while and it looks the best thanks

[bob0000010]

Good design and like how it drains well. I would put a sliding locking bolt like on a door with a couple of pieces of rod on the bottom plate so not to have use a clamp. It looked like it was hard to fill so move the handle back and put longer extension to the piston would be eaiser to fill. It look like it has enough leverage so it should not bother it.

[venezualantree]

Fantastic! the leverage is excellent, but means it takes up a lot of space....i would make the handle removable.

[GarageSale365]

Great and simple machine....will be building one soon... you should post your designs some where for easy download... good video

[MrLeonard55]

Very smart idea.

[slocar1]

Thank you for sharing this video, great invention,

Well Done.

[TheRealXesc]

I just saw your other video, where you made the cylinder press. I commented there, but please allow me to say again:

You, sir, are a genious! The world need more people like you! :))

[manicman9764]

Hi there, You say you use 40% paper to 60% sawdust, but is the paper weight dry or wet? Also, how much paper / sawdust would you use in making 20 briqettes, or larger quantities - say 50?

Great machine which has inspired me to make one following your design.

Well done

[hobbyguy]

Keep it simple and that is what you did!

Perfect!!!

[MrErnz23]

can u pls send me steps or procedure on how to make a brequtte?tnx

[crazy650c]

How much paper to how much sawdust? Elegant design....nicely done!

[mladenkorotaj]

@crazy650c 40% paper and 60%sawdust

[manicman9764]

@mladenkorotaj Hi there, You say you use 40% paper to 60% sawdust, but is the paper weight dry or wet? Thanks

[hurricane6907]

@mladenkorotaj Excellent set up. Are the paper and sawdust percentages by weight or volume?

[bigbraveful]

inspirisaala me je tvoja press-a i ja sam namestio slicnu,i funkcionise sve do onog dela kad treba da dobijem gotov briket.Imam problem sa smesom,nije kompaktna i raspada se.evo ti moj mail i molio bih te da se javis jer stvarno ne razumem nesto

mariolawerra@hotmail.com

[MrLeonard55]

Did you have to let the sawdust sit for awhile so it was burnable?

[mladenkorotaj]

@MrLeonard55 from green wood,the sawdust i use is fine so it can press much better

[mrbluenun]

Thank you mladenkorotaj,

This is a sensible press making four good sized briquettes and, not too large so they will fit on modern indoor fires and boilers.

Well thought out and really easy to use. Well done!

mrbluenun

[Chapalaman]

Do you have plans with measurements available? Thanks for the video. I live in Chapala, Mexico and this would be very helpful in this area as fire wood is scarce.

[Iemota21]

I am thinking about updating my car jack press and got a few good ideas from yours thanks for the vid

[AGEOMANOFGAS]

What a great design! I have one suggestion for improvement. Connect your pistons to the compression bar. This way you do not need to handle another separate piece of equipment that could be lost or misplaced.

One of the best I have seen.

Thanx for sharing

Harold

[zoreb]

now i know what i must do with all the sawdust i'm generating at works thanks

[basbrun]

Ingenious. I like the ability to make a lot of briquettes at the same time.

[drannard123]

nice very good

[GRATZIANI2002]

excelent!..good idea!..thanks a lot!..please Mladen, what composition you are using?..saw dust and paper...but how you make the paper pulp and what proportion (%) you use?..Thanks in advance!

[satfoxy]

Thanks again for sharing this amazing videos with us.

A question.

How long you let them dry at the sun before they are ready for use?

[mladenkorotaj]

@satfoxy normaly i let them dry for two days and then you can use this briquettes,1 briquett burn around 1 hour,i love this press,with this press i can make lots of briquettes for 1 hour,most important is the mixture of sawdust and paper

[ifzama]

@mladenkorotaj,

how can I contact you about your press?

[Primitevilband]

Pls, can me tell somebody what was the material what he use to make the briquettes???..so paper and what??

[mladenkorotaj]

@Primitevilband i use paper and sawdust

[MrSmol62]

@Primitevilband

70% wood dust

30% Neutral cardboard(box)

[Primitevilband]

Pls, can me tell somebody what was the material what he use to make the briquettes???..so paper and what??

[algae1000]

Your videos are amazing!!! You are a magician working with simplicity.

Thank you for sharing this with us.

[Redshift21]

Good work

[vidinman]

If you had a shelf under the basket you could slide a chunk of wood in there rather than fixing the metal base.After you press the bricks you could then pull out the wood and then push the bricks onto the shelf.I think this would be easier and save time.I must say that out of all the machines ive seen your one is the best.

[Laggin6]

Thank you very much for sharing. Great design! How long will one briquette burn?

[mladenkorotaj]

1 hour

[ferdofantastiko]

Svaka čast!

Što radiš poslije s ti briketima?

Kako se ponašaju u peći?

[LalaBasprimas]

Each honor!

What are you doing after you with briquettes?

How to behave in the oven?

[poorpipee]

Excellent again, you are a Genious.

[baconsoda]

Superb!

You have solved the pressure problem very efficiently by bringing the work close to the fulcrum. This has helped me a lot with my design for a lever press briquette maker because I was trying to work out how I would get maximum pressure for compression and wasn't sure of how I would get the tube close to the fulcrum.

I am also going to investigate how I can use more than one tube.

Thank you for posting this, you should be very proud of your work.

Best Wishes,

Brendan

[jeanlucvar]

WOW !!!! another machine, which will give excellent results, i think.

Congratulations, my friend, for your new video and your research.

You have great ideas, incredible, congratulations.

It is not easy to make work, comment on and video at the same time, again congratulations

Obviously you're also one best inventor ,about Youtube.

A soon Greetings from France and the by Jean Luc