[Iron Munro]

Stove Fuel Homemade Briquettes

On Doomsday Preppers this week one technique caught my eye.

In case you didn't watch it, a guy was making stove fuel from shredded newspapers mixed with leaves.

He mixed them up in water into a thick slurry and let them age a few days.
Then he put the mixture in a homemade form and squeezed most of the water out.
When removed from the form the end product looks something like a fat donut.
Then he sets the briquettes out to air dry before storing them for use.

The form looked like it was made from a 1" PVC pipe inside a 4" to 6" PVC pipe.

If you are interested try to catch the re-run of the episode that ran this week.

Here is a link to a PDF showing a similar technique.

How To Make Fuel Briquettes

http://tinyurl.com/8ynyse7

[Donnafrflorida]

Funny. I just found this on amazon for 39.00. It’s a 4 brick maker. It’s next on my list. Look for two pot refrigeration. Two clay pots with sand. Amazing. I think it’s also called zero pot. Youtube has video.