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@mx-k

5 ай бұрын

You get hotter by drinkin' mo' beer! 😂

@mx-k

5 ай бұрын

Wait... I mean it's all hotter by drinkin' mo' beer (not focusin' on you per se)!

I made a living out of making briquettes for many many years. Try adding some paraffin wax to the mix, (it can be recycled from candles) you could try some cotton too like old clothes, mops, rags, I used the waste wicks that remained in the bottom of the boilers of local candle factories etc. Best mix is cotton with sawdust. About the wick, what I did is I already had a pin like a nail in the mold so it makes a small hole in the briquette when pressed, then I had some waxed wicks cut in the needed size. and i inserted them by the center in the briquette with a rod like a "crochet" one, thus the wick is tightened leaving two protruding tips. I hope it helps, have a good one.

@DIYJIM

6 ай бұрын

Awesome thanks for the tips, thanks for watching

@ire1398

6 ай бұрын

Adding old clothing is a great idea. Landfills are clogged with “fast fashion” rejects and it’s become a huge problem.

nice from uk granny they way the uk gov is treating its own people we will be eating sawdust not burning it we must prep and save things

@DIYJIM

7 ай бұрын

You got that right, this world is getting crazy. Stay safe thanks for watching

I've read that, back in the day, people used to control the heat in their cookstoves by adding dried corn cobs. The cobs burned at a hotter temperature, so they were added when they needed to get a higher cooking temperature in the oven, or on the stove.

@DIYJIM

4 ай бұрын

Interesting, thanks for watching

I live in Puerto Rico, pretty much in the 80's all year but I found this interesting, thank you.

@DIYJIM

7 ай бұрын

I would love to visit Puerto Rico, Thanks for watching

Don't use too much candle wax in a wood stove because it evaporates and coats the inside of the chimney and risks chimney fire.

@DIYJIM

7 ай бұрын

Okay thanks for the info and thanks for watching

You should try to make some charcoal with the briquettes. You just need to put one in a new paint pail with the lid on and drill a small hole in the lid, then throw the pail on a fire.

@DIYJIM

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Merry Christmas Jim to you and your family!

@DIYJIM

7 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas to you also, thanks

That worked out really well. Wood chips should be interesting

@DIYJIM

6 ай бұрын

thanks for watching

You sure try to do the right thing , it’s better than I would do. Good luck ,and be careful!

@DIYJIM

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Jim I like your cowboy hat, it looks good on ya! Have a good weekend!

@DIYJIM

7 ай бұрын

Thanks, you too!

Instead of the candle wicks you could cut long straight taper candles in half and stick those in. That way you don't have to worry about filling it with wax, already made. Or maybe two or three birthday cake candles

@DIYJIM

7 ай бұрын

I guess the could work, thanks for watching

Melted crayons do the same thing as candles. They can even be used as emergency candles.

@DIYJIM

2 ай бұрын

Never thought of that thanks for the tip.

Recently found your channel and have been watching all your videos and like the content. In this one, you ask if any of us are in the military. I medically retired a few months ago (September) after 24 years; Navy and then Army.

@DIYJIM

6 ай бұрын

Sounds a little like me 4 years Navy 16 years Army national Guard

Used motor oil would def cause your chimney to soot up quicker. Unless you add em after the secondary burn kicks in. Personally i have a smokeless firepit and i add used cooking oil to saw dust and wood pellets in a paper bag. Burns super hot and bright pretty quickly. But the smoke is heavy in the beginning

@DIYJIM

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info and thanks for watching

I may be late to the party, I didn't read all the comments. Have you tried burning these in a fire pit? Like an outside relaxation, entertainment fire pit.

@DIYJIM

2 ай бұрын

No I have not thanks for watching

I use a schredder for my carboard and paper, inwonder if that makes the brick making procces easier. Since i allready have a 240L weelybinn of schredded carboard... Right now the city picks it up every couple of weeks/month, but these bricks might be nice to use. Schredded carboard might be denser to? I dont know

@DIYJIM

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Candle wick? 😂 Got your candle wick hangin' 🤣😊(sorry mama)... Good video

@DIYJIM

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Just found your Channel, Watched all of your Briquette vids to date. Thought, what if you added drying racks to maybe a shed? and placed leaves into it for some time to get them really dry first, then shred the leaves like you shred the paper to make them smaller in bits before you put it into the briquette maker. Don't know if that would work better or not.

@DIYJIM

6 ай бұрын

I really believe that I just did not get them lit good at first, or different leaves would burn different. Thanks for watching

Had a Bn Commander once who graded me on APFT and didn't count it as a valid pushup unless I locked my arms in the up position.

@DIYJIM

16 күн бұрын

That could happen , are you saying I failed my PT Test lol

@ColdWarPrepper

16 күн бұрын

@@DIYJIM Yep, but I watch for your great videos, not for your pushups - keep on with the fantastic info, greatly appreciate you

nice military glove there.

@DIYJIM

5 ай бұрын

Thanks 20 years

@ChatterontheWire

5 ай бұрын

@@DIYJIM congrats, at least you get retirement from it, mine was 9 and that was enough!

ALWAYS use a double boiler to melt the wax. It can catch fire being directly put on the heat source. Too much wax will run all over the inside of the stove and make a real mess. You can get cheap candles at the thrift stores and garage sales, especially after Xmas or Halloween. Block candle wax is really expensive. Holes are better. It acts like a chimney so to speak, and the brick should be placed with the holes vertically.

@DIYJIM

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for all the tips. Thanks for watching

If you buy the press bricks they said to stack them very close. Yours are pretty far apart. When loading up a stove the directions say to stack like a W 1 corner touching the next. And the open end should only be 1in appart. You should get 6-8 bricks in a single row. Like this. And the next layer simple lay them end to end going the perpendicular finger width apart. Repeat this until your stove is full. ( the pressed brick are available for sale here pretty cheap.

@DIYJIM

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the advice and thanks for watching

Problem with wax is the soot that you will get in the chimney.

@DIYJIM

7 ай бұрын

Never thought of that hopefully one to help start won’t hurt too much. Thanks for watching

28 pushups

@DIYJIM

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching I didn’t even count

why use wax .. just put candles in the bricks

@distantdreams2008

5 ай бұрын

maybe the tiny birthday candles to dont have to mush wax in the burner

@DIYJIM

5 ай бұрын

I’m sure that would work also. Thanks for watching

Have you done like a 12-month treatment of Monoxidil? Your facial hair growth over the past 16 months has definitely not been natural, lol. You went from baby-face to full-grown 38-yr old man, in a year.

@RNG-999

7 ай бұрын

I'm not even hating. Got any tips?

@DIYJIM

7 ай бұрын

No actually my beard seems to grow slow compared to other guys I know. 38 sounds good about 10 off. Thanks for watching.

@eileenspamer

7 ай бұрын

looks nice to this uk lady