First paper log!!

[Admin Mal]

Well, I made a mess and had great fun in the utility room this afternoon. <But I've been banned and relegated to the shed after this.. >


The wet pulped paper in the logmaker. Yes, I was impatient so it probably could have pulped more. Mind you, I then started a 2-sink system so some was pulping while I was squashing.. Used a mixture of old newspapers, shredded paper and our Easter egg boxes.


Found it quite difficult <being a mere wummin> to push the handles down enough, so perfected the art of balancing on the handles.. <I hadn't squeezed out the water very much before putting the pulp into the logmaker on the first one, so the water went all over the floor.. Managed to squeeze out more when putting the handfulls of pulp into the machine on subsequent ones. >


Woooo! First paper log!! I wanna burn it nowwww!!!


My first attempt.

[benjiesmum]

Ever thought of getting a job on Blue Peter!!!! (Here's one I made earlier folks out of bits of old card and Easter egg boxes!!!) That looks brilliant. Now it has to dry, I suppose and wait for a fire to put it on!
A very green way of disposing of all that rubbish paper we get. I would have had one to try but we still have a shed full of logs. But I must say it does get the old fingers itching to have a go.

[Admin Mal]

Hilarious, innit! I did think about covering them in sticky backed plastic once they'd dried, but perhaps not.. I'm thinking of starting a new support group - LMA. <Log Makers Anonymous> There could be me, bonna, snowy... oh but then not exactly anonymous.. ;D We could meet and discuss the nuances of pulping and the ideal location for squeezing. And, hot off the press, the report everyone has been waiting for - Drying Paper Logs - Inside or Air Drying?

[MG]

;D
Well I suppose if you haven't got trees or a coal mine....................

[allen]

Drying Paper Logs - Inside or Air Drying?

Da best wye tae dry paper logs is tae stoke up da Rayburn wi blue clods dan set dem inatae da oven fur fower oors

[Admin Mal]

It did look a bit like me holding a fruit loaf or summat.. ;D

[deltinglass]

Well done on your first log production Fiona - I daren't think how many you are going to need for the winter though!

[Admin Mal]

Thank you. I did 8 t'other day. <I'm easily pleased.. > Hubby used a big old plastic tank we've got in the shed and has pulped loads of cardboard, including the packaging which our reclaimed wooden bed came in. So today hubby and I have knocked out about another 30.

For any other novice logmakers like us, an experienced logmaker did advise that it's better to burn them with other fuel - not just a paper log fire!

[mally]

Jist bak fae Fifi and Mr Fifi's log production unit (posh innit ;D )no a job tae dae wearin yur sunday best ;D ;D

Cheers fur the tea Fi

[mally]

Hmmm pictur three, we canna quite see thon advert. Lower the log luv, lower the log ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Admin Mal]

[ostara]

Nice one Fiona - quicker to cut and dry peats though innit?

[Admin Mal]

Yebbut you could cast peats as well! ;D

[bonna]

Whit? And risk causing peat slides? Think about your carbon footprint!
Peats.....tut tut.....bad, bad oldthink. Nearly as bad as windfarms.......

[Admin Mal]

I noticed The Natural Collection's logmakers mentioned by the Times Magazine's '‘eclectic ethical gift guide" for Dec 06 as being the "the perfect gift to turn old newspapers into fuel".

And the price - was £35 now £29.95! <del extra> So we've done no' bad!!

www.naturalcollection.com/natural-products/Make-Logs-not-Waste.asp