What did you do to prepare today?

GY A1 · 10-01-2015 06:39PM

my3cents wrote: »

A neighbor makes the paper bricks and spends ages moving them about and turning them to get them to dry out. Then seems to have to use extra coal to get them to burn

they must'nt be dry enough then, which is a complete waste of time and bad for the chimney also

Kevhog1988 · 10-01-2015 06:59PM

my3cents wrote: »

A neighbor makes the paper bricks and spends ages moving them about and turning them to get them to dry out. Then seems to have to use extra coal to get them to burn

I put mine on a mesh rack so air/wind can get all sides... Ni need to turn

my3cents · 10-01-2015 07:25PM

GY A1 wrote: »

they must'nt be dry enough then, which is a complete waste of time and bad for the chimney also

Over the years I have seen a lot of attempts to make paper logs and the main problem seems to be that paper alone isn't a great material for making logs out of. Even when bone dry I've not seen a convincing fire made up from just recycled paper logs. Using the paper pulp to hold sawdust and wood shavings together as a brick is a much better idea.

Kevhog1988 · 10-01-2015 07:27PM

my3cents wrote: »

Over the years I have seen a lot of attempts to make paper logs and the main problem seems to be that paper alone isn't a great material for making logs out of. Even when bone dry I've not seen a convincing fire made up from just recycled paper logs. Using the paper pulp to hold sawdust and wood shavings together as a brick is a much better idea.

Paper burns too quick... Dubg and sawdust is readily available to me so im using all three. The dung acts as a glue as far as i can see... If they dont pack together well enough im going to add wallpaper paste

my3cents · 10-01-2015 07:35PM

theemigrant wrote: »

Paper burns too quick... Dubg and sawdust is readily available to me so im using all three. The dung acts as a glue as far as i can see... If they dont pack together well enough im going to add wallpaper paste

I was just going to post something about Camel "chips" being used as a fuel for cooking and google came up with this article Dry animal dung fuel

Kevhog1988 · 10-01-2015 07:37PM

my3cents wrote: »

I was just going to post something about Camel "chips" being used as a fuel for cooking and google came up with this article Dry animal dung fuel

They dry cow pats in the summer in the aran islands and burn in the winter

Kevhog1988 · 10-01-2015 08:00PM

http://m.instructables.com/id/Bio-fuel-briquettes-compress-paper-pulp-and-sawdu/7/

This is a good method too

aaakev · 11-01-2015 03:35PM

Got a load of real good quality pine pallets with 9 huge heavy blocks on the bottom of each so spent the afternoon cutting them all and splitting the pieces. Now have enough wood for whats left of the cold weather

Kevhog1988 · 11-01-2015 03:38PM

aaakev wrote: »

Got a load of real good quality pine pallets with 9 huge heavy blocks on the bottom of each so spent the afternoon cutting them all and splitting the pieces. Now have enough wood for whats left of the cold weather

Theres a guy on adverts with 1000 pallets

my3cents · 11-01-2015 03:56PM

aaakev wrote: »

Got a load of real good quality pine pallets with 9 huge heavy blocks on the bottom of each so spent the afternoon cutting them all and splitting the pieces. Now have enough wood for whats left of the cold weather

What do you cut them up with? I find an old Jigsaw really handy.

We have two stoves and its a pain to burn wood with nails in it in one of them as the riddler gets jammed up so I sort all the pallet wood so blocks with nails only go in the wood burner (no riddler).

aaakev · 11-01-2015 03:57PM

theemigrant wrote: »

Theres a guy on adverts with 1000 pallets

I get all mine from work for free, fill the van every few weeks and job done!

wolfeye · 11-01-2015 10:53PM

Tabnabs wrote: »

This sounds like an interesting project, something I'd like to see more of.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/emily-duffy-15-designs-clever-sleeping-bag-to-help-the-homeless-1.2057762

I'd like to see how it's sealed at the base, as it appears to be just a tube?

Also interesting to see how light, durable and packable it would be.

More about it on the Journal,looks more an emergency survival type sleeping bag.

http://www.thejournal.ie/homeless-wrap-streets-emily-duffy-young-scientist-1873592-Jan2015/

Kevhog1988 · 14-01-2015 01:33AM

Watched a few kayak fishing tutorials on youtube

Kevhog1988 · 14-01-2015 01:33AM

Watched a few kayak fishing tutorials on youtube

Kevin McCloud · 14-01-2015 01:38AM

What are we preparing for?

hexosan · 14-01-2015 08:23AM

Kevin McCloud wrote: »

What are we preparing for?

We're preparing to be prepared for whatever eventually that needs preparing for so that we'll be prepared for it. 😜

davycc · 15-01-2015 12:21PM

Not really worthy of posting but I got an aitor. German army knife and a British army dpm camo respirator bag in the post this morning from pioneer army surplus in Ennis, delighted with them and my cheap prepping bits! The bag is just the right size for edc and I'll be putting the knife somewhere safe and I use my Leatherman as my daily :-)

chopper6 · 16-01-2015 12:44PM

theemigrant wrote: »

Sure see my method then decide

Have you used your own method?

Because i can tell you it WON'T work.

Kevhog1988 · 16-01-2015 12:49PM

chopper6 wrote: »

Have you used your own method?

Because i can tell you it WON'T work.

As per my other thread i have not used only paper!!!

chopper6 · 16-01-2015 02:13PM

theemigrant wrote: »

As per my other thread i have not used only paper!!!

And i bet it still didnt work...

Kevhog1988 · 16-01-2015 02:23PM

chopper6 wrote: »

And i bet it still didnt work...

How in the name of f**k am i supposed to know until they dry..... Jesus its like you have a vendetta against someone trying something.... if it doesnt work well then at least ive tried.... You spoke of just using paper.... paper compressed on its own wont burn.... im hoping paper mixed with other additives will.... im just trying to find the correct mix. I thought i might share this as maybe someone else will find it useful/interesting. I think ill just delete the fecking posts.

chopper6 · 16-01-2015 02:51PM

theemigrant wrote: »

How in the name of f**k am i supposed to know until they dry..... Jesus its like you have a vendetta against someone trying something.... if it doesnt work well then at least ive tried.... You spoke of just using paper.... paper compressed on its own wont burn.... im hoping paper mixed with other additives will.... im just trying to find the correct mix. I thought i might share this as maybe someone else will find it useful/interesting. I think ill just delete the fecking posts.

Alls i'm saying is you're going ahead with this crazy notion of mixing up horsehiite,paper and water and hoping to use it as fuel...its not a good idea and it wont work.

Why dont you try listening instead of ranting?

Kevhog1988 · 21-01-2015 11:12PM

Started a mountain bike build... Handy transport

obsidianclock · 23-01-2015 04:06PM

Been researching Aquaponics systems and have ordered equipment for a mini one to grow herbs and lettuce in my home. (Technically this was yesterday).

Stocking up on Antibiotics for my goldfish and have bought a couple for myself. Unfortunately the Missus is allergic so if the SHTF we'll have to amputate. :-D

aaakev · 24-01-2015 08:54PM

Made a few hobo stoves out of tuna cans, cardboard and old candles that are gonna go in the hunting bag

my3cents · 28-01-2015 06:50PM

Had some money in my wallet and as it was very cold out with a slight potential to get worse I stocked up on a few things. Not much we don't have but got 20l of petrol now the price has dropped a bit (will get used up in the lawn mower before it ever goes stale), got a couple of weeks of dog and cat food (will last in store at least a year) an extra 24l of bottled water and two 1l bottles of thin bleach for SHTF water sterilisation.

In the last couple of weeks I also got some store stuff from Amazon.co.uk that I can't find easily over here, foil wrapped tea bags and foil wrapped coffee bags. Luxury items, but morale is half the battle

Kevhog1988 · 29-01-2015 07:30PM

my3cents wrote: »

Had some money in my wallet and as it was very cold out with a slight potential to get worse I stocked up on a few things. Not much we don't have but got 20l of petrol now the price has dropped a bit (will get used up in the lawn mower before it ever goes stale), got a couple of weeks of dog and cat food (will last in store at least a year) an extra 24l of bottled water and two 1l bottles of thin bleach for SHTF water sterilisation.

In the last couple of weeks I also got some store stuff from Amazon.co.uk that I can't find easily over here, foil wrapped tea bags and foil wrapped coffee bags. Luxury items, but morale is half the battle

Could u not just wrap a handful of tea bags in kitchen foil??..

realdanbreen · 29-01-2015 07:39PM

Is it true that bonniebede who started this topic got trapped in one of her own snares and died?

mawk · 29-01-2015 07:45PM

theemigrant wrote: »

Could u not just wrap a handful of tea bags in kitchen foil??..

Presumably they are either vacuumed or nitrogen filled to stop the contents going bad

wolfeye · 29-01-2015 09:31PM

realdanbreen wrote: »

Is it true that bonniebede who started this topic got trapped in one of her own snares and died?

It's not true. She chewed off her right leg and survived.

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