Planer chips

..Brian.. · 03-04-2017 11:21pm #1

Lads what do you do with planer chips? I recently acquired a planer thicknesser and bought a chip collector to go with it but I filled the bag in one afternoon! I only have one bag at the mo so currently it's sitting full off to one side and the chip collector is spitting chips out into a knee deep pile in the corner! Don't think the binman will be to happy if I leave it sitting on top of me wheelie bin so how do ye dispose of them?

recipio · 04-04-2017 12:11am

..Brian.. wrote: »

Lads what do you do with planer chips? I recently acquired a planer thicknesser and bought a chip collector to go with it but I filled the bag in one afternoon! I only have one bag at the mo so currently it's sitting full off to one side and the chip collector is spitting chips out into a knee deep pile in the corner! Don't think the binman will be to happy if I leave it sitting on top of me wheelie bin so how do ye dispose of them?

Mix them with grass cuttings to make compost. It takes about two years and will swallow a lot of bags.

the_pen_turner · 04-04-2017 12:17am

recipio wrote: »

Mix them with grass cuttings to make compost. It takes about two years and will swallow a lot of bags.

i think you need to be carefull about exotic timbers

..Brian.. · 04-04-2017 8:10am

I've about 2 bags worth of poplar at the mo, that OK for compost?

magicbastarder · 04-04-2017 8:28am

how big a garden do you have? you could use them in the same way you'd use bark chippings.

dathi · 04-04-2017 8:58am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bov5hW3j_8
or you could make one of these out of a scheppach log splitter

..Brian.. · 04-04-2017 9:44am

Have about half an acre of garden and herself is currently planting a large veggie patch so I could use it that way. Although that briquette maker is more along the lines of what I was originally thinking!

recipio · 04-04-2017 10:40am

dathi wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bov5hW3j_8
or you could make one of these out of a scheppach log splitter

Now that is on my xmas list. Any wood will compost down,even the exotics - bacteria don't discriminate.;)

the_pen_turner · 04-04-2017 12:38pm

I thought it did somethin to the ph of the soil. I could be wrong.

I burn all mine.
I have a few wheelie bins and put a small bucket of it into the outside burner every time. Great heat and gets rid of it quick enough

..Brian.. · 04-04-2017 1:39pm

Do you need to prepare the chips somehow before burning or just chuck them onto a going fire?

I've seen clips of stuffing cardboard boxes with saw dust. Are chips the same?

the_pen_turner · 04-04-2017 5:38pm

we hav an outside burner.
you can put half a wheel barrow into it. the chances of sealing off the fire are slim. problems happen when you seal off the fire too much.

we have a small bucket (I think its fence life) . I fill the fire with turf or timber then throw the bucket of chip on top.

I do it with all kinds of chips and sawdust.
I havnt tried it with just fine dust . I think that could be dangerous.

if I have a small box in the workshop I just fill that and put it in the fire

dathi · 06-04-2017 6:05pm

the_pen_turner wrote: »

we hav an outside burner.
you can put half a wheel barrow into it. the chances of sealing off the fire are slim. problems happen when you seal off the fire too much.

we have a small bucket (I think its fence life) . I fill the fire with turf or timber then throw the bucket of chip on top.

I do it with all kinds of chips and sawdust.
I havnt tried it with just fine dust . I think that could be dangerous.

if I have a small box in the workshop I just fill that and put it in the fire

http://www.epa.ie/waste/householder/burn/

the_pen_turner · 06-04-2017 6:20pm

dathi wrote: »

the_pen_turner wrote: »

we hav an outside burner.
you can put half a wheel barrow into it. the chances of sealing off the fire are slim. problems happen when you seal off the fire too much.

we have a small bucket (I think its fence life) . I fill the fire with turf or timber then throw the bucket of chip on top.

I do it with all kinds of chips and sawdust.
I havnt tried it with just fine dust . I think that could be dangerous.

if I have a small box in the workshop I just fill that and put it in the fire

http://www.epa.ie/waste/householder/burn/

What's your point.
None of that is relevant to any of what I said

dathi · 07-04-2017 8:41am

the_pen_turner wrote: »

What's your point.
None of that is relevant to any of what I said

your sawdust and wood shavings are classed as waste and burning them in your back garden is prohibited under the act

Wossack · 07-04-2017 10:05am

the non-toxic stuff makes good pet bedding I believe - if you know someone with rabbits/chickens etc

magicbastarder · 07-04-2017 10:07am

i dump my shavings (from woodturning) down the end of the garden. have been known to piss on them occasionally, helps them rot down a bit.

Kerrydude1981 · 07-04-2017 10:12am

I used to have something like this,but didnt last long as you need a second smaller barrel inside the big barrel

Never made a fry on it though

At the moment Im looking at getting one of these stoves for the shed

http://www.woodferne.com/maeve-non-boiler-workshop-stove-12kw/

the_pen_turner · 07-04-2017 11:15am

dathi wrote: »

the_pen_turner wrote: »

What's your point.
None of that is relevant to any of what I said

your sawdust and wood shavings are classed as waste and burning them in your back garden is prohibited under the act

Still nothing like what I said.
I burn them in an outside burner that heats the house.

recipio · 07-04-2017 3:40pm

Trouble is, you are going to want to burns scraps as well. I got a stove from here - www.thehotspot.co.uk many years ago and it has lasted well.The chimney cowl tends to rot away in our weather so I'm on number three at present.A bit pricey though.

..Brian.. · 07-04-2017 10:16pm

I think I'm going to have a go at making one of these compound lever press machines and turn them into briquettes to heat the workshop after summer. It's a interesting project if nothing else!

the_pen_turner · 07-04-2017 10:19pm

..Brian.. wrote: »

I think I'm going to have a go at making one of these compound lever press machines and turn them into briquettes to heat the workshop after summer. It's a interesting project if nothing else!

there is a guy in russia(i think) on you tube who has made much better design that makes loads of them at one time.

i tried it a few years ago.
it works but its slow

kadman · 11-04-2017 9:34am

Very fine dust was used in munitions during the war years( not that i was around then), as its highly explosive,,,

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