Dear Ray and all An alternate approach to needing a grinder is to limit the diameter of the feedstock to 1/2 or 3/4".
Thomas B Reed On Mar 27, 2013, at 4:57 PM, Ray Menke <[email protected]> wrote: > I built a copy of this charcoal processor, but welded the 3" cylinder > to a bicycle sprocket and use the crank to grind up the charcoal. > (Dust mask required!) > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37-h41iT68M > > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Big Daddy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Tom, > >> I purchased a large meat grinder from a gentleman off Craigslist. He was >> using it to make chum for his fishing trips by grinding up mackerel. If my >> biochar chunks are 1” or smaller, it works perfectly, with very little >> effort. The end result is: > >> · 30% powder >> >> · 30% sand grain sizes >> >> · 40% ~1 centimeter chunks > >> I stole – er, borrowed – this idea from a YouTube video. My grinder is a >> little bigger than this, and I haven’t hooked up a motor yet… Someday. > >> Here is the video: >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q14T1IP7So >> >> >> >> -BigDaddy > > > -- > Ray Menke > > _______________________________________________ > Gasification mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: > http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/ _______________________________________________ Gasification mailing list to Send a Message to the list, use the email address [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/
