I find it useful to write in a word processor and then export a PDF. This allows you to control the file size. I error on the side of large files for best photo quality.
Jock Extract CO2 from the atmosphere! On Sep 4, 2013, at 5:55 PM, Richard Stanley <[email protected]> wrote: > Andrew, > > Sorry for the hassle: I try to keep any mail below 1.5 megs as indeed these > photos were. (the physical dimensions were on the order of 70 x 75 mm as sent > to you..and pixel density was probably 150dpi. > Hope it can be resolved and will reduce them further if you have not other > alternative. > > Thanks > Richard Stanley > > PS., If anybody needs further clariafication or documentation on the previous > post to our group, please feel free to just write me directly > > > > On Sep 4, 2013, at 2:31 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Here's a post from Richard Stanley with some pictures I have had to > shrink to get below the acceptable size limit. > > It can be a bit time consuming so some posts that are difficult to be > reduced may get rejected. > > Consider that many smartphones produce good quality jpegs which need 2 > or more megabytes of bandwidth. I find Irfanview offers a good batch > processing mode that can get them down to a standard size or, as in > this case I reduced the dimensions to 30% of original. > > Also remember including all the text of the previous messages in the > thread also contributes to the size limit. > > AJH > >> Dear fello briquetters with ready access to, of all things, a used garbage >> disposal and household sink. >> >>> >>> Planning for the winter supply of hollow core ag and household residue >>> based briquettes, means a lot of material processing. Thats the not so >>> much fun part of the process. I have long thought about the possibility of >>> using a garbage disposal for pulping materials so I got ahold of a scrapped >>> double basin sink and bolted a scrap disposal on a few days ago, just to >>> see if it was worth pursuing. >>> Turns out a that its pretty efficient but you really have to clean out any >>> rocks. I got rid of those, by filling the non disposal side of the sink >>> The larger basin, half full of >>> water and soaking and sloshing the leaves /grasses ferns and wigs around a >>> bit, to settle out the rocks, stones, metal stuff. Next, I skimmed off >>> the >>> floating material into the second smaller basin-- the one onto which I had >>> attached the disposal. >>> I then plowed screed the material over the entrance hole with right hand >>> then stuff it in with >>> a running garden hose spray nozzle in my left hand left hand . It does a >>> good job of chopping and >>> pulping the fibrous mass into a really well mixed slurry-without >>> destroying the fibers entirely- good enough in fact, that that with just a >>> day of soaking to soften everything a bit, I can compact it directly in >>> the press, no paper or other binder,--and more critically, no >>> decomposition needed. >>> (it's amazing too, just how much gritty sediment accrues, in >>> the larger soaking basin as well). Clearly wet processing of the feedstock >>> seems to be a good way to go..Will have to test it out over the coming >>> month before I am assured of its real viability but it' be far better if >>> several of us do the same thing -and share back the findings to speed up >>> and deepen the learning curve for the rest of us, eh ! >> Richard Stanley >> Legacyfound.org > <image (3).jpeg> > <image (2).jpeg> > <image (1).jpeg> > <image.jpeg> > <image (4).jpeg> > _______________________________________________ > Stoves 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/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: > http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Stoves 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/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: > http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/ > _______________________________________________ Stoves 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/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/
