Jeff, I think you guys are talking different stoves, so horses for courses might be the by-word here(:-) Not sure how long circular saws would last in developing countries. and anything like bike parts would vanish over night in the places I have seen.
Regardless of the fact that my efforts may be wasted for most reading this thread, I have really enjoyed putting the tools to work, and it gives me a change of things to think about, so thanks for the inspiration. The Mk 2 version of the chipping guillotine is now completes with new side plates, and they fix the disc blade problem. I will get out for more test sticks to cut later in the week. Doug Williams, Fluidyne. On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 21:40:27 -0500 Jeff Davis <jeffdavis0...@gmail.com> wrote: > Paul & List, > > > I've been doing some bench test and do not see a reason to chip the > stems so short, it just adds more work to the system. Best to match the > stove to the fuel supply in this case sticks. Cut the stems to about 1' > (1/3 of a meter) and save work. A hand saw and some kind of bench clamp > seems to work fine. Maybe someday a bicycle powered circular saw. > > > Jeff > _______________________________________________ Stoves mailing list to Send a Message to the list, use the email address stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org 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/