Sxviper, I tried drilling the 3/8 holes but it didn't work well on my machine. I think if I slot them a little bigger the material will escape. Will try and let know.
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geopell
MemberPosted 2 years ago # -
I know it's not the best thing to hear but alot of your troubles are because the machine itself is having a hard time. Honestly, the 3hp is a torque deficient machine, you'll have trouble getting it to run harder biomass such as sawdust. If you can, try pine, it might help. It will make paper pellets fine. Where did you buy it? I assume it's electric? I had tested a 3hp and stopped considering purchases within a few weeks because it's just to small of a motor. try to modify it to a larger engine and see the difference! Good Luck
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sxviper04 what's the bagger you got and where?
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sxviper04
Memberi got it off ebay. it's a 24" impulse sealer. came on a stand to seal horizontal but I quickly scapped that setup. I took the sealer and tabletop and mounted on the wall. then made a shelf at the right height for the bags to seal. I drive tractor trailer for Landair Express so I got the bags from one of our customers at a good price. I've sealed 90 bags so far and it works great. I paid $75 for the sealer and its money well spent.
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i just saw about 6 diff Impulse sealers... which auction # so I can see the item it was..
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sxviper04
Member# 200248619166 I also picked up today on ebay one of the moisture testers I was talking about for $105 cheaper than gemplers # 250288980958
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sxviper04
Memberfinally recieved new rollers yesterday. hope to be back in action tonite. still waiting for sample from AMSTSU.
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sxviper04
Memberwhat happened to the forum link on the main page. found this link under contact us.
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In preperation for the new website in October, access to the forum will be revamped. Sorry for the inconvienence sxviper04. There will still be access available after the new site is up. You can still access it through the FAQ's page as well. You can always go directly to:
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sxviper04
Membergeopell had called me and said there was no link so I looked around the siteand found it. called him tonite to let him know how.
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Thanks. Did you ever receive sawdust from AMSTSU?
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sxviper04
Memberhaven't seen it yet.
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Earl Maynard
MemberHas anyone tried Pellet making using Pecan or Walnut Shells.? I would think they would be excellent and some have a natural oil binder. They might run a little hot but I would think you could mix them with Wood Pellets to take care of that problem.
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sxviper04
Membernot yet but it might work. if someone sent me a sample i would run it for them to find out. anyone heard how jide's making out.
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If anyone is interested, here is the link to make your own Gravatar. Which is the photo above your member id:
You will need to use the email adress you sign up with on Talking Pellets.
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Hi every one sorry been busy.Sxviper i have been makeing paper pellets,starting to make a conveyor set up.Got system working at about 150# an hour mixing and pelletizing.I tried somthing new on my dies spray on graphite lube.I took dies and rollers and cleaned real good then rinsed of with alcohol then let dry.Then sprayed with lube and let dry,ran for three hours and had no clogs.Will try tommorrow to run some hard wood and hope it works as well.Got lube at TSC store.How is your new dies working?Did you get machine hooked up to tractor?
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sxviper04
Memberwell, this is where i stand. my mill has a tapered shaft so pto is out. so the new plan is a different engine all together. one of the guys i work with had a chevy 250 inline 6 cylinder he weren't using so i bought it yesterday. dropped off the standard flywheel from 6 cyl and belt hub from diesel engine at the machine shop today to have it centered with a dutchman and holes made to bolt to flywheel. i'll still have control over the mill with the clutch on side of mill. will be using the same pulleys and belts so the only two differences will be the noise level will be much lower and will not bog down going from 15hp to 105hp engine. should be back in action this weekend. also received the farmex mt pro moisture tester on saturday. i found if i run all samples on corn setting, it works very well. cedar that i thought would work as is was at only 5.9%. kiln dried shavings were 6.9%. ddg was 15.9%. so as you can see this will take the guess work away. only takes about 10 seconds to get a reading.
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Holy Cow man! That'll be a Formula 1 racing machine! We'll definetly have to hear that sucka running! You think a 105hp enough though??? Shoot will put a Blower on it and make it throw out another 50hp! LOL Put a vid on YouTube or MySpace and send it along to me so I can link to it.
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sxviper04
Memberlet's see if it works first before i start chroming it out!LOL
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How's the Hot Rod going sxviper04? BTW, got my farmex moisture tester today. have you used both corn settings or one over the other?
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sxviper04
Memberthe beast of the east is all together! just need to bolt it down to the floor now. plan to be running this weekend. ran some ddg through on sunday to test and it went through very well. i think i created a monster!! on the farmex i use both corn settings. depends on which will pick up a reading
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Beast of the East! Love it! Send along a photo! I'll put it up on the site.
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Keep an eye on the Forum for some valuable news!
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Yeah, he's meeting with jide in a week or so. How are you making out? Jeff has some news, give him a call. He's posting in a few days after he returns from a business trip. It's really good stuff.
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sxviper04
Memberwell i had yesterday off so i tried it out. works pretty good. has alot more power when it starts to bog. still have a few minor adjustments to make but think it will serve the purpose well. will send you pictures soon. will cal you one of these days to find out how you did a video and how to put on web.
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sxviper04
Membertook a moisture reading on pellets after drying and result was 8.6%. took a reading on premium store bought and result was 5.6%. has anyone been thinking of a way to dry further?
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P.F.I. recommends 8% or less... your in the ballbark.
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sxviper04
Membertried some the other night made with ddg and starch. they didn,t want to fire up. just smolder. i got home tonight and put two pans full in the oven on 225 F for 15 minutes to test my theory. glad to say i am right for once. seems its a little to moist still. dried out nice and are now burning nice. have a plan in my head to build a dryer. also took my die to a machine shop yesterday to have the top leveled. where the die is worn to the rollers that broke, the new rollers have too much of a gap to press the center holes. pellets where coming out poor looking. he's also going to smooth the journals more. hope it makes a big difference. has everyone tried their pellets yet. cold weathers coming fast. don't get caught with poor burning. glad i tried again.
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well finally got new dies,picked up a carbid reamer and reamed all holes in die.Even had a 15 degree angle carbide reamer made to ream chamfers on top.Then i run the flour through about 20 times just for the heck of it,then cleaned dies and rollers up and sprayed with graphite lube.Run a batch of cardboard through and ran well.Then run a batch of paper run good,now was time to run hard wood saw dust.Mixed up a batch and tried pellets came out nice and hard the hotter the dies got the better the pellets were.The finall thought is you have to get all of the machining marks out of the dies so it has nothing to catch on going through the die holes.How is it going viper sorry i did not get back to you,had to leave out of town again writing this from hotel.
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Oh,by the way been burning my pellets for 4 days now and are burning real well.As for moister i have not checked them yet.My stove burn up to 15% moister.
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