[Terrapreta] Simple charcoal grinder

[Len Walde]

A hammermill will work too. My personal reservation concerns problems 
controlling the very fine dust it creates. But go for it.

Len


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Haard" <richrd at nas.com>
To: <Terrapreta at bioenergylists.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] Simple charcoal grinder


>I use a plaster type mixer for some kinds of seed cleaning with
> carefully selected stone size to make sure seed does not get crushed
> in this operation. For breaking charcoal the hammermill type of
> compost shredder works best for me. To keep the dust from drifting
> away I tie a piece of shade cloth over the outlet and the
> backpressure helps the dust to settle. Advantage over the mixer
> option - quick and dirty.
>
>
> Rich
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