For all you environmentally concious people out there, here is a suggestion. Go and buy a real wood pellets stove, then try to finds a local carpenter who will supply you with his waste sawdust. Thensimply create you own source of fuel in the form of wood pellets. Thus saving the planet and also saving you a lot of cash. This couldn’t be almost any easier – could it?

Okay this is the perfect situation, however what is the truth about making pellets? Although in theory the procedure is fairly uncomplicated – accumulate up a large volume of wood sawdust and then set this sawdust into a wood pellet grinding machine and hey presto – wood pellets forever. In reality manufacturing pellets is not that painless.

Wood pellet mill:

The commonest type of wood pellet making machines would be the small scale wood pellet mill. Along with the mill and in order to be certain that the saw dust and pellet raw material is of the size and quality that is needed to make pellets you will need a hammer mill. These types of machines are usually large and storage is going to be a problem. Combined with storage space the noise created by these kinds of machines may lead to usage problems.

Sawdust – good quality is vital.

As strange as it may seem, not all saw dust is formed in the exact same way. The true secret to creating high-quality pellets is having quality saw dust. What exactly composes good quality sawdust? Well to begin with saw dust from hard wood is preferred. It must also have a very low moisture content.

One of the many issues that you’ll encounter whenever you create them is consistency. Should the raw material be larger than 1.5 cm in length then you’ll need to make use of hammer mill to reduce the size of the raw material so that it is powder like. This is crucial so that it the raw material can used within your mill and that it won’t block the machine.

After the raw material is prepared by your pellet machine it is heated using heavy steam and also placed directly under immense pressure. This will cause the actual saw dust to clump together. This bonded material will be crammed through a pelletizer to create stove wood pellets.

The next problem you will face is finding a suitable storage location for the pellets. The location must be warm and dry. The pellet must not be exposed to moisture. If it is there is a high likelihood that it will cause problems in your stove. This situation is best avoided if at all possible.

Nick Smith is an eco friendly author who writes regularly about Stove wood pellets on his blog. To find out more about wood pelletsvisit his blog.