Thoughts on glog storage.

[Julian]

Being a lazy old bugger, it would seem I don't mix my glycerin and saw dust as dry as others ... just seems like hard work to me.  Down side is that logs made in Tetra packs retain excess glycerin and those in carpet tubes drain to a puddle in the bottom of the buckets in which I store them.

My latest flash of inspiration is to use cubies with the tops cut off and several holes punched in the bottom.  My tube height is consistant, being cut on a bandsaw, so within reason cubies with 4 glogs in can be stacked one on top of the other.  The height of the cut cubie will be about an inch above the top of the stored glogs, so that one cubie fits into the one beneath ... sort of Champagne fountain style.  This should result in all the excess glycerol ending up in the bottom cubie, with  thought of filling the bottom cubie with saw dust to soak up the excess. Tetra packs could be punctured to assist draining.

Just a thought ... don't think one will fit in my log burner, but has anyone considered turning a cubie into a glog ... bet it would burn rather well for quite a long time!

[julianf]

We have a burner (not installed) that is large enough for an entire cubie.  I bought up the subject before, but the silence was deafening.

With regard to mix thickness - ive found that the lighter mix actually burns hotter.  Hotter than straight sawdust, and hotter than a wetter mix.

I dont know how long they burn for - that's somthign that's harder to measure as there are too many other factors here.

[Julian]

I agree, comparing glogs between stoves is pointless, many variables.  Once it's good and hot, I tend to run mine with all the vents closed and just a tiny bit of air wash.  Wologs and glogs seem to produce more heat and last longer, but you need to maintain a high temperature.  I often get the situation where there's no flame on the glogs, but a blanket of flame at the top of the chamber in the leakage through the secondary air supply.

Thinking of a wooden support frame to allow tall stacks, perhaps with just a half cubie at the bottom to catch the run-off.  If it works I'll post up some pictures.

[Chug]

I have sort of cubie glogs, cubie filled with solid glyc that I throw on top of the bonfire to help burn all the green brash, it melts and runs all over the place and really gets things flaming hot and thus hardly any smoke, otherwise the brash just smokes like hell, especially if it's conifer!

[julianf]

What stove do you have again?

As you, im sure, know by now, we use a rayburn, and you cant see the flames at all, however, im in the process of installing a converted woodwarm, which has the airwash.

On the brief test i did, i got it burning with a sheet of flame, which ive never seen before.  It was like the interface between oil and water - just a line, or blanket of flame, fairly static.  Looking through the glass looked almost like looking into a fish tank, with above and below.

Ive not seen that before, and dont know if its a phenomenon of the stove, or the stove and glogs combined.

[Julian]

What stove do you have again?

As you, im sure, know by now, we use a rayburn, and you cant see the flames at all, however, im in the process of installing a converted woodwarm, which has the airwash.

On the brief test i did, i got it burning with a sheet of flame, which ive never seen before.  It was like the interface between oil and water - just a line, or blanket of flame, fairly static.  Looking through the glass looked almost like looking into a fish tank, with above and below.

Ive not seen that before, and dont know if its a phenomenon of the stove, or the stove and glogs combined.

It will do it with very dry logs too but the thing has to be very hot and it's difficult to maintain the burn like that, the it needs constant adjustment.  Close the air too much and leave it closed for a few seconds, then open and it reignites with a very forceful "wumph" blowing smoke past the door seal ... bit like you use to be able to make a car do before steering locks!

[Julian]

Should add the stove is a Yoeman ... pictures on the glogs page of the wiki.