Dont know if anyones interested but aldi have a couple of items that might be usefull.
https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/t ... september/
Personally the briquette make for a tenner looks a good buy and the impact log splitter.
Having an old coal fire buried behind a modern gas fire the briquette make seems like might never use it but you never know.
I know aldis is cheap but they are good with the three year warranties and never quibble if you return anything.
Aldi 4th Sept
Re: Aldi 4th Sept
not to mention free range ostrich steaks non nom nom (imagine the size of their drumsticks)
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Stark: "I have a plan; ATTACK!"
A man without at least one sharp pointy thing and the ability to start a fire is just a cold whining hairless ape
Re: Aldi 4th Sept
Good heads up on that although to be honest most people I know who have tried making the paper bricks , myself included , have given it up as being a lot of effort for little return.
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I've not used the Aldi wood splitter but have used one of these
http://www.mygreenerhome.co.uk/index.ph ... AmnE8P8HAQ
they work pretty well and safer than using an axe.
http://www.mygreenerhome.co.uk/index.ph ... AmnE8P8HAQ
they work pretty well and safer than using an axe.
Richard
South Wales UK
Retired, spending the children's inheritance.
South Wales UK
Retired, spending the children's inheritance.
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Yorkshire Andy
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Re: Aldi 4th Sept
If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong 
Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
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Re: Aldi 4th Sept
I bought one of the small hand axes. The axe was sharp enough to use at once. Quality appears to be good, Made in china, but isn't everything these day?
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"Remember Politicians are like babies diapers they both need changing often for the very same reason" - Mark Twain
If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.
My wife and I tried the paper brick maker a couple of year ago. We spent around 6 month making them and to be honest it really wasn't worth it at all. They burned incredibly fast (much faster than the briquettes you can buy) and they left a lot of mess. I'd only use one again as an absolute last resort, little heat is better than no heat.