Hey Guys,
Thanks for comments and feed back.
Steve, Your info fits in well. I want to have several shorter runs anyway as it’s really time consuming to sit there and watch a full hopper burn away. I have seen the unburned fuel on the top peppered with creosote on the few times I shut down early in a burn, so I can imagine them gluing together especially at the next startup.
My first burn was 28 lbs and it went very well, no hop, skip or hesitating the entire burn.My second burn had about 50 lbs thinking a 2 hr run. It shut down real early in the burn. I’ll drop back to 40 lbs and try your suggestion.
As for engine exhaust I will use steel flex hose to direct the heat into my old copper cooler laid flat with some kind of cage over/around it to dry fuel. I’ll get there, man.
Dan, I used 1/4" plate for the top bolt on bracket plate, 3/16" angle (17" long) for the “legs” and 3/16" plate for the motor mount. I hope it isn’t too heavy. I’ve got a small pulley I’ll add some off center weight to. Any suggestions here? Thanks for the run time advice on the shaker. Compaction did cross my mind, but as I’ve said before, “crossing my mind is a short trip sometimes” lol.
You know, it just hit me that I totally forgot to manually shake my grate during either run, duh!
That trip’s getting shorter, Dan
Pepe
