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How to Enjoy Your Homemade Wood Pellets Machine

If you feel like getting creative at home while looking for a way to be self-sufficient, you can make a homemade wood pellets machine with a few simple tools and some help from others. It has become easier to accomplish thanks to books, magazines and blogs that teach you how to make homemade wood pellets machine. YouTube videos can also help you do this. Here are tips on making homemade wood pellet machines.

 

Initial Steps

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The first thing you need to do is reduce large pieces of wood to much smaller pieces of wood with a drill or large hammer.  It should be the consistency of sawdust and after you do this you will take the sawdust and put it in a drying machine. After you do this you need to dry the sawdust until ten percent of moisture is left in it. Once you do this you will need to put the sawdust through the pellet mill and once the pellets are formed, you let them go through another drying process.

 

Benefits of Homemade Wood Pellets Machine

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When you create a homemade wood pellets machine, you get to use the wood pellets to heat your home in a safe way and it reduces the chances of carbon monoxide poisoning that often occurs when you use gas heaters. Also unlike the central heating, you use less energy and your utility bill does not increase greatly during the cold months. Because wood is always readily available, it is also a sustainable way to heat the home. Finally, a homemade wood pellets machine assists you in teaching children about simple living.