Comments on: Making Your Own Pellets for a Pellet Burning Stove

By: Bill Stincs

Bill Stincs — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:59:00 +0000

I am burning wood pellets at this time and have found them very efficient for heating my home. I have a Harmon boiler and I am tied into my existing hot water system. My boiler burns very clean and leaves very little ash. I empty my ash pan after every ton of pellets that I burn or each month. There just is not alot of waste. My home is very warm with the new system and I would recomend this heat scource to almost everyone.A pellet burner like a wood burner is more work than gas or oil and it must be kept clean to operate at it’s peak.
As far as making your own pellets. Do your homework! The smaller mills do not produce the pressures of the lafge units and you will find that each batch will be different. You will need to add binders to some formulas to hold the product togther.
I wish every home use a renewable heat scource like wood and bio mass. Then we could greatly reduce our need for any oil.

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:25:52 +0000

Jeremy — so total parts cost $1300 and the manufacturer is “robbing” you by charging $2000? You’re high on glue. That $700 is called . . . wait for it . . . “profit”. It’s how the company can afford to pay the people to assemble the product, stock the product and ship you the product. All while making a living themselves. I suggest you try building one yourself and see if you can come in under their price, with a warranty. Keep track of your time and investment. I guarantee you’ll spend more…

By: Ron Davies

Ron Davies — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:39:02 +0000

I have some feedback on home grade pellet machines for you
I found it worth my time and Les and his son Shawn at Yankee Pellet Mill worked great with me they not only sold me a pellet mill at a affordable price they also helped me to actually make pellets. I would suggest them to anyone.

By: wayne

wayne — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:16:18 +0000

Check out makeyourownpellets.com , there is a forum where some of us who are making pellets are helping others become pellet makers. I myself have a pellet mill (home size) approximately $4500 (US) But I spent $3000 heating my home last winter (fuelOil) so the cost is not that bad considering. I am making pellets out of hay, newspapers , sawdust and cardboard. The oil industry can go to you know where as far as I am concerned. Sames goes for worrying about the cost increases of pellets made by corporations!

By: Les Puglia

Les Puglia — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:43:51 +0000

We run this mill and make pellets with it,We also will demo our mill and show you how.
it does take time and the point is to make pellets out of a range of material as we do not think wood is the only answer as you can pellet hay,grass,leaves,wood,corn,soy bean,willow,the list goes on and on.