When I was a kid many,many years ago we had a sawdust stove. We had a sawdust bin close to the road so the truck could pull up and shoot that sawdust straight into the shed. This stuff all came from the mill waste in those days.
Okay, the stove, much simpler than a pellet burner. these things just had a hopper that you loaded with sawdust and let it slowly sink to the burn pot. No mechanics, no auger, no motor. plain and simple. seems to me it worked just fine, cept when on occasion the sawdust got hung in the hopper and the stove went out. so you got up in the morning and relit it and banged the hopper and away it went again.
Of course, in the middle of winter, when the sawdust hung in the hopper, it was damn cold when your bare feet hit the lino floor.
but seriously, this is an old technology that served us just fine. of course we weren`t as spoiled in those days with the comfort we have become accoustomed to today. Wouldn`t there be a market today for something like that which can burn just plain old sawdust with out the hassles of mechanics? I mean, plain and simple -- yet efficient enough for those on a budget.
Or is this old technology just too plain and simple for someone to make a profit on it? My parents used to bake and cook on this stove, so it is a useful appliance. multi-purpose so to speak. Thoughts??
Okay, the stove, much simpler than a pellet burner. these things just had a hopper that you loaded with sawdust and let it slowly sink to the burn pot. No mechanics, no auger, no motor. plain and simple. seems to me it worked just fine, cept when on occasion the sawdust got hung in the hopper and the stove went out. so you got up in the morning and relit it and banged the hopper and away it went again.
Of course, in the middle of winter, when the sawdust hung in the hopper, it was damn cold when your bare feet hit the lino floor.

Or is this old technology just too plain and simple for someone to make a profit on it? My parents used to bake and cook on this stove, so it is a useful appliance. multi-purpose so to speak. Thoughts??