pellet pros

[mvpellet]

Hi -
Does anyone know anything about these small pellet mills for home use? Do they work? Do they work for using the pellets in pellet stoves? Or are there any others out there that work?
http://www.pelletpros.com/id68.html

 

[Wood Heat Stoves]

they do make units small enough to be used in home opperation, not really sure how cost effective it is.
i see ads in the trade mags from time to time...

 

[rona]

A corn stove dealer near here was going to sell them and ordered three different sizes and was going to hold a open house and demonstrate how they worked. He tried for three days to get them to work decent and just couldn't do it. These cheap pellet machines are made for animal feed pellets which look the same but are much softer then a normal pellet. They can't make a consistent length pellet and they come out hot and soft so there is a lot of fines that you have to run through the second time.
They also don't feed consistent meaning you have to be stirring the hopper all the time you are making pellets. The pellets have to be cooled down afterwards and are very poor quality. You will never make pellets as good as the ones you buy as these machines can't develop the pressure it takes to make a good pellet. The raw material should be ground to a consistent size and have the right moisture content or once again you won't make a pellet.
If you look back in the forum you will find other people have tried these cheap machines with the same dismal results. If you look at the amount of pellets produced in a hour and divide the amount in half that will be the realistic lbs per hour.