This article discusses some simple steps on how to make wood wastes into wood pellets. The main advantage of using pellet baskets or pellet stoves is because they are cost effective as compared to firewood plus they are environmental friendly. You can turn the wood that you no longer need into usable wood pellets. Well, to make wood pellets you are required to have some initial investment in terms of pelletizing machine. On the other hand, the process will help in reducing waste plus conserving the environment.




Following are the main steps about  how to make wood pellets:

The first step is collecting the wood waste from your area or local industry. As you collect the wood waste, you should not mind whether they are from the bark or any other tree part. The part does not matter because you will get high quality wood pellets.

The second step on knowing how to make wood wastes into wood pellets is starting your machine or hammer mill and then put a basket in a way that it will collect your product. Consequently, you should put the wood chips in the hopper mill but do not be in a hurry as you feed the materials. The machine will chop all the wood chips and they will be transformed into sawdust.

The third step is turning on the pellet mill and do not forget to place one empty bucket on the exit end. Before you put in the sawdust, you should give the mill some time to allow the metal dies to become hot until the moisture is turned into steam.

The fourth step is pouring the sawdust. After a couple of minutes, you will find that the sawdust has started to be compressed into pellets. You should continue putting the sawdust and emptying the bucket at the chute end.

You should let the pellets to cool before you start using them. After knowing how to make wood wastes into wood pellets, you should store the excess of pellets in a sealed bag and ensure that the place is dry.