Thursday, April 14, 2011

Chabon


Chabon (Creole for charcoal) Project is coming along.  The top part is a working surface that is slightly angled so the run off water goes back into the lower tanks.  The bottom hole will contain two tanks or wet areas that will allow us to turn paper, cardboard, wood chips... into mulch.  The mulch is then squeezed so most of the water returns to the tanks.  It will then be placed in forms and we'll use hydraulic jacks to remove the rest of the water.  The raw material now has to spend a day or two in the sun and-- VOILA -- chabon.

4 comments:

  1. It's wonderful to see this getting off the ground (or into it)!

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  2. So the Chabon is created without burning? Is it just the mulch that is formed into Chabon?
    Great

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  3. Yes. There's no burning involved and the waste material is mostly free. We have promises from the local banks, a printing shop, several carpenters' workshops, businesses... so paper, cardboard and sawdust are available. Wish us luck.

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  4. This is such a great invention -- we should be using it in the States!

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