Pellet Basket For Wood Stove

[YuccaFlatsRanch]

Am working on making a pellet basket for my Orley Wood Stove. It would be nice to occasionally burn pellets or small chunks of wood from the shop. I am looking for some very small expanded steel plate, so I do the welding myself as opposed to having welding on stainless done for me.

[sticky_burr]

i saw these for sale somewhere and wondered, why?
pellets are almost 500$ a cord wouldnt it be cheaper and easier to burn wood

[YuccaFlatsRanch]

I'd like to be able to burn "all of the above" - wood, chunks, chips, pellets, corn (really at the price of corn???), paper bricks, etc.

[dogrunner]

I have heard that one ton of pellets is equal to a cord of wood. I can get a ton for $175.

[oregon woodsmok]

I've owned a couple of different pellet stoves. The little pot where the pellets burned was really heavy weight metal. With some holes drilled into the bottom, and a small fan blowing air onto the pellets.

They didn't burn so great when that little fan went on the blink. Also, there is a motor and auger to drip the pellets into the burn pot at a steady rate. I don't think it would be very economical to just light a big pile of them on fire. They burn pretty quickly.

I always thought the pellet stove was expensive to run. The pellets cost a lot and then there were three electric motors running all the time, so it added on to your electric bill, too.

Convenient, though, and a lot cleaner than fire wood.

[Pelenaka]

Okay don't laugh but we burn pellets that have been poured into tp rolls then wrapped in a few sheets of newspaper. We use the "rolls" when were burning not so good wood and need an extra shot of heat say if I'm cooking. Pellets are bought on sale (broken bags).

I know that pellets are very popular with seniors here as they all like to say they've done their time @ the wood pile.