BUILD A "PAP-O-FIRE" IN YOUR FIREPLACE ... AND SAVE ON HEATING DOLLARS
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"The hot, orange rays of light from the fire flood the room like sunshine," says Mills. "That's why I call the specially designed log-holder a 'solar grate': Because it actually takes the sun's energy that's stored in the wood and the paper and the oil, and releases it ... giving you back the warm, orange rays that originally came from the sun."
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Mr. Mills—who expects to burn more than 1,000 soaked logs (that's 1,500 pounds of paper and 250 gallons of oil) before the winter is up—says that the rolling/soaking/burning process is not nearly as time-consuming or laborious as it may appear. Working in his spare time only, Dwight claims he was easily able to make 300 soaked logs over the past summer. "Heck," Mills chuckles, "last week I rolled seventy logs while watching the Redskins game!"
Total cost of Dwight Mills's Pap-O-Fire setup? "Around $75," Dwight says, "including the welding of the fruit cans and the soaker vat, which I farmed out." Mr. Mills points out that someone who can do the welding himself/herself could probably put together a similar setup for just a few dollars, using scrap materials ... but that—in any case—$75 isn't much to spend on something that can easily save a person several times that amount on No. 2 fuel oil (which is what the Mills household normally uses for space heating) in a single winter.
"What I like most about my Pap-O-Fire system," explains Dwight Mills, "is that it uses only recycled materials. And it pollutes the atmosphere even less than most "conventional oil burners. That's what really makes me feel warm inside!"
Dwight Mills — inventor of the Pap-O-Fire system of making (and burning) oil-saturated newspaper logs — informs us that "complete directions and sketches are being prepared for the do-it-yourselfer who's interested in building a Sol-R-Grate and/or a log soaker". If you'd like more information, you can write to Dwight Mills at 1500 Winchester St., Fredericksburg, Va. 22401... but be sure to enclose at least $1.00 (a self — addressed, stamped envelope would be nice, too) to cover the cost of a personal reply. — The Editors.
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