[TheForge] Making a Charcoal Kiln

Wed Feb 6 21:36:23 2002

I have plans to make a charcoal kiln also. I intend to place a steel
drum on it's side in a cradle, I can get drums with removable heads.
Take the head off and stack it about half full of cut hard wood or
sticks and twigs broken to straight.  Start a fire under it and roll
it over once in a while. If you can keep the smoke coming from the
barrel directed into the fire, it will burn, it may sustain a flame on
it's on out of an orifice.

   Keep the fire going until no smoke is coming out, cap the drum and
let it cool off... should be full of high quality charcoal.

  Anyone ever tried something like this?

   Jeff   ><>

> Making Charcoal has probably been mentioned before, however, I came
across
> this web article and thought I would pass it on.
>
> www.stewardwood.org/resources/DIYcharcoal.htm
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> Paul McComb
> Fat Raccoon Forge
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