[TheForge] Making a Charcoal Kiln

Thu Feb 7 16:52:28 2002

Found another nice page for charcoal making:
http://www.velvitoil.com/Charmake.htm

Frederick
--- Bruce Freeman <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is similar to what others have done, except the
> barrel is usually kept standing on end.  Rolling may
> shatter the charcoal to dust.
> Bruce
> NJ
> 
> >>> "Jeff Harding" <[email protected]> 02/06/02
> 06:03PM >>>
> 
> 
> 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 
> >
> >
> > Paul McComb
> > Fat Raccoon Forge
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> >
> >
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