[TheForge] water on the fire and how much fuel?

Wed Jul 10 02:22:59 2002

At 04:36 AM 7/9/02, you wrote:

Bob;
Francis was true old school as you know, and fines were often not 
available, of course.
So Francis dedicatedly spent a couple of hours early each morning and 
ground the coal with his teeth.
Many believe that this was a factor in his living  well into his 
90s....     Pete F

>Bob,
>Most of the coal Francis got was fines.
>Bill
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bob Smolen" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 12:10 AM
>Subject: Re: [TheForge] water on the fire and how much fuel?
>
>
> > I rarely use coal, but Bob Schade had some "fine" coal a while back that I
> > thought was very good. I would like some if at a  reasonable price and not
>a
> > big hassle. How did Francis grind coal to this size?
> > Thanks,
> > Bob
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Demon Buddha" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 10:04 AM
> > Subject: Re: [TheForge] water on the fire and how much fuel?
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Fiorini & Skiles wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Francis Whitaker
> > > > always ground his coal and wet packed it in the fire pot and used
>plenty
> > of
> > > > water during the day.
> > >
> > > Funny you mention this.  I hear so many complaints about "fines".
> > > I use them and like them.  They coke up very nicely and so what
> > > if I have to take a whack or two at the congolmerated mass.
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