[TheForge] 65 Ton Pickle ;-) - fire starter

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Her Q was about  the form of the fire i think. Jane, what you are trying 
to accomplish is to form coke from the coal which happens as the 
volitiles burn off around the edge of the fire, spread is controled by 
sprinkling water. The object is to form a little hollow core surrounded 
by burning coke that you continually nudge in from the edges. Enough 
coke below  and above is needed to keep too much oxy from reaching  the 
hot steel. A neutral to reducing  fire is what you are trying for. I'm 
not a coal burner so others will please correct this answer.........Pete F

http://www.peterfels.com




Scott Lane wrote:

>
>> As Fred Caylor taught me -- get some newspaper - like 6..8 sheets 
>> (more if it's a green coal fire, less if there is abundant coke). Lay 
>> the sheets at angles to one another but all centered on the same 
>> spot. Place your fist at the center and start gathering the paper up 
>> around your fist.
>
>
>         Easier and quicker: take 3 sheets of newspaper.  Ball two of 
> the sheets into about fist sized balls and place on the third sheet.  
> Roll the two balls up in the third, while kind of folding the sides 
> over as you go.  You want a little tail left at the bottom.  Place 
> this in you pot and bank as described above.
>
> Scott
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