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

Wed Jul 23 15:03:00 2003

Here is a good link for coal forges and building the fire:

http://www.grm.net/~shlosser/thefire.htm

Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer wrote:

> 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
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> Scott Lane wrote:
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>>> 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.
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>>         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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