[TheForge] Where have all the firepots gone

[Doug Ayen]

Quoth Chris Worsley (worsley at verizon.net):
> Not so much the smoke itself, as the unburned gasses.
> Chris
> 
> Darrell wrote:
> 
> >He might be asking if it is the coal smoke that goes WOOF in the blower 
> >when
> >you are not turning the crank. If that is the case, the answer is yes.
> >Darrell

During a blacksmithing demo at a local school, I got the attention of 
a lot of the kids initially by lighting a lot of green coal, slowly
pumping in the air until I had a good cloud of smoke going then gave it
a good hard crank. The resulting fireball was appreciated.

--doug