[TheForge] charcoal

[Bruce Freeman]

Phlip,
There's a lot of prunings going to waste that could be turned into
charcoal.  For some reason, folks don't like <4" for firewood, and end
up chipping the stuff.  Get there before the chipper, or make a deal
with a tree service.

But, anyway, charcoal is one heck of a lot easier to break than is
wood.  Burn whatever logs you get.  If it doesn't check and break while
coaling, you can easily break it apart after the burn.
Bruce
NJ

>>> phlip at 99main.com 4/2/2006 3:28:40 AM >>>
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The pre-prep looks the most potentially labor intensive. I gather from
the 
lump charcoal I get that you don't really want logs, but rather chunks
of 
wood a couple inches in diameter, maybe kindling size or so, so turning
logs 
into that size might by a bit time comsuming.

Apparently, in my time period in England, charcoal burning was done
with the 
wood they got from coppicing, so most of the branches started out
fairly 
small.

There's quite a few sites out there on making charcoal. Google "making

charcoal" and you should find out a fair amount. I'd direct you to the
sites 
I've found, but I don't have my computer back yet.

Phlip
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