[TheForge] charcoal

[Doug Ayen]

Since we're aiming for some fairly small pices of charcaol (at least for
what I'm doing, mostly smelting) is there any reason not to use large
chippings for to make the charcoal? I'm thinking retort-style
conversion, externally fueled.

--doug


Thus Spake Bruce Freeman (FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com):
> 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
>