[TheForge] coke vs. coal

[PlumDon at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/7/2007 3:00:21 PM Eastern  Daylight Time, 
rhrocker at hilconet.com writes:
how about coke vs. coal? 
I  found that the disadvantages of coke readily outweigh its advantages. 
It can  be very diffictult to break up to a convenient size. Many 
contraptions have been  designed to aid this process but it is more trouble than worth. 
It is harder  to start burning.
It is hard and dense and you can often bend small, thin  pieces trying to 
work it in. 
If you stop blowing it quickly expires. I dont  know of any way to bank it 
for even 5 minutes. 

It does make a nice clean  fire that is advantageous for forge welding and 
reducing scale. But unless you  do a LOT of forge welding, not worth the effort.

My experience, only.  There's some that quite like it...but not many.

Don Plummer  




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