[TheForge] propane vs coal vs charcoal

[Saint Phlip]

Ah, well, gmail tends to collapse repeated postings, so I wasn't
looking. But, that should give you some idea of how much charcoal
lasts for how long.

I was rather fascinated by the induction units at the ABANA Conference
;-) Just can't see how I could justify using one at an SCA event ;-)

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 7:36 AM, terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com> wrote:
> hello;
>
> i believe that jim beard was referring to electro-induction
> heating. he was asking if anyone had any numbers on the total
> cost of ownership and operation of an electro-induction unit.
>
> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008, Saint Phlip wrote:
>
>> FWIW, a 20 lb bag of (lump) charcoal lasts me for about a day at an
>> SCA event. I'm specifying here, because at events, my forge is running
>> constantly from about 10 AM to dark, with as many as 4 people working
>> at a time (average 2) doing anything from light metal heating to forge
>> welding. From my POV, it's reasonably efficient and inexpensive, since
>> the donation jar usually pays for the charcoal ($8- 8.50) and then
>> some, and charcoal is easy enough to use that I'm able to let the
>> students focus on metal shaping rather than fire tending, and the 20
>> lb bags are light enough that almost anyone can lift them to fuel the
>> fire.
>>
>> I really like charcoal as a fuel, as I've mentioned before.
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Jim Beard <regionalchaos at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I've heard this is expensive.  Does anyone have any numbers on it?
>>
>>
>
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