[TheForge] Cap and trade

[Keziah's Forge]

As IT happens, I have been doing very little smithing for the last year, but 
a whole lot of colliery.  Went looking for some fuel one day, met a guy who 
was making charcoal for agricultural purposes, one thing leads to another, 
and I am now DBA New England Biochar.  Check it out at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXMUmby8PpU

and get back to me.  I have a bunch of designs for retorts, including a very 
practical unit that cranks out 700-800 lbs at a time.  BTW:  handled 
correctly, it doesn't have to spark .  If you are old school enough to use 
coal, charcoal could be  the thing for you.  I used nothing but charcaol at 
Keziah's Forge for the past year, and with my properly darwing side draft 
chimney, sparking was never a problem.   A presence, but not a problem

After all, Longfellow's  Village Blacksmith didn't get "the sparks that fly 
/  Like chaff from the threshing floor" from Pocahontas-p.

Keziah


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>
To: "Wesley Marquart" <marquart at arlinn-tower.com>; "'Blacksmithing List 
Sponsored by ABANA'" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>; "'Roger Degner'" 
<780 at mchsi.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Cap and trade


> The charcoal I have was given to me at an event I was demonstrating at. 
> One
> day the guy came by and said that he had some coal he didn't need and I
> could have it if I wanted it.  I told him I would give it a try, expecting
> him to bring me a sample.  The next day he shows up with a barrel  full of
> charcoal.  It is in pretty big chunks, some as big as a softball.  It was
> given to him so he didn't know the original source, or even if it was home
> made or commercial.
>
> I tried it right there and didn't like the sparks because of the wind.  It
> may work better in my shop forge.  I like the idea of having a renewable
> fuel source, but we heat with wood and I really don't want to have to cut
> any more than I am already.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wesley Marquart" <marquart at arlinn-tower.com>
> To: "'Bob Ehrenberger'" <eforge at centurytel.net>; "'Blacksmithing List
> Sponsored by ABANA'" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>; "'Roger Degner'"
> <780 at mchsi.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 1:10 PM
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] Cap and trade
>
>
> Hey Bob,
>
> Just curious...  What kind of charcoal were you using?
>
> I switched to exclusively using home made charcoal about 8 years ago after
> using 'Grove Charcoal' for a couple of years.  Grove is a local to 
> Wisconsin
> hardwood charcoal.  Admittedly charcoal does spark a bit more that coal
> (especially when you get to the bottom of the bag or barrel) but I really
> haven't seem a whole lot of popping... perhaps the kind you used was
> somewhat damp?
>
>
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