[TheForge] Test

[Ben Barrett]

Beep:  a buddy brought over a small semi-portable forge with
hand-crank blower, but this time he put some Fir bark in there, and I
was impressed with the heat taken on small stock.  Discussion ensued
and it was claimed that the old-growth bark (ie, not from the
fast-growing varieties) does a much better job.  I thought maybe the
sappy bits (not sap alone, but the light turpentine along with the
woody fiber) might do better also; does anyone have experience to
share about this?  It also got me wondering about bees wax (well,
probably cooked down to clean parafin) through a preheated pressure
nozzle, as another potential fuel from our own land.  Seems pretty out
there :)

Regards,

Ben


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