[TheForge] eco coke

[peter fels]

A word of caution;
Colliers regularly were killed by explosions while making charcoal.
A closed container full of fuel, heated...ought to spook one some.

On May 25, 2011, at 4:43 PM, Mike Spencer wrote:

> 
> Bruce wrote:
> 
>> I'd like to see plans for the thing, because I didn't get from the
>> video where the air enters.
> 
> IIRC, there's one barrel inverted inside a larger barrel, right?  Fuel
> in the space between.  Air holes at/near the bottom of the outer
> barrel so the annular space serves as a firebox and the thing stuck on
> top is a flue that helps create some up-draught.
> 
> No opening in the bottom (which is up) of the inner barrel so active
> burning doesn't propagate there.
> 
> 
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