[TheForge] Making Charcoal

[Bruce .]

Interesting.  Well, if Wally can make charcoal with a completely uncovered
wood "pit" (i.e., pile), why not just a loose sheet-metal cover to reduce
air exposure, and maybe "mud up" most of the openings between sheets?
Maybe wet, muddy cloth instead of just mud, to make it stick better to the
hot metal?  Just thinking out loud here.

Bruce
NJ

On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 7:43 AM, Albin <dski1045 at qis.net> wrote:

> Here is another video of "primitive" charcoal making.  Wally does use a
> blue tarp to keep the wood pile dry until the day of the firing.  Also, all
> of the plastic buckets of water when it comes time to douse the fire.
> Probably not the most efficient when it comes to the ratio of wood to
> charcoal realized, but think of the labor it would have taken to cover that
> size pile with mud.
>
> Wally is a very big advocate of using charcoal to forge.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-jz0C-OgZ4
>
>
> Respectfully,
> Albin
>
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>> Interesting.  They are currently exploring what appears to be a late
>> 15th/early 16th Century iron foundry, about 20 miles southwest of Boston.
>> The abundance of charcoal in and around the stone buildings was the first
>> tip off as to it's nature.  Apparently it was fairly common for smiths of
>> the day to "illegally" make iron for their own use, due to high taxes
>> imposed on iron being supplied by England, along with an irregular supply.
>> The site is/was well hidden a short distance from the Charles River.
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bruce . <freemab222 at gmail.com>
>> To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Sun, Feb 21, 2016 4:35 am
>> Subject: [TheForge] Making Charcoal
>>
>> A video on making charcoal with NO technology.  His only concessions to
>> the
>> modern world are a camera and a pair of pants (for which I am
>> appreciative)!  A little extreme, perhaps, but it makes it clear that it
>> CAN be done by anybody with the knowledge.  A 5-minute flick, the essence
>> of which you can get in about 2 min by skipping ahead.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzLvqCTvOQY
>>
>> Bruce
>> NJ
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