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judyofthewoods



Joined: 29 Jan 2005
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Location: Pembrokeshire
PostPosted: Sun May 01, 05 5:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dougal wrote:
And I'm a bit concerned about Judy's (indoor) experiments, because one of the gasses produced when burning with a restricted air supply is bound to be the deadly poisonous Carbon Monoxide...


Not to worry, dougal, I shut down the air intake, not the flue, in effect closing down the fire to nearly, but not quite 100%, preventing burning, but allowing the smoldering, and the hot gases still rise up the chimney.

Blue Sky



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Location: France
PostPosted: Sun May 01, 05 7:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I did wonder about the restocking of timber bit myself actually but was too shy to ask (after all he is called "Madman") Maybe J of the Woods should be renaimed mad woman!

judyofthewoods



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PostPosted: Sun May 01, 05 7:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

simon wrote:
Maybe J of the Woods should be renaimed mad woman!

Dash, I thought I could keep my real name a secret

dougal



Joined: 15 Jan 2005
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Location: South Kent
PostPosted: Sun May 01, 05 8:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

judyofthewoods wrote:
Dash, I thought I could keep my real name a secret

Well... IIRC "Probably known as the madwomaninthewelliesintheskip", although I haven't seen *that* picture, yet...

Blue Sky



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PostPosted: Sun May 01, 05 8:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

SSShhhhhh!!! I won't say another word

Lloyd



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PostPosted: Sun May 01, 05 10:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

[quote="dougal"]The part of Madman's experiment that puzzles me (as being utterly contrary to anything I'd heard of), is the sentance
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The fire continued for two days, with regular restocking of timber.

Restocking? I thought the idea was to *keep* it sealed, and NOT add anything... quote]

As we couldn't get sufficiently high temperatures, on a couple of occasions the lid was removed and more fuel of better quality added, and then the lid resealed.

dougal



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PostPosted: Sun May 01, 05 10:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Madman wrote:
The fire continued for two days, with regular restocking of timber.

dougal wrote:
Restocking? I thought the idea was to *keep* it sealed, and NOT add anything...

Madman wrote:
As we couldn't get sufficiently high temperatures, on a couple of occasions the lid was removed and more fuel of better quality added, and then the lid resealed.

And I think that may be the reason that the fire burned down to ash rather than charcoal. It really is supposed to be about choking the fire... (writes the former scientist who'd quite like a gas barbie, but knows he shouldn't...)

Lloyd



Joined: 24 Jan 2005
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PostPosted: Sun May 01, 05 10:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Interesting. As this was the first attempt, we lacked the confidence to leave it sealed, thinking that it would just die out. As Jema said, one can learn a lot from failure.

Guest






PostPosted: Wed May 11, 05 11:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

This website has a good article on making charcoal.

https://www.clt.astate.edu/elind/charcoalvalentine.htm

I have used a similar method to do the same, and it only takes 3-4 hours for a finished product.

Good luck with your attempt.

Lloyd



Joined: 24 Jan 2005
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PostPosted: Wed May 11, 05 11:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Excellent link!..Thanks, Guest. I shall use this info in making the definitive kiln!...Check back here in a few weeks for the article on it!

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