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==Making your own charcoal== | ==Making your own charcoal== | ||
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There are two approaches to making charcoal. | There are two approaches to making charcoal. | ||
* The direct method uses heat from the incomplete combustion of the organic matter, which is to become charcoal. The rate of combustion is controlled by regulating the amount of oxygen allowed into the burn and is stopped by excluding oxygen before the charcoal itself begins to burn. This is the ages old method used by colliers to make charcoal in a pit, pile (clamp) or, more recently, in metal or masonry chambers (kilns). See the links below for more information. | * The direct method uses heat from the incomplete combustion of the organic matter, which is to become charcoal. The rate of combustion is controlled by regulating the amount of oxygen allowed into the burn and is stopped by excluding oxygen before the charcoal itself begins to burn. This is the ages old method used by colliers to make charcoal in a pit, pile (clamp) or, more recently, in metal or masonry chambers (kilns). See the links below for more information. | ||
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** [[Indirect by burning inside a barrel]] | ** [[Indirect by burning inside a barrel]] | ||
** [[Indirect by using two containers (of different diameter)]] | ** [[Indirect by using two containers (of different diameter)]] | ||
| + | ** [[Elsen Karstad's Charcoal Making Wood Gas Cooking Stove]] | ||
===External links (on making)=== | ===External links (on making)=== | ||
* [http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Charcoal wikihow] | * [http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Charcoal wikihow] | ||
* [http://www.twinoaksforge.com/BLADSMITHING/MAKING%20CHARCOAL.htm twinoaksforge] | * [http://www.twinoaksforge.com/BLADSMITHING/MAKING%20CHARCOAL.htm twinoaksforge] | ||
| + | * [http://www.downsizer.net/Projects/A_sustainable_home/Charcoal_Making/ Charcoal making at downsizer, written by Bodger] (Plenty of images) | ||
[[Category:Charcoal]] | [[Category:Charcoal]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:49, 19 June 2010
Making your own charcoal
There are two approaches to making charcoal.
- The direct method uses heat from the incomplete combustion of the organic matter, which is to become charcoal. The rate of combustion is controlled by regulating the amount of oxygen allowed into the burn and is stopped by excluding oxygen before the charcoal itself begins to burn. This is the ages old method used by colliers to make charcoal in a pit, pile (clamp) or, more recently, in metal or masonry chambers (kilns). See the links below for more information.
- The indirect method uses an external heat source to "cook" organic matter contained in a closed but vented airless chamber (retort). This is usually carried out in a metal or masonry chamber (furnace). The indirect method results in a higher yield of high quality charcoal with less smoke and pollutants and requires less skill and attention than the direct method.
External links (on making)
- wikihow
- twinoaksforge
- Charcoal making at downsizer, written by Bodger (Plenty of images)
