"Fire the Pit" Charcoal making in Pennsylvania Part 3 of 4

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Uploaded by on Jul 12, 2008

Making charcoal in Pennsylvania. Charcoal was the fuel in many iron furnaces until the conversion to coal. By Van Wagner 2008.

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  • can you use a soft wood like pine or spruce or poplar?

  • @morav you can indeed but for iron making hardwoods were best (oak, chestnut, etc)

  • what happens if it rains is it ruined?

  • No. I've had it rain hard on burning pits and no problem. the dirt on top acts like a roof.

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  • cool great gob at this

  • frustrating, sometimes

  • can you charcoal big round logs about a feet and a half thick/wide?

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