Making Charcoal For the Forge Part 2

Finishes out the lesson on how to make charcoal

Category:

Education

Tags:

• blacksmith
• forge
• purgatory
• ironworks
• Trent
• Trenton
• Tye
• charcoal
• learn

[esemjay1]

Would you consider Pallet wood a good source? Good chance you can find lots of this in urban areas.

[purgatoryironworks]

@esemjay1

yeah, just have to fish out the nails afterwards

[paraplegicracehorse]

Is there a particular reason you choose this instead of a two-barrel retort?

[purgatoryironworks]

@paraplegicracehorse

As discussed ad infinitum on the thread, a two barrel retort has been scientifically shown to suck butt.

[purgatoryironworks]

@tallfuzzyone

Nope I meant volume. 10 gallons of charcoal is equal to about a gallon of coal burning wise. I am very aware of the difference of density and volume as I was able to get my pants on this morning.

[aeron159]

im sure u'll think this is a dumb question but i just got 2 know, y cant i just use raw wood to forge?

[diapersmith]

Thanks for the well-put-together video.

[Pedistrarian42]

Also if you have a woodstove you can do the same on a much smaller scale without the preparation and parts that you need to scrounge up.

[flamedrag18]

a good practice with charcoal is to airlock it for a day to snuff out any embers, always works for me, also, always airlock the barrel again when retrieving more for the forge.

[WWYDdotORG]

Not for a forge, but I want to make charcoal for my Big Green Egg ceramic smoker... Buying bagged lump charcoal is de-lumping my wallet, so thanks for the info...

[maxdecphoenix]

doubt i'll ever need to make charcoal, but if i do i know where i'll come for a refresher course. you sir, are full of win.

[r2darky]

Hey! i got a question, isnt it better to get your fire going in your barrel and than put ur wood (you want to be charcoal) in a can and trow it in and totally let it burn out? or does that just count for pyrotechnician grade charcoal? btw nice tut mate :)

[m249gio1]

I'm looking to start my own forge and get into some Blacksmithing . Great Post and video!!!! Your directions are very easy to follow and i never realized how easy it is. Thanks again and keep up the great work.

[cidizzle]

FYI I worked in a lumber yard and while we didn't have cut off pieces we would collect pallets of stickers every week. The sticker are attached to the bottom of the lumber units so a fork lift could pick it up. Just watch out because the pressure treated lumber uses pressure treated stickers.

[jrmym2]

The Grainger 4C440 has been replaced by the 6FHX4