charcoal machine

This is a machine that turns blocks of wood into actual charcoal, not ash. It productively uses scrap wood, a renewable resource, to heat cut wood blocks. The blocks produce a gas, known as wood gas, which is burned in the firebox and consumed. As you can see in the video, it produces very little smoke while running.

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• charcoal
• machine
• coal
• blacksmith
• barbecue

[jjhall68]

This is great! I Built a batch retort design but it takes a lot of attention. How long does it take to run a cycle?take to run a cycle

[impavitus]

@jjhall68 depends on the size the pieces of wood are cut and how full it is. I like to run it for around 3 hours.

[a2zmovieproductions]

Great info. Do you have a website where you talk more about how to build this thing? It seems a little more self running than tring to use 55 gal drums.