Thanks for showing your charcoal kiln. I did want to correct you on something; Pine actually makes some of the best charcoal especially if you know WHY and how to make the best use of it. There are a few reasons this is: It stays light in the forge and creates airspace and insulation. This is very important because nearly all hardwood charcoal breaks into really small pieces as it burns. When these small pieces collapse and divide over and over the charcoal compacts, severely restricting airflow which of course is necessary heat metal Take a baseball size piece of charcoal from say oak or maple and that same size from a pine species and the pine charcoal wont collapse into smaller and smaller pieces as quickly. These larger more insulative chunks are invaluable for creating a variety of pocket sizes for a well managed fire. Yes it does burn fast but in an open air charcoal forge if you want to get even near welding temps you want that heat plus if you manage your fire well it its really not a huge difference. Red pine specifically is the most desirable forging charcoal for Japanese Smiths so that should tell us all something.

Is there a part 2 for the forge? I don't see it.

you can take a pipe weld in on the lid and lead these gases towards the fire underneath

100 bucks who can tell me how many times he says "um"

You didn't leave it burning long enough to be considered charcoal. that is basically just partially burnt and dried out. If it were hardwood coal you would have been able to break it up in to small peices by hand after it was done, and wouldn't still be brown and recognizable as wood. Also if it isn't fully turned into charcoal when forging it still has alot of impuities to put into your metal and produces a good bit of smoke. Overall a good way to make wood coal. Keep up what you are doing we should all know how to be self sufficient and how to use the old ways of getting things done.

so you can't use this charcoal to cook food with?

is Mahagoni also good for that

Honestly I do not like the way the coal is made. The process itself is great but here it was a complete waste of enrgy and the wood gas was just given to the atmosphere. I would recomemmend to combine that with a secondary ignition of the gases used for cooking or heating, so that no smoke will be produced and you use it efficiently

Why have you put a hole in the bottom you don't do that just holes in the top

Ummmm...Not a Rocket Stove, just a normal hobo stick stove.

and you say sth like balsa isn't good for that. because i have some balsa and want to use it for sth but don't know for what

Who can count how many umm,s he uses during this video um there is um a lot um otherwise um the charcoal um video is um not bad um , the process was pretty um easy to say um the least um so I will um try this um next time I light um a fire. Cheers.

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So not all the wood is black dose it make a difference?

WTF !!!! Seriously something is fucked up here. Mike totally vanished. If something happened to him let me know. If not: Micheal...WHY !?! You were my Mentor, my Love for you holds no bounds. You will always be with me. My Friend, you taught me more than you can ever imagine. 😘