This is how we make charcoal for high quality sporting grade black powder
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@SuperSneakySteve Жыл бұрын
People should know that they shouldn't open the top right away after cooking their char. It's hard not to take a peek but if you do it will start to burn and turn into ash. Wait at least 20minutes for it to cool.
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
Thanks Steve, I completely forgot to mention that.
@Tigris_River_Sand_Fleas Жыл бұрын
@@Everythingblackpowder should do a video on breaking it down via rolling pin or media grinder. Thanks dude.
@skippymctwist76 ай бұрын
@@Tigris_River_Sand_FleasI use an old hand cranked meat grinder - cheap to pick up used, and you'll get the charcoal down to somewhere inbetween airfloat and granulated sugar in no time at all. Do the grinding outside, though, quite a dusty process.
@Tigris_River_Sand_Fleas6 ай бұрын
@@skippymctwist7 Excellent method in the event that there is no power. That's a 1st one on me! I use an old food processor called 'Ninja' for my powders like charcoal, aluminum, hexamine and many more. Saves tons of time! My motive is total self-sufficiency in the event that the internet takes a sh1t and munitions are gone. You should try doing it from the garage if you have a window. I improvise using an old portable fan and it sucks anything I don't want to coat my lungs outside. If you saw one part of my garage, you would think I am running a meth lab. Have a bunch of distillation apparatuses, scales and much more. Thanks for responding brother. Stuff goes south, keep your chin in the mud.
@CheeseCheetah2 ай бұрын
I learned this the hard way…
@richbattaglia5350 Жыл бұрын
The time you invest into making these projects is immensely beneficial for others who want to make their own blackpowder. In other words, Thank you!
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
Happy to help
@richbattaglia5350 Жыл бұрын
Have you considered getting a Patreon account for support? What you’re doing is good, might as well get a few bucks for it.
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
Not really.
@davefellhoelter1343 Жыл бұрын
I know I practice and Incorporate his lessons into my learning curve! my curve goes round to a circle or dead end sometimes? shhh. now i may be roasting very "carefully" in a Class I Div I inert environment some 20K PSI pucks and corned bp above suphur's and knO3's melting temp just to see if it's better? than before.
@tarkmertozberk150 Жыл бұрын
can i use oak charcoal for blackpowder
@Grantiese Жыл бұрын
Have you read Like Fire and Powder by Brett Gibbons? It’s about the historic production of gun powder at the Waltham Abbey gunpowder mills. Goes into detail about the manufacturing processes they used. Gets fairly specific on the ingredients they used. There’s a whole chapter on charcoal. Really short but interesting read.
@justme5689 Жыл бұрын
I've been binge watching your channel for the last several days. I started black powder activities during the covid crap in 2020, but life got in the way. So now I'm back to my adventure to turn my money into smoke and noise. I'm learning from your videos. Thank you for your work. Subscribed.
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Glad to hear it
@d3faulted2 Жыл бұрын
During the late 1880's they started making brown powder for Naval cannons. They would make charcoal but stop before it turned black. Supposedly they also eliminated most of the Sulphur. Supposedly it was slower burning which gave higher velocities in longer barrels. Without the Sulphur it was harder to ignite but that was offset a little bit by brown charcoal being a little easier to ignite since it had more volatiles left in it. I'd love to see you experiment with some. Maybe even do a series where you experiment with making charcoal anywhere from still brown to ultra cooked and see what differences you get.
@user-ns7lb6bo1b Жыл бұрын
I have made some brown powder and I have a burning test video.
@dylanstandingalone Жыл бұрын
I always think about that aspect of brown powder (less cooked = more volatiles), and what a hybrid of brown/black powder would shoot like.
@user-be9ii9ut4t Жыл бұрын
Over cooked is ash. Artist method is stupid! make big fire, hose out, harvest charcoal, dry in sun
@user-be9ii9ut4t Жыл бұрын
@@dylanstandingalone volitals make crud, not energy
@chopsddy3 Жыл бұрын
I’ve been making small batches of charcoal for drawing or to make black grain filler for decades. You can make small test batches with an Altoid mint can. In winter, I put it in the wood stove and remove it when it stops venting.
@jtcustomknives Жыл бұрын
I’m a machinist for a lumber mill and have access to unlimited amount of pine shavings. I have wondered how pine would work for a long time.
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
White pine works very well
@ku4ap Жыл бұрын
I’ve even made charcoal by purchasing a grape vine wreath at hobby lobby. Breaking it up, throwing in the retort (can with hole) and cooking it. Works pretty well!!
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
Grape vine works well
@taofledermaus Жыл бұрын
What if you made charcoal out of some weird stuff like particle board, balsa wood, twigs from trimming the hedges, a book, toilet paper, cardboard, puzzle pieces, cereal boxes, oh you get the idea.
@KathrynLiz1 Жыл бұрын
I think you'd find that the glue and binders in processed wood products would not be good for the result. Th's why it's best to de-bark the wood...there's stuff in the bark that doesn't help. You are after the purest carbon you can get....
@williamcastleberry7338 Жыл бұрын
You can make charcoal for BP out of cardboard. I have used it in a batch and it seems to burn fast. And I have also made some out of pinecones.
@Saltpetere Жыл бұрын
Sounds like Doc Brown refilling the "Mr. Fusion"
@Saltpetere Жыл бұрын
@@williamcastleberry7338 I have a virtually limitless supply of cardboard. Just how viable is this?
@williamcastleberry7338 Жыл бұрын
@@Saltpetere I tried it just to see if it would work, and it does. It seems to burn as fast as the BP that I have made using Cedar, Grapevine, and pine. And I can't tell that it's any dirtier than the other. Cardboard and paper is made from fast growing wood. I ran across a video a while back where a fellow was using straw to make charcoal , and it got me to thinking. I didn't have any straw but I did have a bunch of cardboard and paper. So I tried it and it worked.
@jamesparlane9289 Жыл бұрын
Making the charcoal is the hardest part. I like to ball mill it into powder by itself first as it is less likely to explode in the mill. I also separately mill the KNO3. The Sulphur is usually already a fine powder. Milling it aa together takes a bit less time if everything is fine dust.
@luuk-out-below9804 Жыл бұрын
Good one Jake, I have the sherwin williams model pyrolyzer myself. For sure you want to get the bark off as usually there is a lot of sandy grit that accumulates there as well as its typically the most sapiest part.
@putteslaintxtbks5166 Жыл бұрын
I've used a metal paint can alot of times for charcoal, but I would start with the hole down and after the steam boils out, it becomes a flamable gas (cars, generators can run on it) and so provides a lot of it's own fuel and when that flaming slows, then I would flip it over so could tell better when it is close to done. Then I put a penny over the hole so no oxygen can get into the charcoal and form ash, until it's cool. Some times when when charcoaling sawdust and shavings, I would put a can or jar in the center because that part would sometimes not get done and that took care of that.
@randomidiot81426 ай бұрын
Wood gas? The condensate from charring wood?
@putteslaintxtbks51666 ай бұрын
@@randomidiot8142 Yes.
@RabbitusMaximus Жыл бұрын
One of the cool things about this is grabbing a little bit of the charcoal for your flint and steel fire kit and lighting your campfire by putting a small piece of charcoal in your unloaded flintlock pan and tossing a spark on it to light the tinder that lights the campfire you use to roast your dinner on after a day in the field.
@costapopolis Жыл бұрын
I’m gonna save y’all a lot of time with this tip… I make my charcoal with Cedar picket fence slats from Home Depot. Be selective when picking slats. Avoid knots! I shoot my BP firearms with my own self made BP ONLY! I have never used commercial BP, or Pyrodex. Good BP must be made from “Softwood” charcoal (Coniferous wood), with a few hardwood exceptions. Willow is actually considered “Hardwood” but does make excellent charcoal for BP.
@gettingpast43913 ай бұрын
thanks for this!
@MrTacklebury Жыл бұрын
Some of the guys that I know that make their own also made basically a thermocouple controlled Kiln. They can hold temp between 530 and 550 all day and do about a 2 pound batch at a time. Another easy to find item that works good for powder is Sumac (non poisonous) and Heavenly Tree; although heavenly tree can make some VERY light powder and pretty much requires pucking.
@terryqueen3233 Жыл бұрын
Yes it was very helpful thank you so much. I've got all kind of Grapevine around here and in my vicinity actually all over the county so I'm going to give that a try and see how it works. Thanks again for the video it certainly was helpful. Keep ye powder dry!
@OhmSteader Жыл бұрын
Very similar to making biochar. I was told to take it to 800o for three hours when making a 55gal drum full inside of 400 gal oil tank.We used very dry wood or chicken manure. I knew the gasses were volatile so tried it next time with a copper tune running from the barrel . Lit it and it burned the wood gas for over an hour.
@paulmartin6895 Жыл бұрын
You taught me alot. Thanks keep it up . Always looking forward for your videos.
@snappers_antique_firearms Жыл бұрын
I really want to say thank you. Before i saw any of your videos my blackpowder was not very good. Worse then goex. But what i have learned threw you. My powder its so much better.
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it.
@larryclark93807 ай бұрын
Good to know about using grapevine. I have mountains of that. Thanks for the video.
@exothermal.sprocket Жыл бұрын
Your video definitely doesn't suck and I have it a thumbs up.
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@exothermal.sprocket Жыл бұрын
@@Everythingblackpowder You're very welcome! There seems to be a supreme shortage of gratitude, thankfulness, and empathy these days. What does it hurt to disperse some of this goodness? Pride I guess, hurts pride.
@danielmackey65945 ай бұрын
Great information. I like to put my retort (I think that's the official name of the cooking vessel) in the center of my fire pit. I also typically use very dry, spalted alder. There's something about the wood being on the verge of rotting that gives it some extra speed. Big leaf maple wood also makes some decent charcoal. The nice thing about not using propane is the $$ saved.
@jimseaman25585 ай бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I found it very interesting and I learned a lot. Answered many of my questions.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@theshotgunscientists Жыл бұрын
I make mine on the grill using the cast iron pan heater. It’s also propane fueled. I use a large soup can with the lid cut off most of the way. Willow is what I have easy access too.
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
It works very well. My willow powder is equally to Goex
@BR549-2 Жыл бұрын
Since I have 2 face cords of split seasoned willow in the shed, I guess I am obligated to try this method. I'm basically sitting on a gold mine. Lol Thanks for another great video!
@ILoveMuzzleloading Жыл бұрын
Really appreciate you doing these Jake. You are the guy I point people to when I get asked about this!
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Ethan
@noahmercy-mann4323 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this vid. I eventually plan on making charcoal on a modest scale, but using a paint can will work with what I have on hand right now. And I'm in luck...I have about 40 willows along my property line! Not sure which variety they are (northern Wyoming), but I do know the wood burns hot and clean, so bet it will make decent charcoal.
@wijpke Жыл бұрын
You should wash the charcoal with hot rain water afterwards you be amazed as to how much potassium hydroxide is left in the charcoal.great video 🤩
@krockpotbroccoli65 Жыл бұрын
I use one of those giant Christmas cookie tins. I used northern catalpa wood, which is a fast growing, soft deciduous tree. I cook it in my outdoor fire pit. I haven't made any powder with it yet and will report back when I do. I've never heard of that species being used but it seems to fit the bill in terms of properties. I had a large branch of it that I trimmed last winter and figured I'd give it a try. I've got white pine, eastern red cedar and buckthorn in the area but the catalpa tree is actually on my property.
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
White pine and red cedar make great black powder
@krockpotbroccoli65 Жыл бұрын
@@Everythingblackpowder So I've heard. They're both very easy to come by here. After I do a run with the catalpa and see if its any good ill likely move on to those, or buckthorn which is very invasive around here.
@mkultraification Жыл бұрын
Catalpa was used in some Asian powder recipes.
@krockpotbroccoli65 Жыл бұрын
@@mkultraification Interesting. They were the originators of black powder, so maybe I'm onto something here.
@Bhartrampf Жыл бұрын
@@Everythingblackpowder awesome, I was going to ask about white pine, as I actually have some in my woodpile 🤣
@EmmaTailsOutdoors Жыл бұрын
I have been making charcoal for along time and I have have found that using a large old dutch oven works really well. I use the charcoal for forging mostly and hard wood seems to be the best for that. I wonder if a small cast iron dutchy would work well for making finer softwood charcoal like you use in black powder. I have learned alot from your channel's videos and will try making my own powder for my rifles sometime. Thanks for the info.
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@user-qq2nt4im7t10 ай бұрын
Good video as always lots of knowledge there Thanks allot
@coldandaloof7166 Жыл бұрын
I never thought about the temperature affecting quality. Hmm 🤔 Thanks for sharing your experience.
@user-oj2uz2fo1p Жыл бұрын
Good evening! The Chinese believed that the best gunpowder was obtained from the coal of the Chinese ash or Aylanthus chinensis (Fraxinus chinensis). It's a weed tree and not hard to find. You can use the core of Elderberry (Sambucus). You can use the wood of the Silvery Loch (Elaeagnus commutata). Its wood is similar to Sea Buckthorn.
@KathrynLiz1 Жыл бұрын
I have been told that pine cones are very good, but I have not tried them yet.... I have a bag full for my next batch of powder... 🙂
@tsclly2377 Жыл бұрын
I think you need a blend of charcoals hard woods retain a higher tannin resin content while the soft woods give a more pure carbon, but as you have found fouling issue. Tannins will also slow the burn, but should give a better polish. Have you tried tumbling with coal (anthracite) instead of graphite? Other things to try is a mix that has more external sulfur, like applied in the polishing tumble.. no sulfur polished with a sulfur mix?
@ricktaylor57445 ай бұрын
Interesting as always, thank you Jake.
@jefff8106 Жыл бұрын
Getting really good results with willow but also have had pretty good results with cottonwood.
@HobbiesHobo Жыл бұрын
Good basic helpful info! Excellent!👍👍
@karenjameson611926 күн бұрын
I have never really compared, new to making my own, but I have made my charcoal with an electric smoker. Instead of the pellets from the store, I break up small bits of wood to smoke with. I have used wild cherry, muscadine(wild grape), and others, with good results as smoking wood. I have also used the charcoal afterwards for powder. Seems fine, although, like I said, I have nevger compared with other charcoals. Oh yeah, I know you already know, use green wood.
@Vikingwerk Жыл бұрын
Based on your latest video, I expect that Swiss has some ‘secret recipe’ for their charcoal. There are so many factors, chip size, age, dryness, heartwood vs sapwood, temperature its cooked at, cook time, that dialing it in could get interesting. I do know that those IR thermometers are not particularly accurate, angle and distance changes the reading a lot. You might be able to find a cheep electric heat treat kiln that you could set exact temperatures on, and really dial in your results there.
@nunyabidniz2868 Жыл бұрын
Their secret is Alder Buckthorn and charring it so that there is still some remaining creosote content [not charcoaling it to dead, dead carbon status.] The creosote content is why it's faster burning & the residue from Swiss isn't hard, from what I've read over the years. [This is from research I did before the SARS-Wuhan lockdown.] The recipe for Dupont's pyramidal ["brown" powder, developed for big ship's guns just prior to the advent of smokeless powder technology] included stopping the charring process once the bunker temp rose above 425 F [the bunker temp rises, plateaus, rises again as the various volatiles are burnt off.] Again, all this is from memory, and I've got a bad case of CRS, so do your own research rather than taking my word for it.
@75vuong Жыл бұрын
Well done and good presentation. thanks
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@GeoJohns-rt4rk6 ай бұрын
I was taught to put the can over smoldering black willow and then scrape the residue that collects on the inside of the can. Your way keeps your hands alot cleaner.
@Minuteman.1776 Жыл бұрын
Thank you , that was a very informative video on making charcoal .
@brianwilcox3478 Жыл бұрын
love your videos. Very Informative. And helpful. But I would like to mention something I was told by a 40 year veteran gunsmith of the air force. Black powder is not a propellent. It is an explosive. I am not nit picking here so please dont think that I am. I am just saying what he told me.
@richardlahan706810 ай бұрын
It's actually considered a combustible solid.
@johncashwell1024 Жыл бұрын
No buckthorn here in Michigan that I found...but I do have an abundance of willow. I have some weeping willow but I haven't been over to the "owner" of the shop that it's near to ask if I can pick up some of the fallen detritus from it. I do have a lot of Peachleaf Willow that I have access to and the bp i make from it has outperformed Shuetzin and gets real close Swiss.
@tomvawter4531 Жыл бұрын
Excellent tutorial and information! 👍
@kanapu1982 Жыл бұрын
Disposable chopsticks used in Japan are made of aspen wood. It costs about 200 yen for 100 pieces. Paulownia wood is also readily available.
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
I’ve heard paulownia works well but I haven’t tried it myself
@mikeyheltonjr7 ай бұрын
Hi, this is a great video and I appreciate all the info. Would Muscadine (mountain grape) vine work. I have never made my own powder but I'm really thinking of trying it.
@geargnasher9822 Жыл бұрын
Video didn't suck. Much appreciated. Getting low on 3F and not in the mood to order a 25-lb minimum of flaming dirt from the usual suspects when I only need a few pounds for the next year or two. Just made first charcoal with low-BTU turkey burner and popcorn tin. Used sheet metal shield around and on top to hold heat. Kept below 600 at bottom of can per IR gun. Used red alder (rough edge trimmings from cabinet lumber) for one batch and split/debarked standing dead chinaberry for the other (seemed like a good choice? Maybe not). The chinaberry smoke must have killed every mosquito within seven hundred yards, nasty stuff full of creosote who knows what kind of toxic sludge, made green smoke out the vent on the tin! Made nice charcoal in the end, though. Will report after milling some powder.
@geargnasher9822 Жыл бұрын
Cooking the charcoal at a lower temperature makes a difference in speed and also how clean the powder burns. Cooked between 500 and 600F until it quits smoking makes finished, pressed/corned powder slightly more dense than cooked at 800 until it quits smoking. Cooked at lower temperature also burns more cleanly, I think maybe because it's a better fuel and is using up all the oxidizer and leaving less ash. So all the people who say don't exceed 550F or so in the charcoal retort are spot on.
@nlight87694 ай бұрын
Great stuff, thank you for our great work
@Everythingblackpowder4 ай бұрын
Thank you
@chaecoco2 Жыл бұрын
You have mentioned that you get your buckthorn Alder imported from Ohio. Is this a private connection or is it available to the public. I would be interested in some myself. Can't get it locally.
@seller559 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting 👍👍👍
@richkidd12637 ай бұрын
I really like this channel.
@Everythingblackpowder7 ай бұрын
Thank you
@Backin_Theday Жыл бұрын
We have tons of Alder here in WA but I'm wondering if Black Locust would be worth a try. It would be awesome to actually find a use for them crap thorny trees. They are a very dense tight grained wood.
@ramondanderson6730 Жыл бұрын
Here in the Missouri Ozarks, we use Black Locust just like Red Oak. Its beautiful made into furniture or the latest that I saw was kitchen cabinets.
@chaecoco2 Жыл бұрын
I live in WA and wouldn't know an Alder tree if it hit me in the head, LOL. I have looked up a few references with pictures so I think I have an idea of what to look for now. I have a red cedar in my backyard so am going to try to make charcoal from some of the dead branches I cut from it. Someone also mentioned Black Cottonwood. Just a matter of being able to identify it in the wild.
@landontakeamericaback21069 ай бұрын
My question is Why not buy a bag of charcoal briquettes? Or Chunk charcoal ? Great videos by the way.
@Everythingblackpowder9 ай бұрын
Charcoal briquettes make horrendous black powder. Hard wood lump charcoal will work but it makes weak black powder
@thomasbutcher1925 Жыл бұрын
Very informative and useful. Thanks
@keithmoore5306 Жыл бұрын
you know Jake blasting powder is a different mix to blackpowder it's 60, 20, 20 not 75 15 10! as for pyro powder i never did find a mixtario for it! i'd like to know what wood the Swiss use myself and their cooking method! i started out with the open fire myself but i've came to using a cooking grate or trivet over coals anymore, it takes a little more tending but you can affect the heat levels to a descent degree
@myjunkisstuffgarage967 Жыл бұрын
The video didn't suck, and I subscribed lol. Now if I could make videos that didn't suck lmao it would be great! I guessing one could cook the can in or on a propane grill and use the thermometer on the grill itself to regulate teh temp... Gonna have to try this.
@murdocks8242 Жыл бұрын
Great information! Thank you very much!
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
Happy to help
@Chrisinpa7 ай бұрын
I use willow....strip the bark...do it like you do it.....run it through my coffee grinder and then ball mill it. I mix the weighed saltpeter....which was ball milled and then sulphur all weighed in grams figured as the percentage basis and then ball mill it again. I mix the combination with some 91 percent alcohol so it ends up like wet clay and then run it through a screen to end up with 3F grade and when it dries it is virtually explosive. I use 40 grains in my .40 caliber using round balls. I love the smell of black powder in the morning. LOL
@godoifilho1 Жыл бұрын
Good morning, I'm from Brazil. I don't speak English, I'm using a Google translator I would like to make this gunpowder, but I need the proportions. Do you use 77 charcoal, 13 potassium nitrate and 10 sulfur? It will help me a lot if you can pass it on to me.
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
77 potassium, 13 charcoal, 10 sulfur
@godoifilho1 Жыл бұрын
@@Everythingblackpowder in a test you used sodium, what did you think could cause oxidation in the barrel of the gun? I really wanted to make one without smoke and in the first test it seems that there was almost no smoke..
@freehat272211 ай бұрын
Very good info, thanks.
@otisbauguess135610 ай бұрын
Ever try anything other than wood? As I watched this, my mind went to char cloth. I wonder how charcoal from something like a cotton rope might work.
@stevehatfield7656 ай бұрын
Have you tried Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana) charcoal? It certainly performed best for fireworks making than anything else, I never tried for shooting. Steve
@tompowers84958 ай бұрын
Never have used it but have heard that some pyro suppliers use corn stalk charcoal........suppose to be quite fast .........but the true test is in the rifle with a coronagraph..........
@Everythingblackpowder8 ай бұрын
Never tried it
@williamcastleberry7338 Жыл бұрын
I have a question about sieving the powder after you puck it and let it dry. What sieve should I use to get 2F and 3F I have 10, 20, 30, and 40 mesh sieve's. I would hate to buy a pound just to check the size of the granules. Thanks in advance
@allthingsconsidered3211 Жыл бұрын
I think In alaska they have public use kilns that you can take your green wood too to dry to 20% (cuz green wood doesnt burn .. the same as dry wood/govt reg wood stoves) So i wonder if youd recommend “dehydrating” the wood? Apparently can test with a probe, split a log and drywall moisture sensor i think All just i hear tho Ive never made my own bp but would love to some day. Oak and pine near me
@sasquatch885 Жыл бұрын
I found it helpful.👍🏻
@joedenman727 Жыл бұрын
Have you tried cottonwood for charcoal. It seems to like moist ground similar to willow and alder buckthorn.
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
Not yet.
@Preyhawk818 ай бұрын
Interesting would be red charcoal it was used for hunting powder and compressed for battleship gunpowder. it was made with overheated steam and wood. It is richer on hydrogen and burns much faster.
@Diogenes4259 ай бұрын
If you have not tried Bamboo charcoal we seriously urge you to try it. Initial testing for fast BP performs better than willow.
@Diogenes4259 ай бұрын
The Chinese,supposedly credited with the invention of BP,use bamboo for just about everything. It’s abundance has to be part of the development process. Works pretty good folks!
@lifeoftraveling8330Ай бұрын
Have you used box wood I have lots of it where I live wondered if it would work well
@maxhames4998 ай бұрын
Yea I make cooking charcoal in a 55 gal drum basically the same way.
@Everythingblackpowder8 ай бұрын
I recently saw a video on some guys doing that. I don’t need that much charcoal for making black powder.
@calebblackwell2160 Жыл бұрын
I look forward to seeing how it performs.
@kenycharles8600 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Taofledermaus sent me. Glad I arrived.
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it
@bobrees4363 Жыл бұрын
I wonder how charcoal made from cotton, either cotton balls or simple cotton cord, would work?
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
I haven’t tried it
@DibutilFtalat Жыл бұрын
Green wood contains the most liquid form of tar. When you dry the wood, some of the tar evaporates, but the rest solidifies and produces the matter for fouling. How about putting green wood in acetone for several weeks to dissolve and remove the most of tar while it is in liquid form and not hardened? I bet that would produce much cleaner-burning charcoal. There are other chemical ways of producing even cleaner cellulose as the source of charcoal, e.g. boiling it in alcali to obtain merserised fibers.
@pyrotechnicSAR Жыл бұрын
Acetone is a poor solvent for natural resin. Much better to use gasoline. You need thin strips of wood for good penetration.
@DibutilFtalat Жыл бұрын
@@pyrotechnicSAR Hexan or any other lighter fluid should work, but in my experience acetone has a wider spectrum of resins it can dissolve, leaves less final residue. It may work slower than hexan, probably, but who is in rush?
@pyrotechnicSAR Жыл бұрын
@@DibutilFtalat Hello. Hexane or lighter fluid will work. Hexane is a weak solvent in my experience. Acetone dissolves artificial resins well. Natural resins - shellac, do not dissolve in acetone. The bituminous part is well soluble in gasoline. Acetone is bad. Good luck with your work.
@DibutilFtalat Жыл бұрын
@@pyrotechnicSAR Fresh wood does not contain bituminous parts or shellac. Instead, it contains complex and simple polyethers which are easily handled by acetone. This better be a subject for experiment rather than theoretical arguement and in any case the optimal solvent may be found per specific kind of wood.
@pyrotechnicSAR Жыл бұрын
Industry produces pure grades of coal. Activated charcoals, they purify medicines in medicine. For the preparation of black powder, they turned out to be worse than ordinary coal.
@senorduncan8735Ай бұрын
How grind charcoal faster ? What machine to use ? Or what methode ???
@bradnieubuurt3048 Жыл бұрын
Have you tried cotton wood? If so how did it work? If you haven't, please do a video on cotton wood BP test.. I plan on starting making BP this coming summer just wondering on the cotton wood. Ty
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
I hear it works well
@bradnieubuurt3048 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for making these videos, I've learned so much from watching..
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it
@wayneeck98057 ай бұрын
Question, what do you use to powder the toilet paper charcoal? I tried using a hand blender and even cut off some of the plastic so the blades could work the charcoal. Not real effective. Hope there is a better way. Thanks!
@calebblackwell2160 Жыл бұрын
Did this method perform better? Or was it about the same? As always thanks for the time and effort you put into this.
@oldmanpatriot1490 Жыл бұрын
I just cooked a log of willow Ive had laying around for about 7 years.... it turned out great..... it was a little punky.... which made me think,,,,, what if..... dried 1 year olds mullein stalks I wonder if they would work..... nice and light
@garyelderman12298 ай бұрын
I have European buckthorn. And it should be removed anyway . Close enough?
@Everythingblackpowder8 ай бұрын
I would try it
@arthurvarady7258 Жыл бұрын
William what is your proses for pulverizing / crushing down your charcoal, and should it be in a powder form….
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
Magic bullet blender or something like it
@arthurvarady7258 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for getting back to me. I am going to try Catty Nine Tail stalks/Reeds and char them down not the tops just the stalk because they kinda have the same characteristics as willow or grape vine. I will let you know how it works out.
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
@arthurvarady7258 excellent
@ironcladranchandforge72927 ай бұрын
The only wood that's readily available in my area is Juniper, Pine, Tamarack, and Red Fir. Would any of these make a good "propellant"?
@edmoran869 Жыл бұрын
I have two separate questions... First, would it be a good idea to attempt to burn the smoke coming from the container as the wood cooks? The reason for that is because I make a lot of charcoal, and on windless days the smoke hangs, and kills my lungs. The second question is: The reason I make charcoal is primarily for both my grill, and to make activated charcoal for water filtration. I know that using activated charcoal may be pointless for black powder, but is there a possibility that it makes a difference in the end result in making black powder? Does anyone know if it would ruin it, or possibly make it work better?
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
Yes you could turn it upside down and burn the vapor but I haven’t noticed any difference in the performance of the charcoal for black powder.
@0neDoomedSpaceMarine Жыл бұрын
@@Everythingblackpowder Sounds like an appealing method to limit smoke inhalation if it doesn't make the coal any better or worse for making powder.
@Eatherbreather Жыл бұрын
I'm new to this thoroughly enjoyable channel and I have a question or two. Firstly, is there any merit to using saw dust of the desired wood type? i e. Intentionally cutting the wood for the purpose of generating and cooking the resulting chips/dust/shavings as they're already sort of "powderised". I'm thinking this might make the egress of tars, resins etc from the wood better or faster? Or secondly, would the resulting saw dust being cooked tend to mat down, clump together in the cooking tin and thereby negate the perceived better tar, resin egress idea? I appreciate the work you're doing 👍🏻
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
Saw dust is a little too fine but it will work. The important thing is that you have uniformity in your pieces of wood (diameter and length) so it cooks evenly. I suppose it’s the same principle with sawdust.
@Eatherbreather Жыл бұрын
Thanks 👍🏻
@78LokalАй бұрын
Great videos, subscribed!
@EverythingblackpowderАй бұрын
Thank you
@jaxonevax61354 ай бұрын
I think you hear this all the time but I'm going to ask anyways. Could you do a few episodes where you do a Taofledermaus type thing. Where you explore alternative ammunition to LED. That would be very interesting. Maybe go a little end of the world mad Max with it. Best gunpowder best alternative ammo. Just a thought
@Catboy-hr2qp Жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Do you happen to have a video on milling/making a ball mill? I'm just getting in to making blackpowder having shot BP guns for a few years now, and being tired of overpaying for something I can make myself plus I already have 25lbs of both pure sulfur and nitrate sitting in the garage that i use for other projects
@leecraig7164 Жыл бұрын
Why does the milling time change the flash point? I'm not sure if "milling" is the proper terminology for what the Rock Grinder performs.
@kentherapy70226 ай бұрын
Charcoal from Alder buckthorn increase speed of burning up to 30% against others woods. Confirmed in BP end burner type rocket engine.
@kbjerke Жыл бұрын
I have a lot of standing dead ash on my property. Would it make good charcoal? Thanks for your video!
@krockpotbroccoli65 Жыл бұрын
You can get pretty decently figured wood and thus stock blanks from white ash, otherwise your better off using it for firewood. It burns great, but as the name implies, creates massive amounts of ash. I suspect that that characteristic would make it less than optimal for gunpowder charcoal.
@kbjerke Жыл бұрын
@@krockpotbroccoli65 I have a small amount of Maple, that might be better. Thanks for the comment.
@krockpotbroccoli65 Жыл бұрын
@@kbjerke I hear some of the softer maple species make ok charcoal but have no first hand experience. I sure have burned a lot of it in my wood stove though.
@Cabmaker Жыл бұрын
I have used silver maple and it makes excellent powder. And Hoffman’s channel he did some with ash and got good results
@vincentbougie77766 ай бұрын
I cut a 3foot pine or spruce 2x4 in little strips following the grain its easy with just a knife , burn then real fast and put a lid or something to cut the air , 5minutes and its done
@jeffallen6754 Жыл бұрын
Dude great video and awesome channel
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@androidhonk80407 ай бұрын
Do you think that the fast buring result can vary if you would use birch or oak?
@alifara88429 ай бұрын
I was looking in the comments to make sure that I'm not asking a question that someone else had already posted. Would it be ok to use scrap pine contruction lumber? I wasn't sure since its been kiln dried.
@Everythingblackpowder9 ай бұрын
Yes it works okay
@erickdupont450311 ай бұрын
Retort can. Burn off paint. Scrub insides with sand. Ready to use ( only twice). Seal lid with real clay. Punch hole in top. Bake entire vessel of dry, Barkley’s, seasoned twigs w/out knots ( I use black willow). Vapor cooks off first and then volatiles. Ignite the latter and wait until flame tuckers out. Try reigniting. When it no longer burns…bury it right away with sand for 24 hours. Voila
@MrCncmike Жыл бұрын
Thank U for sharing those tips, I have experimented with white pine as I have a few of those trees on my property that always drops branches, what is ur opinion on white pine for charcoal?
@Everythingblackpowder Жыл бұрын
It works very well.
@sleeperno1215 Жыл бұрын
My last batch of charcoal, I tumbled for 24 hours instead of grinding it. Man it came out really uniform and fine. Just saying.
@richardlahan706810 ай бұрын
Where do you source your wood? I've heard that dogwood and willow is probably the best available here in the US since alder buckthorn isn't native to the US (even though it has been introduced to the eastern US).
@Everythingblackpowder10 ай бұрын
I get my alder buckthorn imported from Ohio. Everything else I can find locally