Making charcoal from wood / Charcoal recipe / BBQ / Water Filter

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10 ай бұрын

In this video we will show you how to make your own charcoal kiln that will produce cheap clean charcoal.
Welcome to Tick Creek Ranch. This channel was created to show the daily ins and outs of life on a small ranch. We are a family of eight, our lifestyle has taken us from the deserts of Idaho to the wilds of Alaska and back to the lower 48. We followed our dreams and finally settled in the Ozark’s of Missouri. We have owned and operated our own businesses over the years, ranging from carpentry and excavation to commercial and residential landscape. The children and ourselves have developed a passion for learning new skills which include leather work, welding and fabricating, carpentry, plumbing, electrical, roofing, painting, equipment operation, timber sawing, blacksmithing, horseshoeing, flatwork and concrete, timber framing, cattle ranching, horse training, and many more. Please follow along on this journey as we build our new home and delve into the ways of regenerative ranching. So stick around and watch us create our dream using old world construction techniques and style reminiscent of an era gone by. Thank you and enjoy the journey.

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@madsombrero 4 ай бұрын

I have 20 acres of mesquite, oak, and pecan. This is a game changer for my grilling. Now I'll have my own charcoal and wood chips for smoking. Thank you!!

@Sr.GhostGamer-YT 4 ай бұрын

Algaroba? Interessante é uma espécie que não é nativa da minha região, sou do Brasil e sou da região nordeste onde está espécie de planta não é nativa, ela é usada para fazer carvão cercas com sua madeira e também como lenha para as padarias e também ela e bastante espinhosa ou seja tem a presença de muitos espinhos e tem que se tomar muito cuidado ao se trabalhar com ela pois se não souber trabalhar pode se cortar feio outra questão é que elas puxam muito a água do solo e quando é época de seca ela sempre está verde e viva pois durante este período de estiagens sem a presença de chuvas poucas plantas nativas ficam verdes e aqui a produção de carvão pode ser industrial ou natural aqui a produção natural e conhecida pelo menos na minha região como carvoeira e leva-se vários dias para o carvão ficar pronto.

@CarlPapa88 2 ай бұрын

Ton of pecan here in OK. Surfing YT on different ways to DIY some chunks & logs into charcoal.

@woolval52 10 ай бұрын

Wow, those flames at 5:00 from the gasification are impressive! That's so cool how it ends up heating itself. Great design, looks very efficient. I'm enjoying your channel, just found you on your root cellar/storm shelter build, which was excellent. On a side note, your comments about learning new skills... I recently bought a small welder. I got a chance to use it to repair my Dixie Chopper Zero turn mower, the right steering arm boke off and a replacement is no longer available. I took my time and was able to get it welded and repaired! LOL, it wasn't pretty, but it's rock solid now and back in service. I felt proud of myself for getting it repaired, I'm looking for more welding projects now.

@tickcreekranch 10 ай бұрын

That’s awesome! Self improvement is something I harp on around here. Imho it’s our “abilities that define who we are”. It applies to life, love, work, play, relationships etc… Good on ya for learning a new skill. Now take on another one, keep it up 👍 Thank you for the feedback and watching. Hope to see you around in the comments Woolval

@patsyettleman6998 8 ай бұрын

THAT WAS SO COOL …!!! never seen anyone do it like that...… how did you learn all this cool-man stuff? love every one of your videos so far and I'm just getting started on them... PLEASE, keep up the great work. also love that you're teaching your kids to work and know the right way to live

@tickcreekranch 7 ай бұрын

I’m just a guy who’s got to know how to do stuff. If we don’t know how we learn. In this day and age with technology is so easy to just google something to get a basic understanding, then keep practicing until you figure it out. Thank you so much for the support. Btw sorry for the untimely response. It’s been hard to keep up with them all👍

@norcalcracks 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for getting into the details a bit. Looks like I got me another winter project!!

@tickcreekranch 10 ай бұрын

Hey Cuz! You’ll love it. All that orchard wood you have…oh yeah

@johnnyvannoy7180 8 ай бұрын

Very informative video ! I will trying to make one of these .

@deborahhornshaw2560 8 ай бұрын

That was a great option build

@hopechannelcat5462 7 ай бұрын

quite impressive

@ehudmigdan 10 ай бұрын

Such a cool method! Thank you for sharing it

@tickcreekranch 10 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

@plumfessor 3 ай бұрын

I love how the thing heats itself after a while. Super based.

@tim2themax 10 ай бұрын

I've watched numerous videos on making biochar...yours is Brilliant! well done!!

@tickcreekranch 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Tim

@rogerdodger5415 10 ай бұрын

Great… super informative video. Your approach to making biochar/charcoal is completely different from everything else I’ve seen. Thanks 🙏 ✌️

@tickcreekranch 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Roger. Hope it helps

@oscarbennett9253 4 ай бұрын

This is the best contraction for making charcoal I have seen nice keep up the good work

@MS-zb5fr Ай бұрын

This is so cool, and so satisfying to watch!

@lairdcummings9092 5 ай бұрын

Fascinating.

@philroe2363 7 ай бұрын

Best design on YT… doesn’t waste the heat content of the volatiles. The terpines and tars have no other value than as waste heat… well done!!!!

@tickcreekranch 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Phil

@larryg9137 10 ай бұрын

Excellent teaching video! THANKS.

@tickcreekranch 10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@Joe_Shamrock 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Very good design.

@tickcreekranch 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Joe!

@bensantos3882 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful job yet you saved the most breathtaking at the end. You're daughter looked like she descended from Heaven like an angel out of light at the end.

@tickcreekranch 8 ай бұрын

Thank the Lord she takes after her Momma. Lol

@bensantos3882 8 ай бұрын

@tickcreekranch9838 She must be a Catholic Saint if your daughter is that angelic. Congratulations you will never have to worry about your daughter having the pick of the litter. Whomever she chooses to marry she definitely can find a successful, and lawful millionaire like a lawyer or surgeon.

@tickcreekranch 8 ай бұрын

@@bensantos3882 probably end up with a good ole country boy. Hard working and honest is just right👍

@bensantos3882 8 ай бұрын

@tickcreekranch9838 Either is good as long he seeks your approval. A father should always consent to any suitor to his daughter. I pray she finds the ideal man that keeps her close to God and walk the right path.

@ScubaHsn 7 ай бұрын

Seni tebrik ediyorum. Ailen ile beraber çok güzel işler yapıyorsun. Metal ile ilgili videolarını daha çok seviyorum.

@bobbybank5026 7 ай бұрын

Whoa patriot! Subscribed. Hope you do some metalworking tutorials. I want to learn basic welding.

@tickcreekranch 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub Bobby. We’re going to have a couple metal projects coming up next week. Keep an eye out for the vids👍

@user-sb5di7gb7u 3 ай бұрын

Bro REAL MAN IF GENIUS

@DecrepitIllusion 4 ай бұрын

All I saw at 5:00 was a half built engine lmao! That’s awesome

@kayatautari6513 Ай бұрын

Thanks bro from nz

@ThomasShue 4 ай бұрын

I can’t wait to make one

@tickcreekranch 4 ай бұрын

It’s a fun easy project

@fiendeng 10 ай бұрын

god damn 👏 that thing is impressive

@j.m.k.3406 10 ай бұрын

Pretty slick

@CharlieWhitewolf 8 ай бұрын

Don't Worry that pot ash works great for Gardens too.

@maralkoyu9940 10 ай бұрын

Amqzing

@andrewbratos6907 7 ай бұрын

Great job and great video, I can't weld, so its 2" pipe w/flanges,elbows,tee's

@tickcreekranch 7 ай бұрын

That will work great and faster too👍

@WhitCoburn 4 ай бұрын

Very cool. I would like to try this myself. I wish there was a kit I could but to do this. I have no welding equipment or experience on how to use/build it. Thanks for sharing!

@tickcreekranch 4 ай бұрын

I’ll make a no weld version soon and share it 👍

@WhitCoburn 4 ай бұрын

Wow. That would be great! Thanks! @@tickcreekranch

@isaacangelo435 10 ай бұрын

Ok, so let me make sure I understand how this works. The fire underneath raises the temperature inside the barrel to the wood's combustion temperature, releasing the combustible gas. But since there is no oxygen transfer in the barrel, the gas leaks out through the pipes and then combusts when it leaves the holes in the lower pipe and mixes with the oxygen. And once that gets going, the fire from the pipe keeps the barrel at the proper temperature, thus continuing the process. Is that what's going on? Honestly, that's pretty ingenious, and I will be needing to make one for myself.

@tickcreekranch 10 ай бұрын

You got it bud! I love experimenting with this stuff. It’s how I feed my inner nerd:)

@maxjones9139 2 ай бұрын

Very nice! New sub thanks for the info! I have been looking at farms in missouri, I have a place on lake of the ozarks and a mini farm in southern overland park. Used to be country where I am but sadly everybody wants to live here. It's bitter sweet cause property value is up but the thought of leaving is tough. My property is so unique with some insanely huge oaks and sycamores and a beautiful creek. Something in me knows I belong on a big farm in the ozarks. I look forward to more of your content sir! Always learning is absolutely the best way to live, I hope my kids have the same mindset.

@tickcreekranch 2 ай бұрын

Welcome! Kinda sounds like the situation we had in Idaho before leaving. Sad. We love it down here. Pretty darn quiet other than the occasional car on the highway. Thanks Max

@abelhaselden1 10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@abelhaselden1 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video. I’ve been doing it the hard way. I use a 55 gallon drum myself just not burning efficiently like that. Biochar is getting big. I would recommend selling some of those. You’d sell a lot. Thank you again.

@tickcreekranch 10 ай бұрын

Wow! Thank you so much

@jeffkessel669 10 ай бұрын

Just found your channel... glad I did. We live in Idaho and are going to make the move this fall out your way somewhere... don't know where yet. Would love your advice on where you landed. We just did a short trip from KC to Springfield to TN. Any advice would be appreciated.

@tickcreekranch 10 ай бұрын

Had enough of Idaho being ruined? We grew up in the treasure valley. The Idaho we knew is gone for good. The Ozarks are beautiful and the taxes are low. Good people (most anyways) Bible Belt, low crime, affordable land, lots of ticks:) We live in a town of 800 30 minutes from a town of 12,000…perfect. My only advice would be to assimilate, the folks here don’t want change and they won’t. It’s a different way of life here. Kinda reminds me of small town Idaho 35 years ago. Good luck on your endeavors

@nicktorea4017 10 ай бұрын

was the initial load of wood enough to get the retort self sustaining or did you have to put more wood on to get it to that stage? this is a game changer best retort of this type I've seen so far. Thank you for sharing

@tickcreekranch 10 ай бұрын

If the wood inside is dry, yes the first load is sufficient 👍

@superpeluso1 4 ай бұрын

Oh wow I could start a mini mesquite charcoal operation to sell it 🤔

@ricardorivera6635 8 ай бұрын

Hi, how many hours do I let the oven heat up until the charcoal is ready? I follow your channel from your first videos very good work thanks for sharing

@Isaacmantx 7 ай бұрын

You will get steam out of the barrel first, as the moisture content boils off. After that you get flammable wood gasses that will light. Once the wood gas stops and you no longer have flames, let it cool completely before opening.

@ricardorivera6635 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for your recommendation, I'm going to do it with oak wood and I'll let you know my result. Regards.

@JenniferA886 10 ай бұрын

Nice job… can I ask, I have a ton of thick beef bones. Do you know if it’s possible to turn the beef bones to “brittle ash” from this method? Thanks loads. Great channel 👍

@tickcreekranch 10 ай бұрын

I sure would assume so. From what I understand, about 1800*f is required. I’m pretty sure this will get that hot. You could put the bones into a canister to keep them separated from the charcoal. Honestly I have no idea if it would work but, it sounds like a great experiment. Maybe we’ll make another video testing the theory 👍

@AmigoSFFS 10 ай бұрын

Do you have the length measurements for the box tube? Thanks

@benmiller3358 8 ай бұрын

So because all these lumber scraps were soft woods like conifers the charcoal produced from them will only go into biochar and you're saving the hardwoods for cooking charcoal?

@paulbounday596 8 ай бұрын

G'day mate, just wondering what the spacing is from the fire bar to the barrel is.

@tickcreekranch 8 ай бұрын

About 6” id probably go a little further away. I’ll be testing another with a 10” spacing. Needs more time to mix. Needs more oxygen at times. When this really gets going it’s like a jet. Yes, more distance to the drum and possibly larger orifices to help slow down the gas. Give it a go👍

@paulbounday596 8 ай бұрын

@tickcreekranch9838 awesome, thanks for the reply I'll be keen to see the results from it. If I don't by the time I go to build it I'll try at 8"

@tickcreekranch 8 ай бұрын

@@paulbounday596 fyi the heat shield we set over it is ultra important for efficiency. Makes the process twice as fast.

@paulbounday596 8 ай бұрын

@tickcreekranch9838 yeah absolutely, makes a furnace out of it.

@tokyotipster 10 ай бұрын

Looks great! I'm still a biochar newbie. Is this an original design? Does the charcoal tinkle when you hit the pieces together? Does it sink or float in water? Thank you for the video!

@tickcreekranch 10 ай бұрын

I saw something similar somewhere before but this is my take on the subject. The charcoal is extremely light and very brittle but, that all depends on cook time. The final product is easily adjusted to preference. Thanks

@aarafnasr6743 4 ай бұрын

How much time did it take since you started the fire till the end?

@joeycortes1333 4 ай бұрын

question, how long does the wood has to be on fire? for it to be charcle ready?

@davepennington3573 4 ай бұрын

Good looking design but like most cool looking stuff on screwtube I will wait to see the follow up report. I suspect the barrel will burn up because some really intense heat is all being applied at one point. Awesome simplicity for sure, hope it lasts!

@tickcreekranch 4 ай бұрын

If it burns up I’ll just put another $10 drum on it👍

@charlescoker7752 7 ай бұрын

You can cut a 16 inch wide hole down the side of the barrel. And burn the wood right in the barrel. No waste of wood.

@timothymccleary7097 10 ай бұрын

I'm like the other guy I have another project to do I watch not going to like it lol 😂 so can you show us how to make a kiln to go to the top.

@johndalessandro6433 10 ай бұрын

I subed when I seen this, I gotta few questions, what makes it activated? Can you process it for water filtration? If you can, can ya make a vid on that?

@tickcreekranch 10 ай бұрын

Activated charcoal/carbon typically goes through a chemical process that erodes the surface to create more surface area, hence making it more efficient (to my understanding anyway) Although people have been using basic charcoal for filtration and the like for a millennia.

@johndalessandro6433 10 ай бұрын

@@tickcreekranch ty bro good info

@northerngrammy9 6 ай бұрын

@TickCreekRanch my husband just recently found your channel and is loving your content so first - thank you very much! Yesterday he replicated your barrel burner and we put it to the test last night. It didn't go perfectly but we did end up with charcoal. It looks like you have your gasket on your barrel lid as your placing it, can you confirm is this the original rubber gasket if we really are seeing it there? He got a little impatient awaiting the water to first evaporate out of the oak we used so it seems he got the fire going a bit too hot and it took off like a rocket ship THANKFULLY without blowing 😂 can you just let me know about your gasket? Thank you very much!

@tickcreekranch 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! There is no gasket. If there was it would most definitely burn up. As long as the barrel is properly vented there shouldn’t be any risk of rupture. The drier the wood the faster it will begin the process of pyrolysis. We appreciate the support Grammy👍

@rverro8478 4 ай бұрын

Is there a specific type of wood, favorable for "charcoaling" ? Ex: Fruit trees, sugar maple...etc...

@vinhtruongbuiduy4817 Ай бұрын

Dear Mr, you don't make a hole or pole for air fuel come out?

@mattbeaty8986 10 ай бұрын

A buddy, and I do a lot of smoking, and BBQ. Store bought charcoal is getting expensive. I sent him your reel from Facebook, and he is very excited for me to build this... go figure!😅 Anyway, thanks for the idea, and the basics. I wonder how long the barrel will last?

@tickcreekranch 10 ай бұрын

Lol! If it only last for 20 firings that’s still incredibly cheap. The drum cost $20 and each batch probably makes 40-60lbs of charcoal depending on how long you fire it. The drum is easily replaced with another and reused the piping. If you pull the drum from the heat soon after the gas flame goes out seems to be the perfect dense BBQ charcoal. Make sure to let the drum cool before opening otherwise the charcoal will start to cherry and burn up👍 ask me how I know lol. Thanks Matt

@mattbeaty8986 7 ай бұрын

I noticed that your barrel has a ring that tightens with a bolt, do you reckon the rings with the lever would work? Ive found a bunch in the Kansas City area. Or if you've got a source for barrels that have the ring with the bolt, would you mind sharing? Thanks Matt

@tickcreekranch 7 ай бұрын

@@mattbeaty8986 yes that should work great.

@wallacewimmer5191 3 ай бұрын

😊

@mjakersusmc 3 ай бұрын

How many times can you reuse the barrel?

@ryelor123 5 ай бұрын

Some Irish guy on KZfaq showed that an even better type is a triangle/pyramid kiln that is essentially an upside-down hollow pyramid that you slowly fill up as it burns. The oxygen is eaten up by the top few inches preventing the lower wood from burning.

@IS-uh5yj 4 ай бұрын

Video title?

@ThomasShue 4 ай бұрын

How to get the lid off? Did that barrel come with that ring to hold it on?

@tickcreekranch 4 ай бұрын

Yes

@horacesawyer2487 2 ай бұрын

5:25 that little calf said "I'm not having it!"

@user-sb5di7gb7u 3 ай бұрын

🎉

@abdiahaji5653 4 ай бұрын

In the current location I am in right now, it costs 15$ for a barrel sized bag full of charcoal...I have a farm full of tree's and we need to cut most of them to make way for farming land. I'll probably tell my mechanic or show him this and fix me 5 barrel's....thanks

@tickcreekranch 4 ай бұрын

Where do you live and what are you farming?

@an4165 2 ай бұрын

Is heavy or light coal obtained with this method?

@johnslugger 9 ай бұрын

*The more Oxygen used to make Bio-Char the more POT-ASH is made. Potash is HIGHLY alkaline as Pot-Ash and Animal Fat is how the pioneers made Soap 150 years ago! The Bio-Char machine I built uses 5800 Watts of electric power at 240VAC for 2 hours and it's totally air tight so the pH of my Bio-Char is right at Ph 7.2 (More like activated Carbon) - When I made Bio-Char the old way buy burning wood in an open flame and then smothering the glowing amber's the pH was 10.9 when mixed with water which burns the roots of most plants. I'd try mixing your bio-Char with sulfur or sulfuric acid or just make the Bio-char in a 99% anaerobic atmosphere (no air!!!) to keep the pH of the Char as neutral as posible.*

@tickcreekranch 9 ай бұрын

All good points. As to your comment about the ph when using traditional charcoal making methods I couldn’t agree more. Wood ash and water make some potent caustic lye. This kiln is designed to make charcoal/char utilizing anaerobic pyrolysis. The drum off gasses throughout the whole burn therefore no oxygen is able to enter the kiln. Although I have never tested the ph of the char produced. How does your kiln off gas and how large of batches does it make? Thanks John

@johnslugger 9 ай бұрын

@@tickcreekranch All the gases go thought a tiny 1/8" hole drilled on the top of the special heavy wall 18 Gauge drum. When I hear it whistling I usually light it and it makes a nice tall 9" candle flame (wood gas). One time the wood was a little too Wet and the drum started Bulging and steam was shooting out the 1/8" hole! luckily I was watching it that day so I unplugged it FAST! Now I installed a simple automotive brass "FREEZE PLUG" on the lid that blows upward if things "Get To Skippy" inside. I used the large 2" Bung-hole on the lid and machined a hole in it that would fit the Brass freeze plug. It blows at about 40 PSI but I can never find the darn things, Probably in low earth orbit, lol. I will say the Bio-Char this Sealed electric coil drum makes the most kick-ass Bio-Char I have ever created. Great for growing those 300 lb. pumpkins with little effort. This stuff is packed with some kind of special "GROW ENERGY" as most of you already know.

@bkljaqb8459 10 ай бұрын

非常棒請問油桶完全密封嗎？

@tickcreekranch 10 ай бұрын

Yes, except for the square tubing with holes drilled in it

@craneburrage 5 ай бұрын

Is the heat shield you made necessary?

@tickcreekranch 5 ай бұрын

No, but it’s many times more efficient 👍

@craneburrage 5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for getting back to me. I’m going to build one Saturday.

@josephdorey8458 4 ай бұрын

Is there much difference in how the lighter charcoal burns compared to the heavier stuff? Im interested for both cooking and particularly for blacksmithing (professional smith in the UK, the govt is putting a ban on coal and buying charcoal here is stupidly expensive)

@tickcreekranch 4 ай бұрын

I haven’t burned enough of both to say. Most of this was made for Biochar

@scotts4769 5 ай бұрын

So what you’re saying is, if I burn a cord of wood I can have 4 pounds of charcoal? Sweet

@TorchFpv 4 ай бұрын

Weld the outside not the inside 😂.. I'm 100% making one we had the emerald ash bore kill tons of our ash trees up in MN..

@jefc3333 4 ай бұрын

Could you do this without the shield?

@tickcreekranch 4 ай бұрын

Not very efficient without it. Maybe at least a short wall of blocks on 3 sides. Anything to help keep more heat around the barrel

@Sr.GhostGamer-YT 4 ай бұрын

Bem, é uma forma bem criativa de se fazer carvão vegetal agora se é verdade ou não, aí eu já não sei mais ainda precisaria se de muita lenha e seria como eu acho que seria mais ou menos como uma carvoeira que fazemos no meu país de origem, o Brasil sendo um método de fazer carvão vegetal em uma quantidade grande e bem complicado pra fazer mais sai em torno de 20 ou 30 pode depender de 15 ou 25 sacos de carvão vegetal...

@LeatherHomestead-io8dt 6 ай бұрын

Nice design being handy with steel and a welder is a big plus. Are you making any BioChar? May I use your design? You may like mine,if you care to check it out

@tickcreekranch 6 ай бұрын

Please do! That’s kind of the premise of our channel. We try to create things that others may benefit from👍 yes I’d like to see yours when completed. I built this rig specifically for making Biochar for our garden, but it just so happens to make really nice cooking charcoal too:)

@LeatherHomestead-io8dt 6 ай бұрын

I have a few videos up of some I have built,but i mostly use a half drum, you can see everything @ Leather Homestead thanks for the reply@@tickcreekranch

@reign5563 4 ай бұрын

Fun fact you still get to see pretty blue dots when watching a video of someone welding. There's no need to show you welding. Just show the after.

@Sr.GhostGamer-YT 4 ай бұрын

@emiliangavril2443 10 ай бұрын

How long need to cook it to get charcoal?

@tickcreekranch 10 ай бұрын

This batch took about 2 hours 👍

@r.rodriguez4991 4 ай бұрын

@@tickcreekranch Two hours?! Most videos I've seen have it going all day. Two hours is a total different story.

@jmim17 4 ай бұрын

You mentioned that you would never use the first batch for cooking, but you didn't give a reason why, and I'd really like to know, please.

@tickcreekranch 4 ай бұрын

The first batch from a drum with unknown contents could be poisonous. Best to use a chain barrel or the like that never had chemicals in it👍

@Volintena 10 ай бұрын

What diameter are the holes on the sides?

@tickcreekranch 10 ай бұрын

5/16👍

@user-dp3fl4bj1o 2 ай бұрын

I made one but it didn't combust help me out please

@tickcreekranch 2 ай бұрын

Explain a little more please

@heatshield 4 ай бұрын

Did someone say heatshield?

@captainfury19 10 ай бұрын

This video is exactly why I buy charcoal 🤣

@tickcreekranch 10 ай бұрын

Touché

@user-ie7dt2iz7y 4 ай бұрын

How do you tell biochar from charcoal. And is the biochar good to go straight into the garden?

@tickcreekranch 4 ай бұрын

Yes put charcoal fines or small chunks directly into your soil. Basically the same thing, but most biochar has been inoculated with compost tea or the like to get those microbes going👍 although they will inhabit plain charcoal eventually. Think of it as apartments for microbes in the soil.

@blacksmith9175 Ай бұрын

Do you have blueprint of this ?

@tickcreekranch Ай бұрын

No sorry I don’t. I build everything from my head.

@blacksmith9175 Ай бұрын

@@tickcreekranch hmmm makes it more difficult but by the looks of it i manage am going to rebuild it a bit i wanna see if it's possible to use the wood gas as fuel for my gas forge and forging knives out of it

@tickcreekranch Ай бұрын

@@blacksmith9175 I’ll tell ya, the gas and subsequent flame it makes is impressive. It will make half of the heat shield orange hot. It assume directly over the flame you’d get hot enough to forge weld.

@user-dp3fl4bj1o 2 ай бұрын

Help me out i made one it didn't go as planned help me out please

@tickcreekranch 2 ай бұрын

What happened?

@JohnSmith-ki2eq 10 ай бұрын

There's nothing says you can't cook on the same fire you're using to make the charcoal.

@tickcreekranch 10 ай бұрын

True, as long as the barrel or canister is properly cleaned with fire previously.👍

@JohnSmith-ki2eq 10 ай бұрын

@@tickcreekranch if the metal cover you place over the barrel was taller, you could build a chamber above the barrel and use it as an oven, maybe a pizza oven with a stone base 🤔

@jeremylowe2309 Ай бұрын

I bet he used this for this video and NEVER used it agin.

@tickcreekranch Ай бұрын

Oh you got me…you’re right! I’ve made several different variations since this one trying to perfect it. Still working on the fuel/air ratio. It might be a hard concept to understand, but making a couple tons of biochar for our garden is no small feat. These are all proofs of concept before building a large kiln. Never claimed to have invented anything either. This is a loose rendition of something I saw someone build years ago. Very different but a similar concept. There are so many variables and it’s difficult to get consistently successful burns. Maybe you should try and build a better one and add something useful to society instead of bitching. Informing others how to make charcoal other than the pit method, surely is a punishable crime🤦🏻‍♂️

@jeremylowe2309 Ай бұрын

So, you watched another guy do this and pretended you designed it yourself. Sad.