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Lee Sauder
Приєднався 3 жов 2011
Відео
Making Charcoal in a Retort with Lee Sauder
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This movie shows the construction and operation of a charcoal retort to make fuel for smelting, forging, or cooking. It is a fairly simple design built of scrap 275 gallon oil tanks. This retort will make 160 to 180 lbs of charcoal in about 6 hours. Cameo appearances by Shadow Bug the Amazing Ore Dog. You may notice that this video is unburdened by advertisement. But if you feel moved to thank ...
forging square corners video
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A slick, fast way to forge corners without welding.| TECHNIQUE UPDATE: Steve Mankowski at Colonial Wiliiamsburg has discovered that this works best it you hammer down the "pooch" AFTER opening the bend back up. You may notice that this video is unburdened by advertisement. But if you feel moved the thanks me with a few bucks, you'll find a donation button on the Research section of my website: ...
I like this method much better I am going to start doing this for now on thank you for sharing your wisdom with us all godbless and good health.
You sir have to few subs. this was very educational
Yup it worked
This looks much easier and very neat. I need to give it a go. Thank you.
Great discovery for me today. I'm subscribing hoping you will come up with more content.
Thank you sir. Captivating...
I know this video is 6 years old but I have to say, this is the slickest way I have seen to forge square corners. Inside AND outside also. Very well done.
Is there any possibility of explosion?
Only if there arent the fairly large, but not huge, breathing holes that channel gasses back into the outside fire.
Saludos desde Cuba.
did you use more firewood than what became charcoal?
No, I didn't use all that pile. It usually takes about half as much wood ass the coaling wood, sometimes a little more.
@@leesauder969 i had my first trial of making charcoal with steel barrel, actually my very first of any system of charcoal making.....when some old man came he told me about ive used more fuel than what im supposed to make into charcoal, which he has a point when compared with the traditional way they do here, the wood burns itself..but i like this baking type and i think i have to adjust..could you just peek into my upload and give some advice?
@@leesauder969 ua-cam.com/video/P5srFK4CGe8/v-deo.html
Really like the video, Lee, and the retort! Some really good ideas you've incorporated into your system. Be well!
Good Idea men!!💪
How many hours of burning is required and what temperature to be maintained for complete carbonisation of the charge.
@Whoop!!
I like this you give the machine?
thank you !its helpfull .
Use of exit gasses is extreme idea thanks.
hi lee could the process be intergrated into your normal forge routine eg building a smaller vessel on top of your forge/furnace with a overhead chimney / extraction of gasses or smoke ? it seem's a lot of fuel and energy could be cycled in onto itself to compliment your forge running [ not trying to change your creation i'm just new to forging ] my idea is a simple hand crank coal forge built into a lpg style forge with a speed control electric fan backup plumbed into the hand crank piping and have lpg gas into that same line [between fire and fan] with the coal being heated aided by air induction and gas assisted the box of unburnt wood on top [large piping to prevent blockages] the gasses from that feed back under the coal forging fire = so your working forge is assisted by the wood you burn off for the forge ? hope it makes sense and i'm not making a uncontrollable cycle of flame [ heat fuel air ] take one away and it's controlled so air flow control is key
How many degrees Celsius to become charcoal
Lee. Thank you so much for making this video. I saw some when you discovered this some time ago but happy I could watch it today because I need it on a very important project right now in silicone bronze! I look forward to the next time and can thank you in person!
That is a great method !
That’s a wild retort.
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Briljant, so fast!
This looks a lot easier than the other ways I've seen!
What purpose dose roasting the iron ore service?
It makes it easier to break up into small pieces, and converts the limonite to hematite.
Nice coal
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Brilliant. Thanks.
A great technique and an excellent explanation. Thank you!
That process is inefficient , you spend too much wood to obtain a little amount of charcoal, it doesn't make any sense .
"Efficiency" is situational. This is one of the methods that works well for my situation. It consumes about as much wood in the firebox as is in the coaling chamber, and the wood used in the fuel box is wood that is not suitable for charring. I have made about a ton of charcoal a year for the last 20 years, using a wide variety of different methods. If it doesn't make sense to you, that isn't my problem.
Believe me ,you don't need to waste that much wood but if you like burning wood for nothing it is ok . it actually exist a similar device where you only burn the wood that become charcoal , whitout such a forest fire risks. Best regards.
@@Suricatamigo Sounds great, how about giving me a link or two of something you think works better? This retort will soon be worn out.
@@leesauder969 well , it is in spanish (my mother tongue) , but you'll surely understand the design by watching it, good luck with that. ua-cam.com/video/q-PLdJAeT3g/v-deo.html
@@Suricatamigo : Looks like the primary fuel is corn cobs. The video did not have closed captioning so I was unable to use auto translate.
nothings easy. damn it.
Impressive!
I love the design that utilizes the wood gas reburn to assist in the pyrolosis. So many of these retorts waste that heat by burning it off into the atmosphere. Huge amount of energy there captured by your design.
I loved it all... right up to the begging.
This method provides a full square profile IN ONE PLANE ONLY. This is tolerable if the view is perpendicular to this one plane. This method does not provide for a full cross section through the entire corner the dimension of the parent stock. This is apparent in the first bend. The so-called 'pooch' mass is only partially equivalent to the outside stretched mass and does not fill in the mass lost in the radiused corner. This is partially the result of the difference of compressive strength vs tensile strength. The greatist difference is in the topological morphology. That is, the volume of the two idea forms are different, a radiused outside corner with sharp inside corner has less volume than a fully square corner.
This comment is incorrect, this method done properly gives full dimension in both planes.
Without proof? My initial estimate is a ratio of pi/4 to 1. Prove me wrong.
One of the best videos iv ever seem nice job on the charcoal and the video 👍
Thanks for posting! Would a flapper valve cap similar to what’s used on a tractor exhaust stack work to self-seal the retort pipes once things cool down?
I have watched a number of videos on making charcoal, and this setup seems to give the most thought and care to making efficient use of the heat being generated with the cowling and the re-direction of the gasses from the top chamber. It seems quite efficient. Others commented that it takes a lot of wood to run, but it's a big box on top and a much bigger payload than one 55- or 30-gal drum. ;) So, you use all of the charcoal that you make for your own blacksmithing work? If you were to sell charcoal, how much would you sell it for?
Thanks man 👍👍👍
Thank you Sir for patiently explaining each purpose for the operation. Good results and great video.
great work . Do you think I can charlice twigs tall trees? Greetings from Iraq
Even small twigs should char.
Wicked! Definitely more elaborate than the setup im building. I may attempt your unit you posted on the facebook group if my retort doesnt work
Illicit Metalwork which Facebook group?
@@FeatherHorseforge Illicit Metalwork (the group has my weird projects, the page is just the finished ones) ask to join and i will tag you in the photos!
Very educational! BTW, it seems to me this is one of the things which are actually easier to do by hand than on a forging press!
Very good explaining
Amazing!
sure us a lot of fuel to bake the wood but if it works for you great.
Yes, it takes a lot of wood, but it's all junk wood that isn't good to make charcoal from.
@@leesauder969 i tend to look at the carbon going up in the fuel that makes what you call good charcoal. i think saving it from polluting the atmosphere is an important element in why make charcoal, no matter the quality you categorize it as. For example it could just be worked into the soil or used as water filtration in drainage ditch or in rail barrels or just put in barns for oder control even. is there such a thing as bad charcoal? You do not capture the heat but do burn very hot so most harmful gases are destroyed, but all in all i must say good job except for wasted heat and wasted fuel. Have you thought of insulating? Is burning used oil a good thing for our atmosphere? Its just that I don't see your operation as clean burning, sorry
That is a great method. Wow!!! I love this way much better. Thank you.
wow, great video. definitely the quickest demonstration of forging a square corner i have seen thus far. At first I didnt like the idea of the initial fold as I worried the inside corner could possibly crack or split after you open it back up to finish forging the 90. Although as long as proper heat is used im sure you could easily avoid that. cant wait to try this!!
definitely a very nice video... It's nice feeling to get a real success in 6 hours ... God is with you
amazing. intelligent presentation.
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