Making Charcoal
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- Опубліковано 19 тра 2013
- In this video from www.heritagecraft.co.uk we demonstrate small scale charcoal production using left over pieces of wood. The kind of thing you could do in your back garden. The end result is excellent charcoal for your bbq
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One of the best videos on charcoal making I've seen. Thanks for giving more information than most do- this does seen to b easier than most also.
I have the same idea👌
charcoal made easy.. best guide I came across for charcoal so far. brilliant.
Thx for the great youtube contribution
I like how you have simplified it.
Brilliant, thanks so much for this, concise tips. Just what I needed.
Cheers man, a really simple and efficient way to make charcoal. I'll be using this method for my forge i'm rebuilding.
I am sat in my garden with a giant tin full of off cuts of wood from work on top of my fire pit making charcoal ! Thanks the video it was a great help !
Love it. A very well explained video on making coke , easy as thanks for sharing your knowledge with us all. Much appreciated . Cheers.
This is excellent, thanks for uploading!
Very informative and relaxing. You sir, have the manner of a hug from Grandad. This is a good thing.
your very kind
Great stuff!!!!! thanks for the videos now I just need the garden.
Thank you for this, it came at perfect time in my life.
+Ammon Neff I am delighted to hear it. Good Luck
Good advice. I set 2 or 3 gallon paint cans full of hardwood in my studio stove, get the heat and charcoal too. Plus, sometimes I cook on the stovetop at the same time all the while relaxing. such a deal!
I like the process of making charcoal in easy ways and very much efficiently. Thank you
Like the vid m8y simplest and best I've seen yet I've subscribed am looking forward to seeing some of your blacksmith vids I'm getting into it myself all the best ant from Wales
Heck of a way to spend an afternoon :-D
amazing!!as a carpenter too i didn't knew it!!!
hi my name es eloy from costa rica central america, I like your video, sit back and relax that es what a need, great. blessings
Very good video , thanks, relaxing to watch and informative, since charcoal is a good filter medium, could be important to know how to make it some day
Great video, Best Charcoal video I've seen. Thanks for your help.
Best so far
Love, love, love this! I am what they call a prepper and I'm always looking for alternatives to ... well everything! Excellent info and video! I WILL be sharing it!
Survivor Jane I have not seen you share
cool. I like this guy. he seems really chill and laid back. probably a cool guy to hang out with
Thank you for sharing...i like much,,god bless u.
Hello. I've stumbled upon your videos and think they're great. I'm hoping to make a smoker and also some charcoal. That outdoor fire basket would also be nice. Good work!
That was a great video. You have a talent for it.
I do have an small organic farm, you gave me a great idea. I need it put in the soil. ja ja ja very good. regards
Awesome video
tks a lot. I liked it very much. I´ll see if I can get a box like yours and I'll do my charcoal in the farm. Tks for posting.
Love to see more of your leatherwork. :)
Very nicely done...
Brilliant idea, thanks a lot
thank you Im glad you enjoyed it
I like this guy!
Me too👌
Awesome video!
Your idea is good but is it possible that the wood is newly cut or raw?
simplke, eficient, 123 done! I liked!
Thank you Sir.
Greetings from Durban South Africa.
my pleasure I am glad you enjoyed it
LOVE IT
Big like !
Really good
freaking great thank you.
glad you enjoyed it
Enjoy bro
Thanks
The best👏
thank you
Pajar Arang..indonesia charcoal
The next video currently in production is a leather ladies hand bag, but I can post it until after Christmas as I know its a present
I enjoyed your video very much. I was wondering...would it be better to have the wood you are using to make the charcoal cut to simular size for processing evenly? Thanks in advance.
You make me want to watch a Guy Ritchie movie.
How big are the two holes in the top of the box? Could you make the holes with a hammer and simple nails? How many holes does it need?
The batch is little bit uncooked but oh well.
By putting the container in a ventilated pit a lot more heat can be reflected back at it which reduce cooking time and makes it higher quality. Don't forget to completely seal it off or oxygen will turn it into ash or a lower grade one, dirt is the best one
Wow,this is the best and yet simple charcoal making. I enjoyed it a lot, especially the performance was enjoyable. Thank you.
I have a question, I wonder why people don't use gas to make charcoal! Instead they use firewood. Gas is much simpler!
Glad you enjoyed the video. Mine is very much a backyard charcoal maker, which is very different to proper commercial quantity making. In principle on my method you need a gentle heat source so you could use gas, however its an expense you don't need to make, and for me the joy is sitting next to a fire and feeding it for hours, letting the world go by because I'm busy. Its a treat. Why give that up
@@heritagecraft thanks for replying 🙏
Yes, you are right, the pleasure of sitting next to fire worth it. But here where I live the gas is almost free. The last time I pay for the gas was 3 years ago😊. And I tried it last night. Gentle heat doesn't make it, it needs high temperature. With gentle heat the wood color doesn't change at all.
@@heritagecraft to add to my comments it was on fire for 12 hours.but nothing happened. Next time I have to increase the valuem of the fire
Nice video, very clear instructions... just one quick question tho.. Will the "smoke" from the box ignite when it comes in to contact with the flames? It looks like the same sort of process as a wood gasifier...?
VixxieWixxie thanks for your message. The smoke is actually steam - moisture being baked out of the wood so its not flameable
I think after some hours it turn into flammable gas. Some people make channels with pipes to use this gas for reheating.
the "steam" from inside the box isn't just "steam" its a flamable gass or more so, it's a mixture of gasses and moisture DO NOT do this with a sealed container as there is a risk of explosion. make sure there is a small vent hole or 2 to allow the pressurized gass to be forced out and prevent oxygen from getting in, or again there is a risk of exploision or fire, im glad you touched a little on this at the end of the video, never just open the container either when its still producing gass
thanks for re enforcing that important point. tom
not a problem, just wan't to make sure those people new to this process understand the risk involved, which is very low under the correct circumstances as stated in my first post
Nice cup warmer eh... Ü
hellow friend thanks for the info, any thoughts on blue smoke ?
Blue smoke is usually something like motor oil burning or some other petroleum product. Possibly paint as well. Perhaps do a burn with the container open and no wood in it just to get it thoroughly heated up to burn off any paint or other contaminants that might be present.
In the mid eighties I spent a brief but wonderful time with the Cocopah indian tribe of SW Arizona. My main experience was with a lovely lady named Cynthia but through her I was exposed to a culture and people I found to be warm,friendly and endlessly fascinating. I learned that going to the Happy Hunting Ground when an indian died wasn't a racist dig thought up by whites but that it was,to the Cocopah at any rate, a very real and desirable place to spend eternity. And what's more there is a way to instantly know that your loved one is safely on their way. To begin with the HHG is somewhere down south in Mexico where it never gets too hot or too cold and where food and game are always plentiful...the reasons why the hunting ground is so happy! Ancient parts of the death ritual have always been the display of one's loss and pain by chopping off your own hair and making cuts along the forearms. Not surprisingly the infection from such cuts caused many more deaths so as they modernized the practices kept up with the times. The funeral I witnessed came complete with a nurse who provided neat and sanitary incisions by scalpel and butterfly bandages as well as a hairdresser who removed the appropriate amount of hair without wrecking anybody's style for months on end. But the most important part was the cremation of the body along with objects and property the deceased would need in the next life and it is on the smoke of that fire that one's soul and the essence of those objects a carried to the HHG. More specifically upon a wispy trail of blue smoke that I was told to watch for because we would see it going towards the south. A neat trick I thought, with a stiff breeze blowing out of the SW but sure enough against the wind, the odds and all reason...a distinct, wispy blue column of smoke appeared briefly and did indeed blow off to the south as the rest of the smoke continued on towards the NE. Everybody cheered and laughed at the sight and as I looked around at the crowd my eyes caught those of Cynthia's mother who was staring directly into mine with a wry "I told you so grin" on her face. It was she who had told me all about it the night before and although I was respectful she knew I thought it was bullshit. Anyways, there's some thoughts on blue smoke I bet you never heard before.
It means your cooking is a success, let it cook until there's you hear no pression and seal it off
silly question here, but does it have to be hard wood, or does soft wood work, just not as good?
Soft wood burns hotter but doesn't last as long as hardwood
Sir, How long time I have to keep it on fire.
until the steam coming out of the vent changes from steam to smoke
@@heritagecraft thank you sir for your kind reply. Approximately after how many hours its turned in to charcoal.
not a bad way to keep your coffee warm either apparently
Get over it probably tea there mate
How many hours is okay
I'm not sure using treated wood to cook with is a good idea... however if making it for say a home kiln or something that would be good.
May I ask.Is the bottom of charcoal container have holed? Pls.answer.
the bottom is solid. there are a couple of small holes drilled in the top to stop the steam pressure building up but that’s it
i usually hate old man small talk, but i could listen to you all day
where did you get the tank?
+gnikmi I made it
So basically charcoal is dehydrated wood?
+Goldfish_Vender I'm no expert but in an another video about charcoal making it was said that there were other chemical reactions as well. So I don't think it is only wood-water.
Geckuno That would make sense considering the heat involved.
Wow who Knew, I thought it came from the store lol . Can I Really use a Big Pot ???
you certainly can
@@heritagecraft 👍👍👍😁😁😁😁😁😁 can't Wait to Try it, thank you Soooo Much
It’s not quite ready
would it make artist grade charcoal
thanks for your interest. The simple answer is I don't know. I guess as an artist you are looking for charcoaled twigs, so it should work. try it and see and do let me know how you get on
Heritage Craft
will give it a try
Andy Coakes Use grape vines into a 1 gallon (new) paint can, 3 holes in the bottom, set it into a fire.
close your eyes and let James bond teach you how to make charcoal ! Very nice job you did Sir.