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Color Case Hardening
Powder Keg:
Thanks. It's one of the chances I'm willing to take for Color Case Hardened parts. :ddb:
Today I turned leather into charcoal. The leather I used was from gloves. I had some of the guys from work donate their old ones to my cause. I first cut up the gloves. I removed the linings and elastic from the inside.
Into the Barb Q. It took about 3 hours for them to quit smoking. It stinks, But not as bad as I imagined...
The lid removed.
The pieces crumble up really good. I should be able to grind it up pretty easily.
I think I might try using Apricot pits to make some charcoal out of also. I've heard of them being used. This is all an experiment so I'm going to try a lot of different things. I've been saving bones to make charcoal out of also. Maybe next weekend?
I need to make a container to pack the parts in. My furnace is fairly small, But I think I can do most of my parts fine. I'll be welding one up soon. That and some tongs to remove the container while hot.
More later... :wave:
jerrschmitt:
Any updates? How's the project coming?
bry1975:
How about making activated charcoal?
http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_4827208_make-activated-charcoal.html
From what I've read adding certain carbonates will help the carbon enriching process, you get some amazing colours with some of them fire work carbonates just be careful barium carbonate can be toxic along with others.
Pappy Frank:
I read an interesting article about making charcoal. You fill a barrel with hard wood, any length will do as long as it does not stick out of the barrel. Put the barrel on its side and raise it up a bit. Put the top on with the large bung hole at the top, plug the bottom hole. Run pipe out of the top hole, down and under the barrel. Plug the end of the pipe and drill holes along the 'top' of the pipe. Start a wood fire under the barrel, when the gasses come off the wood inside, they ignight and finish burning the charcoal inside. The way I understood it, you did not need to keep adding wood to the fire, just let the gasses do the job. Never tried it, but it sounds like it has possibilities. :mmr: :D :D :D
Powder Keg:
Getting back in the shop finally:o) This weekend I filled my can with some beef bones. My uncle feeds his dog meat bones from the butcher and we picked these up out of his yard. I guess it took about 4 hours to convert them into Charcoal. I put the can in my BBQ and when it quit smoking I shut it off and let it cool off over night.
The Crackshots are going to be sacrificed to the gods of color soon.
Later,
~Wes~
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