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Sawed off cupola
awemawson:
I have visions of you stopping the blower, the tuyers heating up and the plastic fittings dribbling down :lol:
vtsteam:
I don't think that will be a problem for a number of reasons awemawson including the fact that the plastic slip fittings are removable, your explanations of strict one way convection in our earlier discussions of chimney function, and the obvious natural draft of this cupola previously mentioned here, but never say never! If they melt, I can always replace them with metal. :)
vtsteam:
Mmmmmmm, charcoal!
About 9 gallons above, representing the usable yield from one burn in the charcoal barrel, minus fines and brands.
The cupola holds 4.5 gallons. I'm guessing 18 gallons should be a minimum to have on hand before trying a melt.
The barrel reloaded for another burn tomorrow morning:
NeoTech:
Is there any thread on your charcoal making ... bucket.. I have seen many versions of making charcoal but the almost always have a double walled solution.. your seems to be open fired from below.. ?
vtsteam:
Here you go, NeoTech:
http://madmodder.net/index.php/topic,8484.0.html
It actually fires all through, just lit from below. It's actually very similar to existing charcoal methods with a lifted metal kiln ring and propped up metal lid -- though considerably smaller than those!
Here's a video by Amy Smith that shows the method using corn stalks, and also simple briquetting:
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