Lump Charcoal?

[Lycanthrope]

Anyone use? I decided to make some of my own!
Get a bunch of hardwood scraps, this is all oak, cut into manageable pieces.


Burn until the flames die down and then suffocate it. If you keep adding fresh wood to the top, so oxygen cannot get to the coals, they wont burn. Not many people realize that theres basically 2 phases to burning wood, the first is when the wood is heated and produces smoke. The visible flames you see are the smoke burning. This removes the 'volatiles' from the wood.

Once this is done, you are left with charcoal, then the charcoal will burn until you have ash. What you need to do is stop the process once the volatiles are removed, but before the charcoal starts to burn. I do this using water and a piece of fiberboard held down with rocks. Use the water to cool the coals and then seal them so no more oxygen can enter, stopping the burning process.
This is what you end up with!

Bag it up and you are done...

 

[JayKay]

This is interesting, but I can't get past your avatar. I'm sure you're a smart guy, but.. jeez.

 

[MuskyManiac]

That is awesome, nice work.

 

[revolutionz]

That's awesome. I love charcoal grilling, but I'll only use hardwood lump charcoal. Might have to try doing this sometime, it's sure cheaper than $15-$20/bag.

 

[Lycanthrope]

That's awesome. I love charcoal grilling, but I'll only use hardwood lump charcoal. Might have to try doing this sometime, it's sure cheaper than $15-$20/bag.

Free if you have a source for hardwood scraps! Plus you get to have a fire, FIRE, FIRE! :;:stirthepot

 

[sdwxman]

Backyard beehive update please?

Group vanilla buy?

 

[SDMF]

Mexican group purchased oak?

 

[Lycanthrope]

Mexican group purchased oak?

Minnesota group buy! Got any takers?

 

[nxtgeneration]

hmm...i might need to start keeping my oak and maple scraps rather than just burning it all. I have to admit, I've never thought about doing this but it seems like a great idea.

 

[dean nelson]

Used to toss out and crush dozens of oak pallets a week at bobcat so you might want to check with any company that gets lots of shipments on pallets. There's some shockingly good wood that comes through places like that just get thrown out including numerous 2/4 by 4 foot solid oak dunnage boards. Had one guy that used to work there they had a couple cords worth at his house for his fireplace.

 

[JMF]

Build a wood gasifier. Then you can power your generator and make charcoal at the same time.

 

[Captain Ahab]

If you spent as much time at something productively lucrative as you did at frugality, you could quite likely be the next Donald Trump.

 

[NodakBuckeye]

That is a fun project but I cannot imagine that just picking up a bag at Menards, etc... while you are there is more expensive than doing it yourself? In other words, what Ahab said above. I'll admit it would be fun to do once or twice.

 

[Lycanthrope]

That is a fun project but I cannot imagine that just picking up a bag at Menards, etc... while you are there is more expensive than doing it yourself? In other words, what Ahab said above. I'll admit it would be fun to do once or twice.

Same can be said about most anything these days, including fish... Its cheaper to buy almost everything than make it yourself in our economy, unless you are a minimum wage employee.

 

[Davy Crockett]

I can relate to what and why Lycan does what he does , One of these days, Years, Decades or centuries S might HTF and you won't be able to buy what you want or need. My boys thank me on a regular basis for teaching them the back to basics style of living that my parents survived with. It's one of those things money can't buy.

 

[Stan's Dad]

I can relate to what and why Lycan does what he does , One of these days, Years, Decades or centuries S might HTF and you won't be able to buy what you want or need. My boys thank me on a regular basis for teaching them the back to basics style of living that my parents survived with. It's one of those things money can't buy.

they also learn about tetanus first hand

 

[Davy Crockett]

And if it never happens, Learning how to operate on a shoestring is a fun hobby.

 

[Stan's Dad]

when I die, my kids will thank me that they didn't have to spend weeks hauling crap to the junk yard/landfill. if I ain't used it in a year chances are good I don't need it, so in the trash or donation bin it goes. if shtf I'm a pretty smooth talker and could probably be deemed useful to whatever warlord assumes power in my territory.

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unless that warlord has a fixation with grilling in which case I should probably spend hours of my weekend making charcoal chunks

 

[Davy Crockett]

Yea it's a real killer, Right behind getting bit by a mosquito. I'll take my chances, Sounds better than waiting to get rescued while starving to death.



This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which found that 233 tetanus cases were reported during 2001--2008; among the 197 cases with known outcomes, the case-fatality rate was 13.2%. Average annual incidence during that period was 0.10 per 1 million population overall and 0.23 among persons aged ≥65 years.Apr 1, 2011

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Total US count for tetanus.

 

[Stan's Dad]

I hate mosquito bites, they itch