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<blockquote data-quote="Lycanthrope" data-source="post: 176358" data-attributes="member: 562">Anyone use? I decided to make some of my own!Get a bunch of hardwood scraps, this is all oak, cut into manageable pieces.&nbsp; [ATTACH]14860[/ATTACH]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. [ATTACH]14861[/ATTACH]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![ATTACH]14862[/ATTACH]Bag it up and you are done...[ATTACH]14863[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lycanthrope, post: 176358, member: 562"] Anyone use? I decided to make some of my own! Get a bunch of hardwood scraps, this is all oak, cut into manageable pieces. [ATTACH=CONFIG]14860._xfImport[/ATTACH] 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. [ATTACH=CONFIG]14861._xfImport[/ATTACH] 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! [ATTACH=CONFIG]14862._xfImport[/ATTACH] Bag it up and you are done... [ATTACH=CONFIG]14863._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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