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Originally Posted by davidgmills
As far as the 55 gallon drum method, there is a blacksmith that has a good website that shows how he makes charcoal for his forge. Very interesting method in that he builds a fire under the drums and then seals the drums and reroutes the gases from the heated drums back into the fire. After a while the gases are the fuel that keeps the process going. The only problem with it seemed to me that his method, even with using the gases, still used more wood for fuel than charcoal.
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Is this the website?
Making Charcoal
I think part of the high wood consumption was that his unit wasnt permanent. Lots of heat loss via that alone.
