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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Friends<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=aa_DvYNEUnU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=aa_DvYNEUnU</a> has a video which is part 4 or a series on charcoal making. It did not progress as I had expected when I first starting looking at it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It is obvious (to me anyway) that the amount of smoke could easily be reduced. It looks like the result of a lot of experience and no small amount of experimenting. Certainly a huge step forward from this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0HW4qk8dv4&feature=player_detailpage">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0HW4qk8dv4&feature=player_detailpage</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The sorting <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2a2R47Rg-M&feature=player_detailpage">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2a2R47Rg-M&feature=player_detailpage</a> shows there are a great deal of fines produced which could be briquetted. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The advance that Chris Adam is using is to greatly limit the air entry and to use the burnable gas to heat a retort<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It seems to me that the wasted gas could easily be used to dry the next batch of wood which would raise the system efficiency. With this in mind I am suggesting that the production of charcoal could be viewed as a continuous process, not an episode of heating and cooling a batch. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Hookway charcoal retort is a cleaner burning batch process. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBYaP5K0AkE&feature=player_detailpage">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBYaP5K0AkE&feature=player_detailpage</a> He is using old boards and flooring. It is obvious you could cook on it. The difference between this device and the Adams retort is that the Hookway has an internal flame which should by more efficient. The fact that it is very small might be attractive to some. It looks almost completely smokeless. The numbers he gives do not include the initial dry and final mass thus the efficiency is not clearly stated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This one <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezYhODSwPM4&feature=player_detailpage">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezYhODSwPM4&feature=player_detailpage</a> is made from thin concrete! It looks like it was made inside a metal drum as a form. Unfortunately the whole production process is not shown.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Crispin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>