Any new small charcoal retorts out there?

[Woodworks]

10 minutes ago, northumbriaforestry said:

All kilns emptied, graded & bagged. Been working on making a few new products from my charcoal recently. Have soap, eye liner & toothpaste, & now that I've emptied the kilns I need at least two of them followed by beer, though off for a surf first!?‍♀️?

 

 

Looks like a very good conversion rate. By volume what do expect to get from a ring kiln? 

[northumbriaforestry]

19 hours ago, Woodworks said:

Looks like a very good conversion rate. By volume what do expect to get from a ring kiln? 

From each kiln I'd expect about 1.5m3 of BBQ charcoal, & around .5m3 of fines to grade down for their different outlets too. 

[Woodworks]

Hi all. This is a page about our little retort

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/412541675960816/

Edited April 21, 2020 by Woodworks

[the village idiot]

48 minutes ago, Woodworks said:

Hi all. This is a page about our little retort

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/412541675960816/

Hi Beau,

 

Is there a way to access this for non-facebookers?

 

[Woodworks]

2 hours ago, the village idiot said:

Hi Beau,

 

Is there a way to access this for non-facebookers?

 

I will have a go at getting the videos up on youtube. Took me longer to upload 10 short videos yesterday than it did to make 2 barrels of charcoal ?

 

Seems youtube is quicker to upload to than facebook so I will add them all here 

 

Edited April 21, 2020 by Woodworks

[the village idiot]

5 hours ago, Woodworks said:

I will have a go at getting the videos up on youtube. Took me longer to upload 10 short videos yesterday than it did to make 2 barrels of charcoal ?

 

Seems youtube is quicker to upload to than facebook so I will add them all here 

 

That is awesome Beau!

 

I love the barrel loading and unloading system and the expanding air regulation system. Genius.

 

Have you ever had a barrel reignite once it's been removed from the retort?

 

[Woodworks]

14 minutes ago, the village idiot said:

That is awesome Beau!

 

I love the barrel loading and unloading system and the expanding air regulation system. Genius.

 

Have you ever had a barrel reignite once it's been removed from the retort?

 

Once but that was because I opened it just a few hours after removal from the retort. It felt cool but soon started reigniting with air. Lid back on pronto. Normally leave it overnight to play safe now 

[Silverhooker]

Very neat and clever set up. I salute your invention and ergonomic design.
Read an article that due to lack of overseas imports, due to Covid, there will be a shortage of BBQ charcoal this summer! Could be a good year for you sir .

[Woodworks]

1 hour ago, Silverhooker said:

Very neat and clever set up. I salute your invention and ergonomic design.
Read an article that due to lack of overseas imports, due to Covid, there will be a shortage of BBQ charcoal this summer! Could be a good year for you sir .

I wish. My main outlets have shut. Used to sell from the farm gate from an honesty box but there is now no passing traffic and I dont want provide a vector for virus anyway. Others are doing a booming trade apparently. 

[Woodworks]

Well last year turned out better than expected charcoal sales wise and hope for more of the same again this year. The retort is still performing faultlessly. May make up a second to enable greater production. The current one can make enough but I could be running two at the same time and more days doing other things

 

Love an evening burn