Now that's what I am talking about. Making charcoal and using it to cook some dogs too. You should've invited me to the festivities. I do like a dog on a bun with mustard too. Let me know of future videos fella.
I watching this from Africa, Uganda in particular. Here most homes use charcoal as a source of fuel for cooking purposes. Trust me this has been an open financial idea for me. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thanks David. I have made 50 buckets of coal now and it’s showing wear. Making a video now replacing inner barrel. I plan to make a higher capacity model when it succumbs to the heat.
Doug good luck with build. When I build the next generation, I will make the rocket box larger and a slide into it as a feed to allow for automatic feed.
Man I LOVE that Jubilee and your saw setup! I grew up in the North and we had a 1941 Ferguson Ford 9N that we bought when I was 5. The best memories of my childhood up until I was 23 when my dad died were spent working with him after he got home in the evening working for Pontiac Motors (plant 8) in Pontiac, MI and on the weekends. We did so many different kind of jobs with that old tractor and it never did disappoint. Unfortunately my mom wanted me to sell it for her after he was gone and I reluctantly did but man I miss that tractor. I sold it to my neighbor and now It's just driven in parades mostly but I did try and buy it back with all the equipment I sold him but he tells me he never will so at least it went to a good home. It seems like tractors are part of the family sometimes and that one sure was. Thank for the video! Much better than spending a ton of money for that type of charcoal.
We can buy those tractors around here for less than $2K. Mine is worn out but is fit for purpose driving the buzzsaw. My sawmill runs off of my grandfathers 1964 Case propane tractor. Everytime I start it, it bring me back to hay fields and my grandfather. You should go get one like you had at 5!
😢😢we cant burn nothing outdoors here in California. But the governor lets the Forest burn . I use to enjoy having a fire with my kids outdoors in the backyard. Relaxing.
Tony a campfire is good therapy, come to texas and live longer! Thanks for watching and hopefully you can sneak a backyard fire in sometime. The retort on the other hand will smoke up your entire neighborhood!
Kim I used a trench to make charcoal one time. If you start after dusk then neighbors may see a flame but no smoke. And if you’re in a six foot trench the flames are also hidden from neighbors but they may see a glow or a little light reflecting.
I’ve not built a retort but want to one day. I’ve been looking at designs but haven’t done it yet. But if ya got a farm or lots of branches and volume lookup the channel skillcultz and making charcoal in a trench. It’s good for volume but isn’t as perfect as using a retort but time and volume wise it’s good. But ya a retort would seem good. I been going to build one to make charcoal out of apple branches we pruned a year ago.
@koltoncrane3099 hope you get it built! I am going to upgrade mine , it is close to burned out. If you build one with a rocket stove, i would suggest a bigger box so loading would be less often
I m so very happy to appropriate from my comments , and i will forever great thanks . !GOD WILL BLESS YOU AND GUIDE YOU .TAKE GOOD CARE WHERE EVER YOU. ARE...
Just continue being a nice guy and especially as a smart work .and Thanks again I have some idea and knowledge TAKEN from you , God may guide you always. !GOD BLESS .....
👍🏻 for still tracing circles with various cans even though you have a compass handy. Excellent process and a very efficient homegrown design, great job!
love the 8n - learned to drive on one - and that finger nibbler on it... we had one.. Grandad built 3 barns and a home with it. But the grandkids were never allowed to use the damn saw despite it being a glaring safety concern and us being so mature!. So I was only gifted with plowing snow and cutting the fire breaks with our tractor.
Uowh!! great - the best design for a rocket I've seen at net...congratulations. If you protect externally the biggest drumm, to avoid dissipation, you time pyrolisis will be the half.. Loved your forge too, and the saw equipments...
Marcio sorry for not seeing your comment. I did wrap the retort to do just as you suggested: Enhanced Efficiency Lump Charcoal th-cam.com/video/lIeRC3DZ-gQ/w-d-xo.html
At first I thought you were going a little above and beyond but after watching the whole video you did a fantastic job that thing should last you a long time good quality workmanship thanks for sharing this I'm going to do the same thing James from Springfield Georgia
James I have made a lot of charcoal and completed many metal repairs as a result of having free fuel. It is really handy. The retort has lost all paint and has warped a little though but still works fine. My recommendation on the next generation is to make the rocket stove front loading so heat will not be able to escape. Also, i replaced the inner barrel lid without drilling holes. I drilled holes instead on barrel bottom. This is from viewers comments. Thanks for watching!
"Hello Home Depot? Yeah I need a 40" circular saw blade for my tractor... hello? hello?" All kidding aside, thanks for the lesson, looking forward to your other videos!
I am curious as to how many burns you will get out of this before it deteriorates. Similar retorts that do not use an offset hopper are said to last for about ten burns. I am hoping your rocket system is consuming the oxygen from the fire before it gets to the drums. If so, they should last much longe.
@Boscovius I estimate 20 burns so far and the inner barrel is the second one. But the retort is very rusted. I am working on the next gen top secret appliance right now!
@@TripleTRanchAndSawmill I was very enthused to create my own double barrel retort but I cant find any 30 gallon drums in my area. I did run across a dead simple, unmodified 55 gallon drum version where you do the burn with the drum tilted at 45°. The burn method is like open pit burn, start fire in bottom and add material as it begins to ash. When full, straighten the barrel and put the lid on it. Let cool overnight, dump out and quench with water in the morning.
I love old tractors and equipment like that. Looks like something out of a horror film. No danger at all associated with that saw lol😅 I could definitely use one of those to hook up to are old tractor. You'd play hell finding one for an affordable price now days. I dont even think I've ever seen one like that.
Kyle you can find in flea markets but many times is just the shaft and bearings. I love to use it but I always make sure my wife is home to carry me to the hospital!
@@TripleTRanchAndSawmill nice to see one of the old belt drive saws working, I found one in our little woods, have it as a display piece in the yard... the babbitt bearings are froze up, it sits on a big pine stump... Since I worked for 40 years in sawmills, figured it made a nice decoration rather than being junk in the woods...
@@TripleTRanchAndSawmill first one was Dickman Lumber in Tacoma Washington...it is now a park...it used to be on a dock where they loaded sailing ships by hand before they got the cranes... an old growth Dfir/Hemlock mill... shoreline management act got it... later a fire...Second and last lumbermill was Seattle-Snohomish in Snohomish Washington ... I move up there from a puller to a Gang Sawyer.... with an bunch of jobs between... one of those jobs was as a fill in dual chop saw operator... the guy I was replacing tried to clear a piece of wood from one of the saw before it came to a complete stop... those chop saws were about the same size or a little larger then tractor belt saws... the guy thought about it and did not want that job back...at that point I was still into the pulling on the planer chain...I kind of got drafted into following my foreman into the lumbermill proper from the packaging area... our out-put was about 200-300 thousand board feet a shift.... they run two shifts most of the time. two week down time for repairs and upgrades... economy shut it down in 2012.... here is some video from the Gang Saw position I worked... th-cam.com/video/uw7WEM07n0o/w-d-xo.html
Great rig! A few thoughts: an air duct at the bottom edge of the outer barrel, swirling air up around the inside barrel, gives the wood gas the ignition it needs, which'll make the whole process a lot faster, fuel efficient... (putting that air duct's intake pipe over the top of the burn box would pre-heat that air, too). Also, splitting the branches into really thin shingles, laying those stacks atop your burn box to pre-dry, will make a huge difference, too... that way, the air of the inner drum can circulate around the shingles better, transferring heat from the walls, (the wood itself insulates) and so it pulls a higher gas rate, keeps itself hotter. Should work fine :)
Anthony, i will consider these mods on the next gen when rust over takes the current retort. I may however install a ball valve as you suggest on the outer barrel. Thanks
@@TripleTRanchAndSawmill maybe use some used oil on the outside of the barrel when hot. and maybe wipe get some bentonite slurry on the inside of the can? I am going to try both of those. Thought provoking approach. Thanks for sharing. Also, I've never seen a buzz saw like that - it looks amazing. Lethal, and also amazing.
@@KenWeston sometimes I cheat the pyrolysis by pouring oil into inspection hole at barrel top. This will trigger the pyrolysis if you have cooked the wood for about 2 hrs. Its a secret so don’t tell anyone! :)
Fascinating and your Ford tractor with the saw is awesome from an engineering standpoint. My next project with an old John Deer And steam engine. Thanks for your video and all the best in all future endeavors from New Mexico.
Nice Design. I made a similar Retort some years ago to make Coke for my Forge. Living in PA it is easy to get good Coal. I now use a Rocket Stove to make Bio-Char for the Garden. The principle is similar.
Throwing wood on top and around the small centre drum and lighting it on fire works just as well as the stove setup here. You can use a small metal garbage can for the centre drum.
Good effort, however the external fire box is entirely superfluous. Drill or cut vent holes in the bottom of the outer barrel, if in the actual bottom, place the barrel on 3 bricks, pack your firewood in the gap between inner and outer barrels, including a few inches of material on top of the inner barrel, light, and install your chimney, you now have a TLUD Top Lit Up Draft retort. If you want to improve thermal efficiency, wrap outer barrel with rock wool insulation. Now the rocket retort I want to play with would have the normal J-tube design with the bell being what you used for the inner barrel welded inside the bottom of the 55 gallon drum, with a pipe to channel the wood gas back into the fire, use the intact lid to seal up the top. Fill 40 gallon void with your charcoal feedstock, start with fuel wood and see if the retort will take it the rest of the way.
Russell this comment makes for a great design. Not sure if the sacrificial wood inside would be enough to bring the wood in the 40 gallon up to pyrolysis temp. It would be interesting to see a video with some good telemetry. Thanks for the comments!
The completeness of the process (all charcoal), the feedback of the end of the conversion (temperature drop), and the complete use of all of the wood gas make me give you full marks! Would insulating the outer barrel decrease the process time to conversion and use less wood, as well? Such a simple design, the proof of genius.
Yes I added a jacket in "Enhanced Efficiency Lump Charcoal". But I have found if I go too fast with high heat, it does not penetrate to the middle of the product leaving those chunks that live in the netherworld! Neither coal or wood but in between.
@@Carbon-Biritute my wife and I would like to visit Galápagos Islands but we don’t travel anymore due to Covid restrictions. Hope to make another charcoal video soon. Burned out the inner barrel so I have a larger one to test out.
I don't know if you knew this or not but you can also take that charcoal grind it up into a powder put it over your garden and have massive plants no matter what you are growing. You would need to put it on in the fall before the next planting season if you put it on at the beginning of the planting season you could even kill some of your plants. You should really try this specially if you have just a small garden it would put out massive plants. Y'all think about it now.
I'm guessing from your happy face that you understand that it's much more than just grilling a sausage. But for those out there that don't, this was a first for him, in making his own charcoal. Being able to be more self sufficient is always a good thing. If you know what activated charcoal is, this is 1 of a few steps to making it. Activated Charcoal has quite a few uses. The charcoal he made also goes by biochar. Biochar is really good to add to the garden if your dirt is not as alkaline as it needs to be. Also, the process in which he made the charcoal, can be adapted to use the wood gas to run motors. It's all about being more self sufficient.
Seems like a whole lot of work. I just use a barrel with one hole in the bottom which I aim my blower into and leg that burn until the woods starting to break up then i put it out. Bam done
That tractor is a '53? Almost 70 years old and still running like a champ, nice. Usually on most rocket stoves there is a tube to feed the wood into and then a second tube to allow air in. I think that's where the afterburner effect comes from. Yours did it once the wood was out of the way.
Keith that would be better but my rig is sitting out in the weather and it has to be ruggedized to make it at our place. So I added some roof tin to give it an airgap (have video).
I think that if the lower flue came into the outer barrel at an angle (like a gas fired metal casting furnace) the hot gases would swirl around the inner barrel and heat it from all sides. Also it might be beneficial to have 2 fire boxes 180 degrees from each other.
Jerry, that will be in the next one when this one rusts out. I have had other great suggestions to tweak it. Its about to cool down here in texas so I will be lumping it again!
Sir, That is some fine fabrication work you done there, However... You did in fact make it much more complicated than it needed to be, but in the words of my grandfather..IT WORKS! OH before I forget..how do you spell char co? Lol. Good job sir
Yup I have seen a few videos on motors running on wood gas but I don’t have that need yet (but SHTF could motivate me!). I will soon make another improvement to this retort though. Thanks for the comments- I love making charcoal!
Now that's what I am talking about. Making charcoal and using it to cook some dogs too. You should've invited me to the festivities. I do like a dog on a bun with mustard too. Let me know of future videos fella.
Love the cutter!
Man it goes through sheet metal like butter!
And no slivers like from a nibbler!
Great setup. Thanks for sharing your process.
I watching this from Africa, Uganda in particular. Here most homes use charcoal as a source of fuel for cooking purposes. Trust me this has been an open financial idea for me. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thanks, I have worked in Cape Town a few years back. Happy charcoaling!
The use of rocket stove to create charcoal is great idea. It is energy efficient and less polution.
Yes sir it has some advantages. Got a new inner barrel to install which with a few improvements will be gen 3!
I loved how you used the charcoal burner as a table afterwards! Brilliant video!
I have watched 20 of these and yours seems to be the most clever and effective design . Great job!
Thanks David. I have made 50 buckets of coal now and it’s showing wear. Making a video now replacing inner barrel. I plan to make a higher capacity model when it succumbs to the heat.
I learned at least three things I had never even be curious enough to wonder why, thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Very helpful information - fuming caulk, rotary power cutter, how to attach tubes.
Nice. I plan to build a charcoal retort and appreciate showing me your build.
Doug good luck with build. When I build the next generation, I will make the rocket box larger and a slide into it as a feed to allow for automatic feed.
I love the fact that with a charcoal fired forge, you can make supper and your utensils.👍
Thanks for watching
Man I LOVE that Jubilee and your saw setup! I grew up in the North and we had a 1941 Ferguson Ford 9N that we bought when I was 5. The best memories of my childhood up until I was 23 when my dad died were spent working with him after he got home in the evening working for Pontiac Motors (plant 8) in Pontiac, MI and on the weekends. We did so many different kind of jobs with that old tractor and it never did disappoint. Unfortunately my mom wanted me to sell it for her after he was gone and I reluctantly did but man I miss that tractor. I sold it to my neighbor and now It's just driven in parades mostly but I did try and buy it back with all the equipment I sold him but he tells me he never will so at least it went to a good home. It seems like tractors are part of the family sometimes and that one sure was. Thank for the video! Much better than spending a ton of money for that type of charcoal.
We can buy those tractors around here for less than $2K. Mine is worn out but is fit for purpose driving the buzzsaw. My sawmill runs off of my grandfathers 1964 Case propane tractor. Everytime I start it, it bring me back to hay fields and my grandfather. You should go get one like you had at 5!
I appreciate the kind reply and yes I'm trying to find one! @@TripleTRanchAndSawmill
😢😢we cant burn nothing outdoors here in California. But the governor lets the Forest burn . I use to enjoy having a fire with my kids outdoors in the backyard. Relaxing.
Tony a campfire is good therapy, come to texas and live longer! Thanks for watching and hopefully you can sneak a backyard fire in sometime. The retort on the other hand will smoke up your entire neighborhood!
If your in California it will give you cancer if you build a fire. I sure glad I don’t live in that shit hole.
Kim
I used a trench to make charcoal one time. If you start after dusk then neighbors may see a flame but no smoke. And if you’re in a six foot trench the flames are also hidden from neighbors but they may see a glow or a little light reflecting.
I’ve not built a retort but want to one day. I’ve been looking at designs but haven’t done it yet.
But if ya got a farm or lots of branches and volume lookup the channel skillcultz and making charcoal in a trench. It’s good for volume but isn’t as perfect as using a retort but time and volume wise it’s good.
But ya a retort would seem good. I been going to build one to make charcoal out of apple branches we pruned a year ago.
@koltoncrane3099 hope you get it built! I am going to upgrade mine , it is close to burned out. If you build one with a rocket stove, i would suggest a bigger box so loading would be less often
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Just continue being a nice guy and especially as a smart work .and Thanks again I have some idea and knowledge TAKEN from you , God may guide you always. !GOD BLESS .....
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👍🏻 for still tracing circles with various cans even though you have a compass handy.
Excellent process and a very efficient homegrown design, great job!
Seems easier and better to see how it fits. Thanks for watching!
Man, it's nice to have a shop and a few acres of flat land.
land ain't that expensive if you look in the right places.
Thanks for watching!
Nice my Assyrian ancestors made the charcoal burning the wood and covering it up
I heard that’s the best way to make huge quantities. Thanks for watching
Excellent video! One the best for making charcoal. You are awesome man.Thanks sharing 👍🙏.
I like this video, very detail and easy for me to understand
Thanks for tuning in!
Cannot complain when you produce results like that.
Thanks for spending a little virtual time on our ranch.
Yep earned my subscription, love learning these types of things! Keep it up!
Thanks will do
I do love the impressive way you made charcoal. Thanks for sharing us bro!
Thanks for watching!
love the 8n - learned to drive on one - and that finger nibbler on it... we had one.. Grandad built 3 barns and a home with it. But the grandkids were never allowed to use the damn saw despite it being a glaring safety concern and us being so mature!. So I was only gifted with plowing snow and cutting the fire breaks with our tractor.
Brad its a Jubilee which is about the same thing. Your grandad was probably a man of salt and earth! Thanks for watching my wore out equipment videos.
Excellent video! Informative and a pleasure to watch! I'll be making one of these for sure, thank you for sharing your videos with us 🇨🇦🍻🥓
Uowh!! great - the best design for a rocket I've seen at net...congratulations. If you protect externally the biggest drumm, to avoid dissipation, you time pyrolisis will be the half.. Loved your forge too, and the saw equipments...
Marcio sorry for not seeing your comment. I did wrap the retort to do just as you suggested:
Enhanced Efficiency Lump Charcoal
th-cam.com/video/lIeRC3DZ-gQ/w-d-xo.html
Came out good. Great job
Great demonstration of the process! But that's the first time I ever watched a TH-cam video where I needed hearing protection.
At first I thought you were going a little above and beyond but after watching the whole video you did a fantastic job that thing should last you a long time good quality workmanship thanks for sharing this I'm going to do the same thing James from Springfield Georgia
James I have made a lot of charcoal and completed many metal repairs as a result of having free fuel. It is really handy. The retort has lost all paint and has warped a little though but still works fine. My recommendation on the next generation is to make the rocket stove front loading so heat will not be able to escape. Also, i replaced the inner barrel lid without drilling holes. I drilled holes instead on barrel bottom. This is from viewers comments. Thanks for watching!
"Hello Home Depot? Yeah I need a 40" circular saw blade for my tractor... hello? hello?" All kidding aside, thanks for the lesson, looking forward to your other videos!
Thanks for watching!
He could have done that with a chop saw. He was showing off! 😂
I am curious as to how many burns you will get out of this before it deteriorates. Similar retorts that do not use an offset hopper are said to last for about ten burns. I am hoping your rocket system is consuming the oxygen from the fire before it gets to the drums. If so, they should last much longe.
@Boscovius I estimate 20 burns so far and the inner barrel is the second one. But the retort is very rusted. I am working on the next gen top secret appliance right now!
@@TripleTRanchAndSawmill I was very enthused to create my own double barrel retort but I cant find any 30 gallon drums in my area. I did run across a dead simple, unmodified 55 gallon drum version where you do the burn with the drum tilted at 45°. The burn method is like open pit burn, start fire in bottom and add material as it begins to ash. When full, straighten the barrel and put the lid on it. Let cool overnight, dump out and quench with water in the morning.
That is an interesting forge doubling as a BBQ now that's a plus
Thanks John!
I love the Whitlox forge!
Coolest thing I've seen on TH-cam for a while! Thanks
Glad you liked it!
Thats awesome wish I had a place to do those things ,you lucky man.
Bruce you can find an acre somewhere. its a lot of work to move but worth it.
@@TripleTRanchAndSawmill Im working on it ,Thank you.
I am using a pit, but I like it, when somebody realizes his or her ideas.
Thanks Richard, the retort provides clean charcoal which works well in my forge.
America, America, God shed his grace on thee….!
Great job, love the rocket stove... Lot of work though for a sausage in a bun.
LOL but it sure is good!
Ambitious design. I think it worked perfectly.
Pretty nice setup
Thanks, I’m thinking about building a 3rd generation retort. This one is rusty and much lighter now
Love the saw set uo
I grew up in Priest River Idaho. I think the old guy with one arm probably has this kind of woodcutter.
Your best video. That was awesome.
Thanks, we'll make some charcoal Thanksgiving.
Great edited video thanks for the upload
Thanks
Very good job thanks for sharing
Thank you! Cheers!
Amazing, greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽
Amigo yo amor Mexico!
@@TripleTRanchAndSawmill thanks
The skills you have, EVERYONE will have to have if the cities in this country keep going in the direction they are!
yea I'm a practical prepper! I agree
I enjoyed this video. Very informative . I especially enjoyed the end when you made a Chicago style hotdogs 🌭 awesome sauce 😎 👌
charcoal briquetting machine: www.briquettesplant.com/products/briquette-machinery.html?lylt
Thanks for watching!
Interesting concept. Thanks for posting it. Thumbs Up!
Thanks
Sounds(!) like you live in great place :) Nice video. All the best!
Thank you very much!
nice old tractor and saw attachment. Someone at OSHA had a stroke when you engaged the PTO
Thanks for watching!
I love old tractors and equipment like that. Looks like something out of a horror film. No danger at all associated with that saw lol😅 I could definitely use one of those to hook up to are old tractor. You'd play hell finding one for an affordable price now days. I dont even think I've ever seen one like that.
Kyle you can find in flea markets but many times is just the shaft and bearings. I love to use it but I always make sure my wife is home to carry me to the hospital!
@@TripleTRanchAndSawmill nice to see one of the old belt drive saws working, I found one in our little woods, have it as a display piece in the yard... the babbitt bearings are froze up, it sits on a big pine stump... Since I worked for 40 years in sawmills, figured it made a nice decoration rather than being junk in the woods...
@@ACheshireCat2001 where did you work on a sawmill?
@@TripleTRanchAndSawmill first one was Dickman Lumber in Tacoma Washington...it is now a park...it used to be on a dock where they loaded sailing ships by hand before they got the cranes... an old growth Dfir/Hemlock mill... shoreline management act got it... later a fire...Second and last lumbermill was Seattle-Snohomish in Snohomish Washington ... I move up there from a puller to a Gang Sawyer.... with an bunch of jobs between... one of those jobs was as a fill in dual chop saw operator... the guy I was replacing tried to clear a piece of wood from one of the saw before it came to a complete stop... those chop saws were about the same size or a little larger then tractor belt saws... the guy thought about it and did not want that job back...at that point I was still into the pulling on the planer chain...I kind of got drafted into following my foreman into the lumbermill proper from the packaging area... our out-put was about 200-300 thousand board feet a shift.... they run two shifts most of the time. two week down time for repairs and upgrades... economy shut it down in 2012.... here is some video from the Gang Saw position I worked... th-cam.com/video/uw7WEM07n0o/w-d-xo.html
I like the saw, it's very medieval!
Thanks for watching!
Great work
Thanks Kevin
wow ,,,Wonderful video , i watched without any skip ,,Interesting your presentations .Gr8
Thank you! Cheers!
Wow it's so great your very smart and thanks a lot this video God bless you.
Thanks
Great rig! A few thoughts: an air duct at the bottom edge of the outer barrel, swirling air up around the inside barrel, gives the wood gas the ignition it needs, which'll make the whole process a lot faster, fuel efficient... (putting that air duct's intake pipe over the top of the burn box would pre-heat that air, too). Also, splitting the branches into really thin shingles, laying those stacks atop your burn box to pre-dry, will make a huge difference, too... that way, the air of the inner drum can circulate around the shingles better, transferring heat from the walls, (the wood itself insulates) and so it pulls a higher gas rate, keeps itself hotter. Should work fine :)
Anthony, i will consider these mods on the next gen when rust over takes the current retort. I may however install a ball valve as you suggest on the outer barrel. Thanks
@@TripleTRanchAndSawmill maybe use some used oil on the outside of the barrel when hot. and maybe wipe get some bentonite slurry on the inside of the can? I am going to try both of those.
Thought provoking approach. Thanks for sharing. Also, I've never seen a buzz saw like that - it looks amazing. Lethal, and also amazing.
@@KenWeston sometimes I cheat the pyrolysis by pouring oil into inspection hole at barrel top. This will trigger the pyrolysis if you have cooked the wood for about 2 hrs. Its a secret so don’t tell anyone! :)
cool video like , the coal making process and a great snack at the end ..
Glad you enjoyed it
Awsome video thank you for Sharing
Thanks for watching!
@@TripleTRanchAndSawmill yes sir
Good job
Fascinating and your Ford tractor with the saw is awesome from an engineering standpoint. My next project with an old John Deer And steam engine. Thanks for your video and all the best in all future endeavors from New Mexico.
QM hope you make a video!
Great info! Thanks
Nice Design. I made a similar Retort some years ago to make Coke for my Forge. Living in PA it is easy to get good Coal. I now use a Rocket Stove to make Bio-Char for the Garden. The principle is similar.
Yes I made biochar with chicken litter. Garden has never produced so well!
@@TripleTRanchAndSawmill Did you use this same stove to make that also?
That was a success I’d say..!
Throwing wood on top and around the small centre drum and lighting it on fire works just as well as the stove setup here. You can use a small metal garbage can for the centre drum.
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Thanks for showing.
You bet!
Exactly my style. Awesome.
Daaaang that's a nice Can opener....
Erik I get a ton of comments on it! They should manufacture it again.
that was alot of work for a hotdog lol
neveer mtoo much work for a hot dog
that's how's it's done
Satisfaction
Awesome, I want one 😁, hotdog too.
It's so good!
Good effort, however the external fire box is entirely superfluous.
Drill or cut vent holes in the bottom of the outer barrel, if in the actual bottom, place the barrel on 3 bricks, pack your firewood in the gap between inner and outer barrels, including a few inches of material on top of the inner barrel, light, and install your chimney, you now have a TLUD Top Lit Up Draft retort. If you want to improve thermal efficiency, wrap outer barrel with rock wool insulation.
Now the rocket retort I want to play with would have the normal J-tube design with the bell being what you used for the inner barrel welded inside the bottom of the 55 gallon drum, with a pipe to channel the wood gas back into the fire, use the intact lid to seal up the top.
Fill 40 gallon void with your charcoal feedstock, start with fuel wood and see if the retort will take it the rest of the way.
Russell this comment makes for a great design. Not sure if the sacrificial wood inside would be enough to bring the wood in the 40 gallon up to pyrolysis temp. It would be interesting to see a video with some good telemetry. Thanks for the comments!
Awesome to watch
Thanks for spending a little virtual time on our ranch.
Did I see deer out there, at the distance?
Yes they snuck by!
Saludo desde Cuba.
Hola amigo!
The completeness of the process (all charcoal), the feedback of the end of the conversion (temperature drop), and the complete use of all of the wood gas make me give you full marks! Would insulating the outer barrel decrease the process time to conversion and use less wood, as well? Such a simple design, the proof of genius.
Yes I added a jacket in "Enhanced Efficiency Lump Charcoal". But I have found if I go too fast with high heat, it does not penetrate to the middle of the product leaving those chunks that live in the netherworld! Neither coal or wood but in between.
Good video Ill be making one like that.
Thanks
i will try to do this soon hopefully
I gave my nephew a cookie can and he made some on a small scale.
Great video thanks for sharing 🇪🇨
Xavier, is that an Ecuador flag? Always wanted to go there!
Yes it is ecuatorian flag .... You always welcome .... Whenever you want
@@TripleTRanchAndSawmill which places are you planning to visit?
@@Carbon-Biritute my wife and I would like to visit Galápagos Islands but we don’t travel anymore due to Covid restrictions. Hope to make another charcoal video soon. Burned out the inner barrel so I have a larger one to test out.
Yum, grease flavored Dog!
I don't know if you knew this or not but you can also take that charcoal grind it up into a powder put it over your garden and have massive plants no matter what you are growing. You would need to put it on in the fall before the next planting season if you put it on at the beginning of the planting season you could even kill some of your plants. You should really try this specially if you have just a small garden it would put out massive plants. Y'all think about it now.
Yes sir you are barking right up our alley! I love to take advantage of nature’s secrets
If you have a method of making biochsr, or a video please reply.
That sure is a long way to a grilled sausage ^.^
Makes for an interesting watch, though, thanks.
I'm guessing from your happy face that you understand that it's much more than just grilling a sausage. But for those out there that don't, this was a first for him, in making his own charcoal. Being able to be more self sufficient is always a good thing. If you know what activated charcoal is, this is 1 of a few steps to making it. Activated Charcoal has quite a few uses.
The charcoal he made also goes by biochar. Biochar is really good to add to the garden if your dirt is not as alkaline as it needs to be.
Also, the process in which he made the charcoal, can be adapted to use the wood gas to run motors.
It's all about being more self sufficient.
Thanks your comment is good and is what youtube should be all about! Learning.
Seems like a whole lot of work. I just use a barrel with one hole in the bottom which I aim my blower into and leg that burn until the woods starting to break up then i put it out. Bam done
Some need to work harder to get a job done. Notice the Kubota hat lol.
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Great vid. You can also make biochar for your soil around the property.
Dude you read my mind. I have some composted chicken manure!
This guy knows how to LIVE.
Thanks
Parabéns amigo
Very Cool , but way more complicated than necessary
But fun to operate
That tractor is a '53? Almost 70 years old and still running like a champ, nice. Usually on most rocket stoves there is a tube to feed the wood into and then a second tube to allow air in. I think that's where the afterburner effect comes from. Yours did it once the wood was out of the way.
Sure is! I could try a collar on the opposite side of the barrel for when pyrolysis is active. I really need to design the stove part better. Regards
looks like you had very little waste good job
Génial it is very interessting
FWIW, I've seen a number of folks wrapping rock wool around the chamber and chimney to build up the heat inside.
Keith that would be better but my rig is sitting out in the weather and it has to be ruggedized to make it at our place. So I added some roof tin to give it an airgap (have video).
Fair enough.
I think that if the lower flue came into the outer barrel at an angle (like a gas fired metal casting furnace) the hot gases would swirl around the inner barrel and heat it from all sides. Also it might be beneficial to have 2 fire boxes 180 degrees from each other.
Jerry, that will be in the next one when this one rusts out. I have had other great suggestions to tweak it. Its about to cool down here in texas so I will be lumping it again!
❤❤❤❤❤ Bonjour et bravos
pareillement!!
Cool beans man.
Nice one! :)
Thanks for the visit
Nice.
Thank you so much
Awesome
Nice saw....Oh! By the way, OSHA called....said something about "guards"....they'll be here in an hour.
Ed, looking forward to the extra help!
Sir,
That is some fine fabrication work you done there, However...
You did in fact make it much more complicated than it needed to be, but in the words of my grandfather..IT WORKS!
OH before I forget..how do you spell char co? Lol. Good job sir
Yes, you are right but it is still very productive. Gotten a lot of comments for the next one I build. Thanks
CHARCOAL
@@vuthisa 🤣
Happy very very good brother
Many many thanks
Thank you for inspiration!
You know that you can use woodgas to run generators and combustion engines in general?
Thanks, Haven’t got a need for that yet, so I keep it in the barrel for the process. I will do another upgrade to the retort soon!
Yup I have seen a few videos on motors running on wood gas but I don’t have that need yet (but SHTF could motivate me!). I will soon make another improvement to this retort though. Thanks for the comments- I love making charcoal!