How To Make Scrap Timber Into Inoculated Horticultural Charcoal - BioChar. Complete Process
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- It's taken me two years to set up this whole process - but now it works! Using my stationary engine to cut wood into small pieces, and my field railway to move them into a drying tunnel, I can then cook them in a cone kiln to get activated charcoal, which then needs grinding up so it can be inoculated with compost tea, before being bagged up with my homemade sandbag-filler. Phew!
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So fun to watch this whole process from start to finish now! Excellent!
Fancy seeing you here! Love your videos.
Wow, didnt expect you here! Nice to see you around!
You could try of the biochar is suitable for senko hanabi...
It’s nice to see all your hard work come together in series. So many hours of hard work not taken lightly by others who’ve been watching.
Wonderful to see the whole process in one video! A superb culmination of all the stages you've invited us to watch and, in many cases, participate. Wishing you the best of luck with the new biochar enterprise!
It's been so wonderful to follow your progress as you built EVERY SINGLE STEP in the production chain process. Great work, I hope it turns into a fantastic commercial success! 🎉🎉
Great work, so good to see all that effort come to fruition.
NOW you tell me not to eat it😉 Brilliantly engineered machines and processes. Wishing you great biochar success for all your hard work Tim.
I know - and the tea made it seem so yummy!?
Great to see several years with of projects all coming together to make the whole operation work!
If you had stepped on some of that carbon, we could see what a "carbon footprint" actually looks like. 😔
But seriously interesting video! 👍
Incredible! Well done Tim (and help), it's a joy to see everything come together!
I hope your venture works! watching the creation of the machines was wonderful, thank you.
Excellent. I love the process by which you develop the charcoal.
Wow, it's been a journey and I've loved watching every minute of it. Thanks Tim for sharing this whole process. Good on ya mate!
Excellent review of your BioChar process. I was familiar with biochar but did not know it's full value until this excellent presentation. Just love your channel, I hope you don't run out of projects and keep producing these videos. .
Thanks, Linas - no shortage of ideas for the next project, just not enough time!
What a journey. Thank you for taking us along through this whole process.
If you want to read up on what Biochar can do for your soil look up “Terra Preta” / “Synthetic Terra Preta”
You are basically terraforming your soil into that, which i find quite fascinating!
That is so awesome to see it all working together. You should Tag all the gardening TH-camrs in the description with an @. They'll get notified then and possibly take a look at your page. Maybe even send a few a sample bag to test out and then spread the word to their gardening followers as a marketing plan. Well done 👍
Thanks, Josh. Is that really a thing? (Why did no one tell me?!) I'll investigate..
@@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299 I discovered that the other day when someone else tagged me into a video.
Well done Tim! Its a delight to see a cottage industry develop into a business. All success for the future. 😃😃
Hey tim! You inspired me to make my own railway! Its coming up great and i love your creations and videos!
Congratulations on finishing the whole production pipeline, Tim!
Seeing your completed madman's charcoal production apparatus all work together is a wonderful thing. Thank you for sharing it.
Marvellous how all the puzzle pieces come together. It was a beautifully narrated journey to get there.
Lovely mad creations to keep you amused. Works for me too. I make biochar from my olive prunings in a m3 kiln that I made. I learnt to weld in the process and now have your inspiration to keep going with the accessories.
I hope this is a successful buisness venture for you. It sounds like a smashing idea.
Is this similar stuff to what’s in the Amazon where crops grow much better?
Exactly the same..
What a great video. Thank you for sharing the whole journey with us. This video really shows how much you have done.
If I lives in Ireland I would buy your charcoal knowing how much love you put into making it.
There was a lot of interest and discussion a few years ago amongst the folk in the Chiang Mai Expats fraternity as I remember vaguely (😮 I'm a bit vague these days). So it's very educational to me to see the whole process from Wowe to Go in this marvellous video Tim and Sandra 😂
I hope it could eventually be taught to local farmers all throughout South East Asia, as an alternative to the blinding smog laden burn-offs we have to endure for months every year, putting our lungs and hearts at risk of damage from PM 2.5, Carbon Monoxide and other particulates.
Hi Tim and Sandra,
What happened to the doughnut cart?
I liked watching the build, and then it stopped.
It was going to be too heavy : - (
Best wishes from the UK as always Sandra and Tim, big fan and hope you're doing well. Love your narrow gauge railway videos most of all, bless you. 🇬🇧 🙏 🇮🇪
I like the simplicity of the "kone kiln".
Perhaps there is a way to add a permeable "basket" that fits inside of the kiln which would facilitate easier loading and unloading?
Looks like a job for the CNC plasma cutter!
I can't wait to see torpedo running, I'd assume he'd come out of the shed when it's dry enough.
Should make a briggs and stratton 5hp flathead train for your rail like a go kart but for your rail lift the seat (so easy to get in n out) short gear so good tork would work great
I mean i've seen every single video but it was still very exciting to watch!
Excellent and informative work 👍👍👍. Thank you for sharing. Be safe🇨🇦
So amazing! I am so glad that all your hard work over the years is paying off!
Hi Tim,
I’m delighted to see this video. It’s sorted out no end. Many thanks. Can I ask some questions about the product you are producing? I am grateful for your help and advice. Thank you
Great to see the whole process at last! This explains many things.
It's a long time since your early videos on biochar growing trials. I guess we can look forward to a new improved version of those as well??
Thanks, Ruby. I've set up some more trials, but you can't rush them..
What a great recap Tim :) thank you and more workshop stuff pretty please lol the only improvement I would make is an oil reservoir to your chip waggons lol I don't suppose you hear the squeak with your hat over your ears lol but it woke the chickens and made the dog bark my end haha love the channel :) keep up the good work :)
I must start oiling the bearings BEFORE I push them out of the tunnel!
You invention, showing your process and fabulous teaching are just so wonderful! I hope your biochar sells like hotcakes.
This was splendid in so many ways. Tickled to see your narrow gauge rails, and point changing technique! I just wonder how to scale this down to make some at home. A fire pit buried in the ground, maybe? Even tin can retorts on the fire. I’ve seen that done, one crimped and shoved inside the other I guess. Appropriate holes punched. Don’t want to make a t0rpedo !
When are you going to make an episode on the railway Again?
That's awesome!!
I'd order it from you, but I live in the USA... and I don't have a farm...
I've loved watching this from start to now. Keep them coming, Cheers from New Zealand
When your charcoal production line will be 100% complete, you could make some small batch of charcoal for barbecue, I would happily buy one bag from you.
I have so many ideas. Recently I went with my girlfriend up to the New York mountains, and I see the amount of dead timbre lying by the highway. What could this do for forestry on a larger scale? Could this solve part of our energy crisis?
Bloody brilliant. I’ve followed the process here over the months and years, but you’ve showcased the whole thing in this concise video. I wish you good health and fair sailing in your honorable work.
Hello from Detroit Michigan brother thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise
Congratulations! You did an awsome job! It's wonderful to see it all come together. Keep it up. I hope things go well.
Great Job Tim and Co.. I saw a guy here in US use this on 1/2 acre garden. The difference was amazing.
If I was anywhere near you, I'd look for a way purchasing some of that garlic! In my apartment, the need for charcoal is somewhat limited, though...
have you thought of "scrounging" scrap unpainted pallets for processing?
On the point of carbon capture, you've cut down trees probably using diesel chainsaws, then used your little Bamfords engine using diesel to split it (some of the steps being quite inefficient), then burnt the wood to produce charcoal, then used water to extinguish it, then enriched it was with compost tea. I can see the benefits in the end outcome, however you're also releasing alot of carbon in the process.
There are loads of potential improvements to this system but very cool all the same!
Really nice to see the whole process :D
Fantastic Tim! I've been following you for over a year now, and seeing you finally reach the stage of being able produce charcoal on an industrial scale is wonderful! :)
another important one: Charcoal - "C" - binds Carbon in the Ground instead of releasing it to the athmosphere as C02 when the Wood degrades
Mighty fine work you are doing here :) .
In addition to your gardening uses for this, you also have the makings of gasifier fuel, for various engines.
I do this, here on my farm, and have run engines this way for thousands of hours :) .
Can't say 'activated charcoal ' does anything to my soil, in fact it seemed to retard growth in some potted plants, so it's not for me. I loved the work you put into though!
i wouldn’t call it activated charcoal as there is not enough heat to make the 400-500 degrees steam to fracture and empty the pores in the charcoal but this is still an excellent process
5:31 Cody, are you listening?
He doesn't eat inoculated charcoal, only fresh.
Cody Krone's disease?
That's actually really cool, I had never heard of Horticultural Charcoal before.
This is brillant, love it. To bad shipping to the other side of the world isn't feasible (for cost and drying out)
I am glad to see you have a large amount of water ready enough to almost fill the entire container for a proper quench with the large hose and everything im impressed. ive made tons of charcoal and your technique was perfect.
On your lift/tip thing that hooks on the carts, put some scrap flat metal or pipe when the angle is. May not even need all the way across the tip. Just something smooth at a few points so that cart and other things don't lockup.
Thanks for showing the whole process. Very interesting.
Thank you for the information. This was a great video showing the process from start to finish.
It's great work you are doing and highly entertaining along the way. I really hope everything goes well. 😊✨
What fun to watch how you have created a whole system to do the work. Appreciate the information too.
Bloody well done~!! This would be a great way to re-green the deserts... and other ugh areas... lol
great video, my favorite part is the railway and that you use it for a purpose not just for fun, although it looks like fun
Congratulations on the final product success!!🎉
Rube Goldberg aint got nothing on you Tim!!! Well done Mano!
excellent product....and lots of happy plants.
Nice that you did a video of the whole operation. It looks like you are sold out now. I wonder what it would cost to ship to Wyoming.
Have you thought of doing a winch for pulling rail cars to the shop? I thought it could be useful when the wagon load eventually gets heavier. It would also be cool if you could integrated winch with the engine.
Poetry in motion sir.
I only heard charcoal for fuel, for agriculture is new for me.
Well done with all the hard work. It's a great setup.
Do you have plans to recycle the bio juice run off after it has soaked into the charcoal?
Will we see tornado again pulling it's weight?
There is the question of the bio-juice as well as the charcoal soup that I am sure would present some great opportunities!
Mark from Melbourne Australia
Be careful, you could soon be bought out by one of the charcoal conglomerates! 👍🤗
Id love to watch an hour video of just slicing of wood and again of the chipping and bagging of charcoal, its so cool to see the full run though!
Looks a great end product bro and a great sales pitch to boot. Safe travels
What a brilliant man
Did you find an HP compressor for the engine?
It has been a pleasure to watch the complete journey. A very clever fellow.
Could you gasify it and then make char?
mega ultra cool
This is THE DREAM. I love it. Did you know that a whole lost civilisation has been discovered all along the ocean in the Amazon rainforest, just because in these washed out soils, there are patches of fertile ground. It turns out that people there have carefully crafted a rich soil out of activated charcoal, broken clay pots, and organic waste from fish and vegetables. Turns out after centuries this sprawling culture (we're not just talking about isolated communities, these were interlinked regions of population with a very strong social structure) may have disappeared, but the soil they created is still there, and is really sought after as very rich. I love this.
You are very clever. I am glad to have discovered your channel.
Could you please sell Iron Pig Soil Charcoal logo tee shirts? I would totally buy one with just the logo on it. It would be great free advertising for both your charcoal and your channel!
There used to be a very profitable Pig Iron production facility in Western Australia 🇦🇺 powered by charcoal many years ago. The pig iron was exported all the way to Scandinavia.
Do you also use the charcoal for your stables? I heard, that is a way to improve the hygine and thereby the quality of life for the animals. And it also loads the charcoal with lots of nutirens.
not yet...
@@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299 so you gonna try and we get an other Vid out of it? :)
That’s really cool how to make timber into charcoal. Amazing job.
I thought the idear of the railway was to buil that steam engine or are you not doing that now
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Wow this is incredibly brilliant 😎💥🔥
Will the railway serve more purposes apart from helping out with the Charcoal process?
It's becoming more and more important for the whole farm
@@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299 That’s good to hear, can’t wait to see where it goes next!
It's been a joy watching the process evolve and grow. Iron Pig - I love it!
Like most of the other commenters have said, seeing this complete process is brilliant. Thanks for sharing this. I guess the only question I have is whether the getting the cooked charcoal back to the grinding/bagging area also requires a hopper waggon of sorts? (I confess that I’m hoping to see more railway creations)
That step was missing from the video and your right that it requires a railway solution of sorts to get the soaking wet charcoal back to the grinder for the next part of the operation.
Mark from Melbourne Australia
maybe you should harvest the heat to your house and then use charcoal
You and your family are such a delight ❤😊🎉
Really enjoyed the wrap of the series.
Bio-Charcoal seems to have been known to the millions of folk who lived in the Amazon, who farmed there before apparently being wiped out with smallpox or some other troubles; debates rage! There is also no consensus, as far as I know, as to how they made terra preta, but in 500 years since their extinction it can still be found in the soils. Maybe instead of burning or chipping branches they should be made into charcoal as the current loss of soil in the uk at least is unsustainable for farming. Thanks for sharing!
An Austrian Company built an Oven that produces Charcoal as a side product. It converts 25% of the Wood to charcoal instead to heat. The amount of Charcoal depends on the fuel used.