 too small holes in fire grate?
After the orriginal grate that came on my rivet forge rusted out, I made one out of 1/4 or a little bigger steel plate. I drilled about 9 holes, about or smaller than the diameter of a pencil probably, in the plate and bolted it over the hole. However, my fire tends to burn very quickly and I am constantly adding fresh coal. Even with the airflow gate on my blower almost all the way closed it still burns quickly. Are my holes maybe too small, and this is causing the air to flow too fast through the grate? I was thinking maybe the pressure in the pipe is too great. Should I drill the holes out?
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