Hey everyone, just started out and a friend and I have built a forge that we're pretty proud of. We got a hold of an anvil and a railroad rail, and were all ready to go--we even have some coal. But we start the fire like we've been told; newspaper, then split wood, then dry coal. We get to the dry coal part and we were pretty excited about that. But we don't have any breeze or coke or whatever your supposed to call it. We read that you add water to the outside of the hot coals, compact it, push it a little closer to the fire and then repeat until you have like coal bricks. Unfortunately our fire pretty much died when we poured (very conservative amounts) or water around the edge. Any tips for making coke?
Some things you should know is we are using a bellows(very small 2X3 ft), and our coal is of low quality(not sure on the stats but it has like 3% sulfur). Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks guys.