you may want to try puting the lit paper in the pipe some nite then go outside. that burning pice of paper will travel quite a ways before it goes out.just sayin

There's yer problem, right there !

 

 

 

That green tractor is puttin' out bad vibes.

 

It's a wonder that the coal even burns .....  :D

 

 

 

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I have to pre heat my chimney I use a weed burner and set so it heats the flew it dose not take that long

macbruce, when I first started taking classes at John C. Campbell Folk School they had those cone type hoods.  A couple of years later they changed to side draft forges and it was amazing how much cleaner we were at the end of the day.

 

A very good side draft (not the kind at JCCF) is Lester Beckman's "Super Sucker".  Do a Google search for Super Sucker and you should come up with plans for how to build one.  Very simple and easy to build.

 

Edit:  Well I tried that and it didn't work well so then I did, "Lester Beckman's Super Sucker" and came up with a lot of hits, including http://southgablacksmiths.ning.com/photo/drawing-for-supersucker-hood