123samic Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 hey guys, I've been looking around the web for A recommendation for the depth of a charcoal fire pot but I came up with nothin so I came here, now I'll mostly be working with small 1/4-1/2 inch stock and be using home made pine charcoal so If anybody can tell me what depth they recommend I'm all ears. thanks in advance, sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnroo Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 search the site yet? and mine is 5 inches deep. seems like its going to be too deep, but i cant say for sure since i havent figured out how to get my corn burning right yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnroo Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 if i were in north carolina, i would be trying to find coal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Dont feel bad when i first starte playing with charcoal (as an adult) i had to ask and Tommas among others helped me out. Charcoal likes a deaper fire, say 6-8", coal is happy at 5-6". This isn't counting the 2 or 3" mounded up over the steel. So a relitivly shallow pot requires you to pile up more fuel. The issue is getting the O2 all used up to reduce scale. To shallow and you have an oxidizing fire and to deap a carberizing one. Are you building a side or bottom blast? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 You can deepen the "fire pot" with fire bricks around it. Nothing wrong with soft wood charcoal, it burns hotter but faster is all. Were I a charcoal connoisseur I'd use hardwood charcoal for general forging and soft wood for welding. Of course I'm not a charcoal guy unless I'm camping, BBQing or trying to absorb toxins so I use propane. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Forging out the bits had an interesting article on temp, BTU per #, cost per # and # of CO per # fuel. Coal wone. Competitive as to charcoal for everything but cost, and beat propane. For temp, and BTU # Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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