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Charcoal has many uses, though some would probably require very controlled specialised methods of production, not to mention scale, i.e. for medical and industrial use, for filters (activated charcoal - don't ask) and more. I use charcoal if ever I have an upset stomach/belly, used to chew a small piece, but that was rather unpleasant, so I went the siss's way and bought some charcoal tablets from the chemist, cheap and very effective, it can help in mild poisoning (e.g. off food) and help with gas cramps in the intestine.
Another unusual use for charcoal, one I will experiment with is adding small grains of it to the soil. There was a very interesting Horizon program a while ago about fertile soil in the Amazon jungle, found in the search for Eldorado. Here the transcript. https://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2002/eldoradotrans.shtml
If you are only interested in the charcoal bit skip most of the transcript, its only a bit at the end. Anyway, in another article online on making charcoal for g*npowder (was more interested in the equipment to be used for other purposes, honest) they said to use a meat grinder to grind the charcoal down to small bits (thoug in that article they went on to grind it to a powder with pestle and mortar). The site is down at present, but here a link to the page from where you can get more info, possibly another link
https://www.covenantacres.com/HowtoMakeBlackPowder.html
I have just made small amount of charcoal in my woodburning stove, shutting it down when the flames die down.
I wonder, MM, if the size of the logs might have something to do with how far you have to let it burn. If the logs are quite thin maybe bank it up as soon as the flames die back a little, ignoring the colour of the smoke, as it will still carry on smoldering anyway. Just an untried idea. Good luck with your next batch. |
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