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Making Charcoal with the Exeter Retort

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Alan and Jo Waters are expert charcoal makers with many years experience of this traditional skill from the land they coppice. Here they speak about the benefits of charcoal production using the Exeter Retort. They join with Geoff Self and Robin Rawle, designers and manufacturers of this Retort, to explain their experiences of the benefits of this method compared to traditional ring kilns - that the Retort produces more charcoal, that it has a shorter burn time, is cleaner, more efficient, easily accessible and transportable, and that it ultimately produces better quality charcoal - ideal for small woodland owners. [email protected] http://www.carboncompost.co.uk/ An Adliberate film http://www.adliberate.co.uk for WoodlandsTV http://www.woodlands.co.uk/tv


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Maury Ginsberg

March 26, 2017

is that right wow ,, you mean similar to the shit you talk

Electronicpoacher1

March 26, 2017

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Maury Ginsberg

March 26, 2017

How effective is using forestry commission waste i.e. windblow etc, Sitka, Larch and maybe some Scots pine

GlenislaGhillie

March 27, 2017

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Electronicpoacher1

March 27, 2017

Yep, there it is again 🙂

Maury Ginsberg

March 27, 2017

Thanks for the wonderful video!

Ej Lear

March 27, 2017

The thing about charcoal is it's almost pure carbon, so regardless of the input ingredients, the end result is virtually the same, and when sold by weight, there's really no 'best' charcoal. Obviously denser woods make a longer lasting /hotter charcoal per unit of volume, but it is what it is. I've watched more videos about charcoal than one person probably should, from videos of Amazonian and South American tribes making it with slash to people in more developed areas with nice electric steel retorts, and one thing is common: people use what's availiable to them. That's the point. Pacific islanders use palm fronds, bamboo and soft woods, in Africa i've seen them use comunal bio-waste, in Japan they use white oak, in Europe they use what's local, in the States we use what's local. I've seen guys make 'tlud kilns' out of 55-gallon drums filled with shredded utility-line trimmings with all manner of tree and plant material.

maxdecphoenix

April 13, 2017

one of the best videos i have seen.

anyone know where i could see this retort running?

Coaster's Bushcraft

April 23, 2017

government suppression at its best.

Lone Wolf

May 1, 2017