[Sca-cooks] Charcoal forge suggestion ;-)

[Chass Brown]

Aye that was Clay. Fire brick is a different item. All of our local shops 
here have it and I checked prices yesterday. It is still 1.50$ per brick. 
Hmm any lumberyard/home repair place should have them.

Chass of Rundel of Ansteorra aka of the SCA aka
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From: "Stefan li Rous" <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
To: "SCA-Cooks maillist SCA-Cooks" <SCA-Cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Charcoal forge suggestion ;-)


> Hmmm. Since (I think) the only reason for getting a brake drum to go 
> *into* the ex-grill is to fill up space, the firebricks might work.  They 
> have the advantage, since they are rectangular of fitting into the 
> rectangular grill better. Although part of the idea may be to corner the 
> coals into on small area rather than letting them spread over the entire 
> bottom of the grill.
>
> So where would you buy fire bricks? From Home Depot? I doubt I need very 
> many, although that may depend upon their size and whether I need one 
> layer or more.
>
> I remember trying to use a clay flower pot saucer to hold charcoal for a 
> period pewter casting demo at an event but the heat cracked it. And I only 
> used a few chunks of hardwood charcoal. I think part of my problem was not 
> using enough since I wasn't getting enough heat. I thought I needed a 
> bellows then, but I think just more charcoal. And that might have reduced 
> problems with expansion and the clay saucer breaking, but I think I'll go 
> with a different container next time, anyway.
>
> Stefan
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