11-25-2014, 05:06 PM
(11-25-2014, 04:57 PM)awemawson Wrote: The fuel was charcoal made from the local chestnut which is coppiced in profusion locally. The people involved were rather 'precious' insisting on absolute authenticity in all things, but the result was somewhat disappointing - I don't think it was hot enough really. The bloomery was authenticly built up from local clays and probably hadn't had enough time to fully dry before firing although it was fired for two days and the intervening night. I left when they started arguing whether knocking the bloom out would break the furnace :(
Thats a dam shame Andrew ,,,,,,,,,,,,, mined you I am not suprized ,as I dont think I have seen a successfully British reconstruction smelt/melt of anything . There are allot of variables in a project like that .
(11-25-2014, 04:58 PM)NormanV Wrote: I watched it from start to finish, fantastic! It shows what we as humans are capable of, even without electricity. We, (soft Westerners) too easily complain about minor problems. It just goes to show what you could do if we just got on with it!
Well said Norman ,and so true .
Rob