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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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Discussion

This is something that I have been looking into – a small unit to convert limbs and wood from storm damage and landscaping scraps to saleable product. Seems the hard part will be convincing stores to sell local products.

John B. Bolt

September 22, 2017

Using seasoned wood can require quite a bit of time from tree to store, and money tied up in feedstock. Would be hard to start up without previous stock.

John B. Bolt

September 22, 2017

From the Carbon Compost Company if you're in the UK. Contact us at admin@carboncompost.co.uk

Robin Rawle

September 27, 2017

Love your video

Bobby Thompson

October 12, 2017

thank you for this video, please tell me process and optimum temperature for produce gases

Abdelrahman Mahmoud

October 27, 2017

I thought this was an interesting video….And then an old guy tells me this thing has an app.
Mind blown!

angryadrien

December 12, 2017

Governments don't care about rural local workers anymore, they've discarded us in favor of migrants because they are a stable, permanent voting block that is always going to vote the left agenda.

Shane K

December 13, 2017

Would it be more efficient to use the charcoal instead of using wood as the fuel?

Samuel Garza

January 13, 2018

I cant listen to British ppl for more than 5 minutes until they start talking about how the Gov't gets involved in their lives.  Its a disease that they have to overcome.

Robert Meier

February 13, 2018

No.

duxdawg

May 5, 2018