Posted: 11/23/2010 10:02:22 AM EDT
| In my basement at work is a green bin full of coal. I would say the vessel is about a thirty gallon bin. The coal is small, mostly between a quarter to a half dollar sized. What would you do with it? |
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In my basement at work is a green bin full of coal. I would say the vessel is about a thirty gallon bin. The coal is small, mostly between a quarter to a half dollar sized. What would you do with it? It sound like smithing coal.. I would use it in my forge.. |
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My grandfather would buy a pack of brown paper lunch bags.
He would fill each bag with about half full of coal , maybe a 1/3rd full, fold them over, and staple them shut. On especially cold days he would put one in the wood stove after a nice hot wood fire had created a bed of hot coals. His stove was rated for coal. It was a nice amount of BTUs in a small package. No dust or mess, just put a bag or two in the stove. It made it nice that he could keep the bags of coal in his attached garage, and didn't have to go outside at night to get more wood. He was in PA, coal was relatively easy to come by. |
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My grandfather would buy a pack of brown paper lunch bags. He would fill each bag with about half full of coal , maybe a 1/3rd full, fold them over, and staple them shut. On especially cold days he would put one in the wood stove after a nice hot wood fire had created a bed of hot coals. His stove was rated for coal. It was a nice amount of BTUs in a small package. No dust or mess, just put a bag or two in the stove. It made it nice that he could keep the bags of coal in his attached garage, and didn't have to go outside at night to get more wood. He was in PA, coal was relatively easy to come by. Your grandfather was a smart man (like a lot of our forefathers were). |
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In my basement at work is a green bin full of coal. I would say the vessel is about a thirty gallon bin. The coal is small, mostly between a quarter to a half dollar sized. What would you do with it? either pea or nut sized coal for hand fired coal stove. sell it to someone who has a stove. |
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Can someone give us Southerners a tutorial on coal and coal/wood stoves.
The few threads I've read about it, make it sound like something I'd like to keep a bit of on hand; just in case. Now I'm reading it comes in different sizes......  which I guess makes sense.....
So what size for which task? |