[Stoves] Crispin´s kiln. (was Re: Traditonal Charcola Making Process / retort

[AJH]

On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:11:06 -0500, Paul S. Anderson wrote:

>I believe this actually refers to sun-baked bricks as made in ancient 
>Egypt and
>the straw served to keep the bricks from falling apart during transport.

There's not much sun baking going on here this summer :-(.

I actually believe the straw served a number of purposes, as initial
strength, to prevent cracking during drying and as a small part of the
fuel.

AJH