CLOCK ELAPSED EVENT AIR CHARCOAL ORE
Icelandic Sod Build June 2015 UNIT COUNT TOTAL ADD TOTAL
gate LpM bucket kg scoop kg
12:00 Start Preheat x 1.82
Inner surface crumbles
12:30 30 Start Charcoal - 5 Maple, 5 Oak 9 10 10
12:41 11 All Rough to fill Max
12:50 9 Touch off volitiles
12:59 9 First graded charcoal 1 11
1:04 5 1 12
1:10 6 1 13
1:18 8 1 14
1:24 6 1 15
1:29 5 1 16
1:44 15* Too much heat loss out of front.  Packed it with dirt and sod.  Possibly missed a charcoal bucket 1 17
1:49 5 Tried packing the front with mud, fire coming out between cinder blocks 1 18
1:59 10 1 19
2:06 7 First Ore
2:13 7 1 20 1 1
2:22 9 How do we know when the Sod is burning?  How do we keep the heat? 1 21 1 2
2:32 10 1 22 1 3
2:43 11 1 23 1 4
2:57 14 Turere 17 deg. How do we keep the walls from moving? 1 24 1 5
3:05 8 1 25 1 6
3:13 8 Rocks are shifting.  Front of dirt pile has lots of give.  Front is still burning faster than back.  Placing ore in the middle third will ensure better drop 1 26 1 7
3:29 16 1 27 1 8
3:37 8 1 28 1 9
3:48 11 1 29 1 10
3:59 9 1 30 1.5 11.5
4:09 10 1 31 1.5 13
4:18 9 1 32 1.5 14.5
4:32 14 1 33 2 16.5
4:42 10 Starting to pile the charcoal up into more of a mound 1 34
4:44 2 filled more to make the mound 1 35 2 18.5
4:55 11 Why slow times?  Perhaps not enough air for the volume 1 36 2 20.5
5:08 12 1 37 2 22.5
5:17 9 1 38 2.5 25
5:30 13 1 39 2.5 27.5
5:39 9 Last charge of ore  1 40 3.33 30.83
5:46 7 Start of burn down 1
5:58 12 1
Unable to extract - left bloom & slag in place
TOTAL Charcoal 83 kg
Ore 31 kg
Bloom 7.7 kg
Yield 25%