Pictures of the Process

Loading the board scraps into the 55 gallon drum.

Cutting the slats to feed the kiln.

Making little ones out of big ones.

Setting the outer drum over the 55 gallon drum.

Turning the whole assembly on its side.

Getting ready to turn the assembly over.

Unloading the kiln.

The sorting and bagging table. All the small pieces and dust fall through the grate before it  is loaded into the bags.

This is the final product.

Back in Production

Material for the new retort kiln 

Working on the lid.

The raw material which will be the charcoal.

The inner drum (upside down) is loaded with the oak board cut offs. The outer space is filled with small resaw slats from a pallet plant.

Lighting the kiln.

The first burn.