Primitive Technology: Making Charcoal in a Closed Pot

Primitive Technology: Making charcoal in a closed pot, small scale success but failed to scale up Subscribe: | Never miss a video! Enable ‘ALL’ Notifications! Watch my newest content: Follow Primitive Technology: Wordpress: Patreon: Watch More Primitive Technology: Newest Uploads: Pyrotechnology: Shelter: Weapons: Popular Videos: About This Video: I made charcoal in a clay pot by putting wood in it and heat the pot externally effectively making it like a retort. Previous methods of charcoal making directly heat the wood by burning a portion of it to create the charcoal. But this method applies the heat indirectly to the wood with it completely sealed off from oxygen. The wood successfully turns to charcoal on a small scale but fails to scale up due to the larger pot cracking during the firing and letting air in which burns the wood to ash. The theory is sound but more work needs to be done on the pot to stop it from cracking. About Primitive Technology: Primitive technology is a hobby where you build things in the wild completely from scratch using no modern tools or materials. These are the strict rules: If you want a fire, use a fire stick - An axe, pick up a stone and shape it - A hut, build one from trees, mud, rocks etc. The challenge is seeing how far you can go without utilizing modern technology. I do not live in the wild, but enjoy building shelter, tools, and more, only utilizing natural materials. To find specific videos, visit my playlist tab for building videos focused on pyrotechnology, shelter, weapons, food & agriculture, tools & machines, and weaving & fiber. #PrimitiveTechnology #Charcoal #Pyrotechnology