| TIME | ELAPSED | EVENT | CHARCOAL | ORE | ||
| added | total | added | total | |||
| 14:20 | start wood fire in core | |||||
| added small wood splits | 8 buckets | |||||
| 15:10 | adding small wood pieces | |||||
| 15:30 | jake starts fitting plugs to tuyeres | |||||
| 16:10 | all tuyeres plugged | |||||
| 16:13 | open one tuyere in each quadrent | |||||
| 16:15 | finish adding small wood pieces | 20 buckets | ||||
| 16:30 | temperatures @ west bottom tuyere | |||||
| in about 6" = 975 C | ||||||
| 16:45 | open three tuyere in each quadrent | |||||
| 16:53 | 2:33 | end of wood only pre-heat phase | ||||
| 16:53 | addition first rough charcoal / main sequence starts | |||||
| 17:00 | touch off exhaust flame | |||||
| close off all tuyeres | ||||||
| 17:30 | open three tuyeres in each quadrent | 1 bag | 40 | |||
| 17:43 | temperature @west bottom tuyere | |||||
| about centre = 1170 C | ||||||
| 17:57 | added rough charcoal | 2 bags | 120 | |||
| 18:07 | added rough charcoal | 1 bag | 160 | |||
| 18:16 | added rough charcoal - fill to charge door | 3/4 bag | 190 | |||
| 19:18 | 2:25 | end of charcoal pre-heat phase | ||||
| 19:18 | first ore addition - as slug | 2 lbs | 2 | |||
| 19:20 | temperature @ west centre = 1150 C | |||||
| ? | top up rough charcoal - ore addition | ? | 3 lbs | 5 | ||
| 19:45 | briefing | |||||
| 19:55 | add balance of rough charocal | 1/4 bag | 200 | |||
| 20:13 | rough ore added as slug, topped w graded charcoal | 1 bucket | 205 | 1 measure | 10 | |
| 20:28 | 0:15 | glowing cherry red chimney | 1 | 210 | 1 | 15 |
| 20:39 | 0:11 | S/W/E tuyeres show white hot | 1 | 215 | 1 | 20 |
| 20:50 | 0:11 | double charcoal to bring to charge door | 2 | 225 | 2 | 30 |
| 21:03 | 0:13 | 2 | 235 | 2 | 40 | |
| 21:18 | 0:15 | level allowed to drop to top of 'bell' | 1 | 240 | 1 | 45 |
| 21:31 | 0:13 | tuyeres tapped | 1 | 245 | 1 | 50 |
| 21:40 | 0:09 | 1 | 250 | 1 | 55 | |
| 21:51 | 0:11 | tuyeres poked clear | 1 | 255 | 1 | 60 |
| S / E tuyeres show 'little cooler' | ||||||
| N / W tuyeres show white heat | ||||||
| 22:03 | 0:12 | add last of rough ore | 1 | 260 | 1 | 65 |
| 22:13 | 0:10 | added graded ore | 1 | 265 | 1 | 70 |
| 22:18 | 0:05 | noticably hotter | 1 | 270 | 1 | 75 |
| 22:27 | 0:09 | poked tuyeres - mass felt | 1 | 275 | 1 | 80 |
| 22:43 | 0:16 | 1 | 280 | 1 | 85 | |
| 22:57 | 0:14 | mass closer to W tuyeres | 1 | 285 | 1 | 90 |
| 23:18 | 0:21 | charcoal only added | 1 | 290 | ||
| 23:24 | 0:06 | ore charges resumed | 1 | 295 | 1 | 95 |
| 23:34 | 0:10 | 1 | 300 | 1 | 100 | |
| 23:44 | 0:10 | 1 | 305 | 1 | 105 | |
| 23:55 | 0:11 | N /W / S tyeres 'had a bit of slag' | 1 | 310 | 1 | 110 |
| 0:04 | 0:09 | 1 | 315 | 1 | 115 | |
| 0:12 | top tuyeres closed all quadrants | |||||
| 0:22 | 0:18 | 1 | 320 | |||
| 0:33 | 0:11 | 1 | 325 | 1 | 120 | |
| 0:44 | 0:11 | open all top tuyeres | ||||
| 0:55 | 0:22 | 1 | 330 | 1 | 125 | |
| 1:04 | 0:09 | 1 | 335 | |||
| 1:15 | 0:11 | charcoal jammed in shaft - poked down to free | 1 | 340 | ||
| 1:38 | 0:23 | ore charges resumed with smaller additions | 1 | 345 | 3 lbs | 128 |
| 1:47 | 0:09 | 1 | 350 | 3 lbs | 131 | |
| 1:56 | 0:09 | 1 | 355 | 3 lbs | 134 | |
| 2:08 | 0:12 | 1 | 360 | 3 lbs | 137 | |
| 2:25 | 0:17 | 1 | 365 | 3 lbs | 140 | |
| 2:42 | 0:17 | slag at N / S / W tuyeres - ore charges increased | 1 | 370 | 4 lbs | 144 |
| 2:56 | 0:14 | bubbling heard, sparks seen | 1 | 375 | 4 lbs | 148 |
| 3:05 | 0:09 | 1 | 380 | 4 lbs | 152 | |
| 3:16 | 0:11 | 1 | 385 | 4 lbs | 156 | |
| 3:30 | 0:14 | slag formation continues - full ore charges resume | 1 | 390 | 1 | 161 |
| 3:40 | 0:10 | 1 | 395 | 1 | 166 | |
| 3:56 | 0:16 | 1 | 400 | 1 | 171 | |
| 4:06 | 0:10 | 1 | 405 | 1 | 176 | |
| 4:18 | 0:12 | 1 | 410 | 1 | 181 | |
| 4:37 | 0:19 | 1 | 415 | 1 | 186 | |
| 4:48 | 0:11 | 1 | 420 | 1 | 191 | |
| 5:15 | 0:27 | furnace left to burn down on its own | 1 | 425 | 2 | 200 |
| 9:57 | end of main smelt sequence | |||||
| 10:45 | 5:30 | approximate opening of furnace | ||||
| TOTALS | ||||||
| Time | Preheat (start to first ore charge) | 5 hours | ||||
| Main Smelt Sequence (not including burn down) | 10 hours | |||||
| Burn Down (approximate) | 5 1/2 hours | |||||
| Total Elapsed Time | 20 1/2 hours | |||||
| Fuels | Preheat wood | 28 buckets | ||||
| Rough Charcoal | 200 lbs | |||||
| Graded Charcoal | 225 lbs | |||||
| Total Charcoal | 425 lbs | |||||
| Ore | Total Added | 200 lbs |