Short Shaft - Clay slab with stone slab above tuyere

Team - Darrell Markewitz & Niel Peterson
CLOCK ELAPSED EVENT AIR CHARCOAL     ORE    
        UNIT COUNT TOTAL UNIT COUNT TOTAL
      LpM bucket   litres scoop   kg
                   
12:00   start wood splints pre-heat              
13:30 1:30 air set to A 1/4 275            
13:55 25 air set to A 1/2 / fill with wood 430            
14:05   air set to B / repair top smelter 555 3 3 27      
                   
14:15 0 fill with charcoal / start sequence   0.5 3.5 31.5      
14:23   light off exhaust gasses              
14:25 0:10     1 4.5 40.5      
14:34 0:09     1 5.5 49.5      
14:45   slag seen at blow hole              
14:48 0:14     1 6.5 58.5      
15:04 0:16     1 7.5 67.5      
15:06   air set to C 805            
15:07   rod off tuyere causes large drop              
15:12 0:08     1 8.5 76.5      
15:17 0:05     1 9.5 85.5      
15:19   even slug as seed charge         1 1 0.56
15:25 0:07     1 10.5 94.5      
15:29   even slug as seed charge         1 2 1.12
15:34 0:09     1 11.5 103.5      
15:35   even slug as seed charge         1 3 1.68
15:42 0:08 even slug   1 12.5 112.5 1 4 2.24
15:50 0:08 even slug   1 13.5 121.5 1 5 2.8
15:58 0:08 even slug   1 14.5 130.5 1 6 3.36
16:07 0:09 even slug   1 15.5 139.5 1 7 3.92
16:14 0:07 even slug   1 16.5 148.5 1 8 4.48
16:20 0:06 even slug   1 17.5 157.5 1 9 5.04
16:27 0:07 even slug   1 18.5 166.5 1 10 5.6
16:34 0:07 even slug   1 19.5 175.5 1 11 6.16
16:37   even slug         1 12 6.72
16:41 0:07 even slug   1 20.5 184.5 1 13 7.28
16:44   spread through         1 14 7.84
16:46 0:05 spread through   1 21.5 193.5 1 15 8.4
16:52 0:06 spread through   1 22.5 202.5 1 16 8.96
16:57 0:05 spread through   1 23.5 211.5 1 17 9.52
17:02   spread through         1 18 10.08
17:06 0:09 spread through   1 24.5 220.5 1 19 10.64
17:07   spread through         1 20 11.2
17:10   spread through         1 21 11.76
17:12 0:06 last ore - start of settle down   1 25.5 229.5 1 22 12.32
17:17 0:05     1 26.5 238.5      
17:25 0:08     1 27.5 247.5      
17:31 0:06     1 28.5 256.5      
    start of burn down phase              
17:58   rodger out tuyere              
18:04   extra bucket added (+ sintering)   1 29.5 265.5      
18:12 6:12 air set to B / EXTRACTION              

Last Updated on 1/1/08
By Darrell Markewitz
Email: smelt@warehamforge.ca

Text and photography © 1998 - 2007, Darrell Markewitz