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Finally got my forge to stop eating coal like crazy
It was burning through a 50lb bag in under two days, which was killing my budget. I started banking the fire with a thicker layer of damp clay and sawdust mix around the edges, and my coal use dropped by almost half. Anyone else have weird fuel-saving tricks that actually worked?
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hollym823mo agoMost Upvoted
My old neighbor ran a pottery kiln that was just as bad. He switched to a mix of waste wood chips from a local cabinet shop and a bit of old motor oil, which sounds wild but it worked. He said it burned slower and way hotter than just straight wood. It made his whole yard smell like a mechanic's garage, though.
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cameron_chen3mo ago
My forge used to burn money just as fast as coal. Glad you found a way to make it less of a hungry monster.
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harperschmidt16d ago
Oh man, that mechanic's garage smell is real... I tried burning old hydraulic fluid once in my forge and the whole neighborhood thought I was running a chop shop or something. Got a warning from the HOA about it, but the heat output was insane for almost no cost. Still can't go back to plain coal now, it feels like throwing money into a fire for real.
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