Grant Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Yah, I am very interested to see how these turn out. They look so nice. So if you decide to send out any more samples, I will pay shipping for mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain Soph Aur Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Here I took a pic of how natural coals come out of the bag (left) and how they look after I've taken a hacksaw to them (right). Match pack is for size comparison. [img]http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/7046/picture009bs9.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGuy Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 lol the coal on the top left looks like a BBQ'd bottom half of a homan thigh bone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalliwag Posted July 27, 2006 Author Share Posted July 27, 2006 [quote name='MrGuy']lol the coal on the top left looks like a BBQ'd bottom half of a homan thigh bone![/quote] Crap!!! I think it's a tibia!!! [img]http://www.hookahforum.com/forum/smileys/smiley19.gif[/img] [img]http://137.222.110.150/calnet/musculo/image/tibia%20&%20fibula.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalliwag Posted July 28, 2006 Author Share Posted July 28, 2006 I would have taken pictures but I had company over and I did not want to weird them out and go through the whole deal. Besides if they knew they were being used on an experiment they would be weirded out even more. So they unwittingly helped me out and had a great time. The bigger coals worked much better. Everything was the same as far as the ash and all. There was 4 of us total so it was being constantly hit on for a pretty good while. I got caught up a little more in the company than keeping track of time and all. But that was okay. This weekend will be really busy cutting up a bunch more discs and making a big batch or two. I will update you guys. Not much left to do as far as talking about it goes. It's time to get the stuff in the mail and anxiously await the verdicts. I paln on shipping on Monday so by Tuesday and Wednesday it should start showing up. The closer you are to Texas the quicker you should see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alqoshnia Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 I would think the bigger coals would work much better, in that it would last much longer and more efficient Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding_Heart1 Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 ooo im in kentucky so ill get is prolly tuesday.[img]http://www.hookahforum.com/forum/smileys/smiley1.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalliwag Posted July 31, 2006 Author Share Posted July 31, 2006 Well I made a two five gallon buckets full of coals. Could have made a lot more but I figure it was more than enough and extra to last me a good while too. Some of the disc are up to 3.5" in diameter. I am cutting those into 1/4's. Some of the 2" I am going to send out like they are. I am curious as to how those will work on bigger bowls. I am going to test one of them out on mine tonite. Those can be quartered as well but I figure they should be tested like this. There are smaller rounds all the way down to about 3/4" and some "fingers" a few inches long. I may have covered most of earlier but as of right now the stuff is ready to ship so I figure I would cover what I am sending. I am having to "season" (dry out) limbs under 2" because I used up the little of that I could find. 3" and larger is the norm when it comes to seasoning wood because most is used for grilling. Once the verdict is in to mass produce or not I will get a bunch of it seasoning and keep a sufficient supply. I will post pics later and let you guys know how a 2" goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain Soph Aur Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Just a tip Scalliwag, sprinkle your coals with coal dust before sending them out. This help the coal light faster. Use the dust from when you cut the coals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalliwag Posted July 31, 2006 Author Share Posted July 31, 2006 [quote name='Ain Soph Aur']Just a tip Scalliwag, sprinkle your coals with coal dust before sending them out. This help the coal light faster. Use the dust from when you cut the coals.[/quote] Will do. Thanks for the tip. I soaked one in rubbing alcohol and it caught on fire real good, but the alcohol burnt off faster than what I really would have like it to. The coals are pretty dense. Hmmmm, maybe a paste made with alcohol and coal dust? The alcohol definately burns off as clean as you could get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrofeed Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 u sure the alcohol burns clean, i mean just the smell of that stuff without being lit on fire make sme wanna hurl, course ive never lit any on fire, but i couldnt imagine it would smell great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalliwag Posted July 31, 2006 Author Share Posted July 31, 2006 Most of the isopropyl alcohol is 30% water. If you pour some on a flat piece of glass and burn it it does not leave any noticable residue. I am guessing that whatever is used on the quick lights does not burn away nearly as cleanly. Inhaling high concentrations of vapor from isopropyl alcohol is not at all good but when you consider how many household goods as well as medicinal purposes and the wipes for monitor screens and such we are talking about a pretty high PPM in the air before you have real adverse effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymptom Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Yeah it would burn clean... but wouldn't it evaporate on it's own, too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalliwag Posted July 31, 2006 Author Share Posted July 31, 2006 [quote name='cymptom']Yeah it would burn clean... but wouldn't it evaporate on it's own, too?[/quote] Yep it will do that. So you would have to keep it sealed or get down to business pretty quick. I tried an experiment and it did not work out well. Even a paste made with sawdust and alcohol was pretty much a waste of time. For now it has to be the stovetop method still to get enough surface area burning good. It got going pretty good around the outer edge I wanted to get one side going good. Once I got that going it proved to be WAY too much coal for one person, or at least me to try to smoke all the way. I needed to do one a bit smaller... like a 1.5 inch or 1.25 but not one this dang big. I smoke way too much and did not get the coals packed. I was way too buzzed. So tomorrow after work and before I get to doing anything I am packing the boxes for you guys on the list.... I PROMISE!!! BTW a Bud Select cap is about the size of a quarter [img]http://www.scalliwag.com/coal/coal09.JPG[/img] [img]http://www.scalliwag.com/coal/coal10.JPG[/img] [img]http://www.scalliwag.com/coal/coal11.JPG[/img] [img]http://www.scalliwag.com/coal/coal13.JPG[/img] [img]http://www.scalliwag.com/coal/coal14.JPG[/img] [img]http://www.scalliwag.com/coal/coal15.JPG[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skimo Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 thats a big ass coal lol, so instead of using my usual 1.5 to 2 quicklights i can just use 1 of these haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalliwag Posted July 31, 2006 Author Share Posted July 31, 2006 [quote name='skimo']thats a big ass coal lol, so instead of using my usual 1.5 to 2 quicklights i can just use 1 of these haha[/quote] well if you can smoke that in one sitting by yourself you are mch more hardcore than me. I hit it steady for probably 45 minutes and I had to tap out. If I would have paced myself better I could have gone longer I guess but there was still plenty of coal left and between the beer and the hookak I was buzzing to dang darn. I can hardly wait to try a big one out with a group of three or more. That way I am much more proned to a reasonable pace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shonimus Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Are you still going to send some to us forum-ites? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 I have had chemical analyses done, mesquite charcoal has about 16000 ppm in sulfur, while Japanese coals have around 1200 ppm. Eucalyptus coal is about 400 ppm. Your ash does look a little sulfury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalliwag Posted July 31, 2006 Author Share Posted July 31, 2006 [quote name='shonimus']Are you still going to send some to us forum-ites?[/quote] Here are the members receiving the test batches: [url=http://www.hookahforum.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=1368][color="#0000ff"]40 Thieves Bleeding_Heart1 ghostofdavid Alqoshnia DizzyGuy nuschultz Halon skimo Tangiers[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuschultz Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Tangiers, what effect will sulfur have on the human systems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGuy Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 makes you smell like rotten egg:Ddepends what form it's in doesnt it?I know wikipedia is no longer a formal valid research source but:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur#Precautions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alqoshnia Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 i dont use wikipedia much, actually never unless someone posts a link. But y is wiki a no longer formal valid source anymore?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGuy Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Im not sure about i the US, but in the UK, you can't reference wikipedia in formal research. i think it's something to do with the fact anyone can add to/edit it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 Dihtdrogen sulfide is rotten egg smell. Very poisonous. Elemental sulfur is different, more oxidized than that. Sulfur is generally poisonous and also takes oxygen from the carbon oxidation which produces more carbon monoxide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calcartman Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 [quote name='MrGuy']Im not sure about i the US, but in the UK, you can't reference wikipedia in formal research. i think it's something to do with the fact anyone can add to/edit it.[/quote] In a formal research study, of course Wikipedia shouldn't be a sole source; however they usually have sources for their information listed and if it supports information you can prove from other sources, I'll use it.I myself have used it in numerous college research papers, but never by itself; always in conjunction with other more solid ones.But if anybody doing formal research is silly enough to rely solely on Wiki; they probably shouldn't be doing research unless its on the testing side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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