viziers Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 (edited) Just as the title states what I think I have is paulownia wood but as I cut it down (bottom of trunk is 3"-4" in diameter)and noticed that there is a center hole in the center all the to the top of the tree and it is very light wood (which I knew).. What is the best part of the tree in the opinion of the forum as a collective?? http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt89/vizierspty/paulownia/GOPR0523.jpg http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt89/vizierspty/paulownia/GOPR0516.jpg http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt89/vizierspty/paulownia/GOPR0515.jpg http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt89/vizierspty/paulownia/GOPR0520.jpg http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt89/vizierspty/paulownia/GOPR0518.jpg http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt89/vizierspty/paulownia/GOPR0521.jpg Thanks all,vizi Edited July 15, 2012 by viziers
viziers Posted July 15, 2012 Author Posted July 15, 2012 Hmmm twigs and branches huh, how about young trees like the one in the pics I posted.... Thanks,vizi
Potassiumchlorate Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 Oh, yes, young trees as well. Older wood is denser.
viziers Posted July 15, 2012 Author Posted July 15, 2012 Oh, yes, young trees as well. Older wood is denser. If that is the case then that is great as I found a grove of paulownia and alder all in the same spot... vizi
TheEskimo Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 I have used main trunks of paulonia to great success. My grandma has a big old tree, and I've taken 12-inch dia. pieces, chopped em down to charcoaling size ,and the charcoal to seems to make great BP.
viziers Posted July 16, 2012 Author Posted July 16, 2012 very good to hear! Now I need to finish deburring a bunch of brass media and need to finish sealing my retort and dry the wood in the mean time as I am waiting for a resupply of materials (making 4" cans for the first time as appose to plastic hemi's that I used in the past... What I dont make into charcoal i'll store in my shed as dried surplus.. vizi
AdmiralDonSnider Posted July 16, 2012 Posted July 16, 2012 I too have made and make Paulownia charcoal from both branches and the trunk and both gave a very fast BP charcoal.
viziers Posted July 17, 2012 Author Posted July 17, 2012 (edited) Thats good to hear, As soon as the wood dries a bit more i'll cut it to lengths and make it into charcoal then ill mix the kn03 to the charcoal and mill it then wet it and put it through a screen and let it dry and then ill mill the rest of the compounds together and see how it does.. vizi Edited July 17, 2012 by viziers
viziers Posted July 31, 2012 Author Posted July 31, 2012 So I have cooked the wood and id say from the first batch I did (over cooked it to almost 1100F hope I did not ruin it) I have got roughly 1.5 - 2.0lbs of milled air float charcoal... I mixed up a 20 gram btach and ill wet it and screen it through a strainer and let it dry and give it a test as I will video tape it to see what you all think. I'll also post pics of both the air float milled and the raw unmilled charcoal. vizi
viziers Posted August 1, 2012 Author Posted August 1, 2012 (edited) So I mixed up a 20g batch in a small container (not milled at all)and here is a test of a 2g burn... Let me know what you all think. I'm sorry but I forgot to mention that I wet the mix with water/alc and passed it through a kitchen strainer and let dry it also contains 5% dex! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIFge0BfQTc vizi Edited August 1, 2012 by viziers
Potassiumchlorate Posted August 1, 2012 Posted August 1, 2012 I think it's very good, especially for not being ballmilled.
viziers Posted August 1, 2012 Author Posted August 1, 2012 (edited) Thanks,I probably should have burnt it in a pile instead of a lind like that as i'm sure the thickness of the line was not exactly consistant... I'll do another burn test in a bit when the sun goes behind some more clouds.. EDITED: Here is a 4.5g pile burn test.Comments or suggestions? (remember this is just finger mixed and wetted and screened)....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujRZKddkalk Right now i am milling 375g of Pot. Nitrate (it's not powder so long mill time is ok) and 75g of paulownia charcoal. Ill then wet it down and screen it through a 20 mesh let it dry and remill it with the sulfer and 5% dex then pass it through a 4 mesh and maybe through some 20 mesh. I just hope it works as good as I am hoping (not cutting corners in the production)..... vizi Edited August 2, 2012 by viziers
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