Iron Smelt - Wareham, ON - May 27, 2012
Date:May 27, 2012
Location:Wareham, ON
See also: Darrell Markewitz's ironsmelting site
Team: Neil Peterson, Darrell Markewitz
Premise: Back to work on the Icelandic.
Furnace Design
| Type | Icelandic (Háls), tap arch |
| Extraction | top |
| Diameter | 22 cm |
| Height | 65 cm |
| Volume | 24696.1 cm3 |
| Tuyure Type | ceramic tube |
| Tuyere height from base | 21 cm |
| Tuyere penetration into furnace | 4 cm |
| Tuyere angle | 23 deg |
| Base design | natural set base cm |
Burn Details
| Bellow Type | blower |
| Avg Air rate | 900 litres per minute |
| Total Charcoal Mass | 49 Kg |
| Avg Burn rate | min per 2 Kg |
| Ore Type | DD1 (48% Fe) |
| Total Mass of Ore | 31.8 Kg |
| Burn Duration | 5.5 Hours |
Results
| Mass of Bloom | 13.8 Kg |
| Bloom Type | |
| Yield | 42% |
| Notes | Standard plano-convex bloom |
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Reports of all of our iron smelting efforts along with more articles and information are available on the "Iron Smelting in the Viking Age" CD from the Wareham Forge. Copies of the CD can be purchased here. |
Discussion:
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Hot bloom |
Cut bloom |
Raw Data:
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Reports of all of our iron smelting efforts along with more articles and information are available on the "Iron Smelting in the Viking Age" CD from the Wareham Forge. Copies of the CD can be purchased here. |
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