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Mods: there isn't really a dedicated thread for this sort of thing, although I did consider the classic boat forum (those wood-loving weirdos might be more likely to have come across this device).
My father recalls reading in a magazine many years ago (many years) about an ingenious charcoal burner that wasn't much bigger than an oil lamp. It was mounted on a bulkhead and consisted of two glass tubes, one inside the other. At the bottom was the air intake regulated by a rotating knob/screw similar to that on kerosene lamps. The charcoal was measured out into small paper bags of a precise weight and one of these was dropped in the top of the inner tube. It burned cleanly and lasted for about three hours, at which point another bag could be added, the accumulation of ash being so low that cleaning was not necessary for several burns. The air intake could be regulated to give off enough heat that you had to strip to your underwear, or a low enough burn that you could just keep the edge off. And, as I said, it was small and convenient. Bonus: you got to bask in the lovely cherry glow of a burning fire because it was all glass!
Can anyone identify this device, or anything similar, from this description? Google has failed me!
Cheers
My father recalls reading in a magazine many years ago (many years) about an ingenious charcoal burner that wasn't much bigger than an oil lamp. It was mounted on a bulkhead and consisted of two glass tubes, one inside the other. At the bottom was the air intake regulated by a rotating knob/screw similar to that on kerosene lamps. The charcoal was measured out into small paper bags of a precise weight and one of these was dropped in the top of the inner tube. It burned cleanly and lasted for about three hours, at which point another bag could be added, the accumulation of ash being so low that cleaning was not necessary for several burns. The air intake could be regulated to give off enough heat that you had to strip to your underwear, or a low enough burn that you could just keep the edge off. And, as I said, it was small and convenient. Bonus: you got to bask in the lovely cherry glow of a burning fire because it was all glass!
Can anyone identify this device, or anything similar, from this description? Google has failed me!
Cheers