Thanks Cody and Bob. I should probably pick up a can or two of black paint this weekend too. I knew I had tar stains from my testing but that last picture looks bad.
I was only running a flare with the raw wood mixed with charcoal and hopefully the ring I put in the lid helps keep the drips inside instead of dripping out of the lid. The main problem was blowing air into the nozzle which pressurized the tank. It didn’t leak like that (even water) when it had the engine vacuum sucking the gas out.
I’m almost out of dry charcoal again so I’ll need to make another batch soon. The last batch I ground up filled the simple fire for today’s run and I dumped the remains into the new gasifier. Actually, I have more nice charcoal from some of my first charcoal batches but I’ve kind of been saving those bigger chunks in case I wanted it for cooking, melting metal, or for the forge. The rest is in a barrel that got wet. I did set some wood aside to keep it dry for my next batch but haven’t made any for a few days or so. I did take a little out of the furnace but it hasn’t been cold enough to have much of a fire yet. I’ll have to get another good barrel or even a metal bucket with a good lid for saving the charcoal from the furnace. I don’t expect to use the gaasifier as much once it does get cold but I hope to save up a good bit of charcoal over the winter.
I didn’t keep track of where I got this picture but I’d like to have something like this with ready to use charcoal. Thanks to whoever came up with this.
EDIT: That picture was from Giorgio.