# Making my simple fire gasifier **URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/making-my-simple-fire-gasifier/7477 **Category:** Projects **Created:** [September 3, 2023, 12:35pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/making-my-simple-fire-gasifier/7477 "2023-09-03T12:35:34Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 144
### Author: ![BrianAltEnergy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v2/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@BrianAltEnergy](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/BrianAltEnergy) #### Post date: [September 27, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/making-my-simple-fire-gasifier/7477/144 "2023-09-27T23:23:39Z")
I discovered a problem with my plan. My nozzle still isn’t easily replaceable but that can be fixed with Tom’s suggestion. The problem is the way I have been cleaning out the charcoal is to just flip it upside down. I won’t be able to do that if I keep adding to this or mount it on a base. Here’s one solution. > [@Time to go from updraft to downdraft charcoal gasifier?](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/time-to-go-from-updraft-to-downdraft-charcoal-gasifier/7313/5): > > marty, thank you for your nice documentation and observation, very interesting…for clean out the gasifier with the bottom -updraft nozzle is not needed to shovel out all the hopper, make a cleaning port on the sidewall and clean out with a hooke all the ash and slags and stop when clean coal comes down …([Transmission belt made from tires on woodgas small engine - #85 by giorgio](https://forum.driveonwood.com/t/transmission-belt-made-from-tires-on-woodgas-small-engine/6063/85)) The link in that post goes to some pictures of Giorgio’s clean out port. Large pipe fittings and pipe caps are expensive and I can’t tell for sure but it looks like Giorgio’s version isn’t threaded. Where my clean out port would go is in one of the hottest places on my gasifier. Would woodstove gasket rope and high temperature silicone handle the temperature at the bottom side of my gasifier? I’m thinking a section of square tube welded on the side unless I find something better. --- _[View the full topic](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/making-my-simple-fire-gasifier/7477)._