# My first wood gasifier attempt

**URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/my-first-wood-gasifier-attempt/6941
**Category:** Projects
**Created:** [September 30, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/my-first-wood-gasifier-attempt/6941 "2022-09-30T19:56:17Z")
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### Author: ![madflower69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v2/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@madflower69](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/madflower69)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/my-first-wood-gasifier-attempt/6941/81 "2025-02-20T23:47:49Z")

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take some pictures of your system or a drawing. pictures get around language and terminology barriers, and tend to be more descriptive.

You shouldn’t -have- to oven dry your wood. Sometimes you need to use a bit of charcoal to help get it started.

Pin sized air leaks are a huge cause of issues with gasifiers, usually in welds. Pressurize it and use soapy water like you would to checks for leaks on a tire, over all the joints.

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