# Seeking guidance for first project

**URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/seeking-guidance-for-first-project/7059
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [December 6, 2022, 6:12am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/seeking-guidance-for-first-project/7059 "2022-12-06T06:12:51Z")
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### Author: ![r\_wesseling](http://forum.driveonwood.com/user_avatar/forum.driveonwood.com/r_wesseling/32/30940_2.png) [@r\_wesseling](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/r_wesseling)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/seeking-guidance-for-first-project/7059/7 "2022-12-06T18:43:20Z")

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Ditto what Tom said. I would start simple. Just get some kind of engine running anyway you can. I made a charcoal gasifier based on Koens [Some school in Thailand](https://forum.driveonwood.com/t/some-school-in-thailand/4372) thread. Gary Gilmore’s [Simple-Fire](https://forum.driveonwood.com/t/simple-fire/398) is also good.  
You can see most of my first project here.  
Rindert

> [@First gasifier project](https://forum.driveonwood.com/t/first-gasifier-project/5418):
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> Gentlemen, Let me start by saying what a wonderful resource this forum is. I only discovered gasification a few months ago, and after an inadequate amount of reading I purchased Ben Peterson’s book and was gathering materials to begin a build following his schematics; a fairly expensive, involved project. After coming here to hopefully find answers to some questions I had, and reading a good deal more, I’m instead going to begin building one of Gary Gilmore’s Simple Fire units (hopefully this w…

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