# 514 ft^3 charcoal generator

**URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/514-ft-3-charcoal-generator/6781
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**Created:** [July 10, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/514-ft-3-charcoal-generator/6781 "2022-07-10T14:09:28Z")
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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: [July 10, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/514-ft-3-charcoal-generator/6781/4 "2022-07-10T22:32:33Z")

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Hello Alex, and welcome.  
You have a supply of _dry_ wood so I recommend a tlud (Top Lit Up Draft). I recommend starting small.  
I started by making a camping stove. Next a three coffee can unit for producing charcoal for my barbecue, just because my neighbor gave me a bunch of apple wood. Last a 50 gallon unit to make charcoal for my 3KW gen set.  
Maybe the best thing I made was an afterburner that allows me to make very little smoke.  
Rindert

> [@Retort Kiln Afterburner](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/retort-kiln-afterburner/5990/7):
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> Hi Jamie, I live in Colorado, where it is very dry. So getting dry wood is no problem for me. These TLUDs (Top Lit Up Draft) work really well for me. I started out making them out of old coffee cans. This gave me really nice small quantities for the barbecue. Then I got an old hot water heater. I just use the tank there are no internals. There is a grate in the bottom to allow air in. The coffee cans on top are the very same tlud I made before, but rearranged with the air holes at the bottom. …

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