# Charcoal Making Anecdotes

**URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/charcoal-making-anecdotes/2364
**Category:** Charcoal Gasification
**Created:** [March 13, 2016, 11:29am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/charcoal-making-anecdotes/2364 "2016-03-13T11:29:27Z")
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#### Post date: [May 20, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/charcoal-making-anecdotes/2364/105 "2019-05-20T19:24:20Z")

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Before I started making charcoal, I built a solar concentrator from plans (in French) that Lorin Symington supplied, and used it for all sorts of cooking and baking. It was called “Helios” and looked like this:

 ![Helios_Mirror_patterns](http://forum.driveonwood.com/uploads/default/original/3X/f/0/f085efeefd355a9c6e748ec51bdf25c265207122.JPG)  
The design has evolved, and here is a report from Lorin on using the solar oven to make charcoal from coconuts, and for the processing of cashews.  
[https://gosol.solar/solar-charcoal-and-cashews?fbclid=IwAR3wu-o7bhIY\_5-PEY\_B2ILV3wbfzXBCZ4UqeDD6v7-npsNFMSjlTtmmDqk](https://gosol.solar/solar-charcoal-and-cashews?fbclid=IwAR3wu-o7bhIY_5-PEY_B2ILV3wbfzXBCZ4UqeDD6v7-npsNFMSjlTtmmDqk)

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