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Smelt Iron from Ore - metwalworking.wood.ironore PEP BB

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posted 5 years ago

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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the wood badge in Metal Working.

For this BB, you will be smelting iron from ore!

Here is what this might look like:

Minimum requirement:
- Make at least 2 pounds of iron

To document your completion of the BB, provide the photos or video (<2 min) of the following:
- The supplies you're starting with
- Partway through the process
- The finished smelted iron

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posted 1 year ago

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Thought I would give this a bump.
This is a fascinating process and not one for the faint of heart. That is probably the shortest (height wise) bloomery furnace I have even seen used. It's maybe 36 inches tall? A lot of them are much taller, but as you can see, it isn't necessary.

“So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.”

It would give a normal human mental abilities to rival mine. To think it is just a tiny ad:

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