Blacksmiths of Reddit plz help I just got Bituminous coal but I can't get the rebar above a low orange color
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πŸ‘€︎ u/ArksRandom
πŸ“…︎ Apr 03 2021
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Odd question, does anyone know where to buy bituminous coal/nut coal in town?

Buddy and I are building a forge but can't seem to find anyone in town that sells the fuel we need. Any other forge nerds know where we could find it? We've tried home depot and lowes, as well as a tractor supply place but no luck. Thanks!

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πŸ‘€︎ u/TheNatch
πŸ“…︎ Apr 16 2021
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Found by the Jersey Shore, are these anthracite (left) and bituminous (right) coal? Right feels denser than left, left seems harder than the right.
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The Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness Study Area comprised of layers of sandstone, shale, mudstone, and bituminous coal
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Historic East Broad Top Railroad that operated between 1871 and 1956 in Pennsylvania; it hauled semi-bituminous coal from the remote Broad Top Mountain plateau to Mount Union.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/sacrecoeur1206
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Any ideas? I'm thinking the bottom one is bituminous coal, but the glassy one? not a clue reddit.com/gallery/ht55st
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πŸ‘€︎ u/innesbinnes
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Anybody know where a guy can find some bituminous coal?

So I've run out of the smithing coal I bought for like 6 dollars a bag last summer. I don't like using charcoal that much, plus it burns really fast and I'd like to avoid going out in public often because of the virus. There aren't a lot of coal yards in my area and I did some research and haven't found any that seem to carry bituminous. I got mine from a landscaping supply. Does anyone know of any kinds of businesses besides coal yards and landscape supply that might have it? Sorry, I know this is a sort of weird question, but I don't really want to pay a lot more for bituminous coal from Ebay. Thanks!

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πŸ‘€︎ u/yergaderga
πŸ“…︎ Apr 24 2020
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5-7 lbs of what I had left of bituminous coal in 1 hour. I melted my hammer πŸ₯΅
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πŸ‘€︎ u/SirSlash69
πŸ“…︎ Mar 03 2019
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Lignite and Bituminous coal

How rare is this stuff? I've had a few forts now where I couldn't find any, and my last 2, currently still alive, do not have any on the maps. One is undergoing a siege and well everyone is going to die, I have 11 left, so I did did a map reveal, nothing. I have another that's doing really well and I didn't want to spoil anything so I just did prospector, for the list of what ores and stuff are on the map, again, nothing.

I can manage, and I can dig down to get the magma smelters going, but I was just wondering if this is a usual occurrence or if my last few forts have just been lucky.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Joshooa
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More like (decomposed) woody dirt than oily dirt. Peat is the first step in coal formation, actually. Bury it a bit, you'll (eventually) get lignite coal. Keep burying it, you start to get bituminous and finally anthracite coal....
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πŸ‘€︎ u/mshutejr
πŸ“…︎ Jan 19 2019
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LF Bituminous coal, Olympia WA

As in the title, I just started smithing but I'd rather run a coal forge than propane. I've been searching online the better part of two days looking for a local place I could purchase from but have had no luck.

The best alternative I've found is anthracite from nearby Tractor Supply but if it could be avoided I'd love to get some proper coal/Coke

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Capzielios
πŸ“…︎ Jun 17 2018
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TIL that the founder of MIT, William Barton Rogers, died mid-speech during commencement exercises. His last words were "bituminous coal". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wil…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/malkovichjohn
πŸ“…︎ Sep 22 2013
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Where can I get bituminous coal in central NJ?

I spent all morning calling coal supply places, and everyone sells anthracite. Anybody know of a place nearish where I can get some bituminous?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/estolad
πŸ“…︎ Mar 16 2018
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Hand it over. That thing, your bituminous coal. i.reddituploads.com/b20a3…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/porcupinetri
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How many hours would you get out of 50lbs of bituminous coal?

I've been working with hardwood coal and obviously it doesn't get as hot and burns faster, throws an idiotic amount of spark so I want to get away from using it. Now that I'm out of this coal, I'd like to buy some bituminous coal. Being in Arizona, there's not a coal mine around here so I have to get it shipped, but I'm not sure on the price vs what I get out if it. Can someone clarify what kind of use I'd get out of 50lbs for $37 from pieh?

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Does anyone else see the irony of naming the first LEED gold certified hockey arena in the country after Consol Energy, the largest producer of bituminous coal in the country?
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πŸ‘€︎ u/asator
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Bituminous Coal

I am having trouble making coke from bituminous coal and tasks related to that.

I have setup a stockpile to accept lignite and bituminous coal by setting it up as a custom stockpile and going through the custom stockpile settings: Stone -> Economic -> bituminous coal and: Stone -> Economic -> Lignite

This stockpile is set to "Will take from anywhere"

However none of the bituminous coal that is on the ground in my fort is being carried to the stockpile. None of them are forbidden, and all of them are in accessible areas of my fort.

I have successfully turned two pieces of bituminous coal into coke only because those two pieces were placed in the general stone stockpile prior to the creation of the new stockpile I created purely for BC and lignite.

Now, whenever I que a "Make coke from bituminous coal" order at the smelter I get a job cancellation announcement:

"Urist cancels Make coke from bituminous coal: Needs bituminous coal"

So to sum up:

  1. Dwarves won't carry BC to appropriate stockpile.
  2. The smelter won't recognize the existence of BC not in stockpiles and cancels jobs accordingly.

Anybody have any thoughts?

Thank you in advance for your help.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Olorin409
πŸ“…︎ Apr 01 2013
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Could someone explain in detail how I turn bituminous coal into fuel?

I've looked at the wiki extensively, and as I understand it, I'd need to make one piece of charcoal from wood, then burn my bituminous coal into a net profit of two coke units.

But after that, how do I utilize the coke for fuel instead of burning more wood into charcoal? I haven't found magma yet, and would really prefer to save my wood for barrels, bins, and beds.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/DickLava
πŸ“…︎ Sep 13 2010
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Bituminous coal in Richmond?

I'm looking for coal for blacksmithing (and an anvil, and a cross peen hammer), and I haven't been able to get in touch with anyone at the big name companies around here, so I don't know if they will even sell to the wandering visitor, but does anyone here know where to get some bituminous coal?

Related: if you need to get rid of some wood I'll take it for burning. I don't know how much my car can carry but I'll take as much as I can load in.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/ismellmyfingers
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Germany's bituminous coal mines are soon to lose their subsidies. But one Ruhr Valley company is looking to transform its mines into sources of renewable energy. Along the way, they could solve one of Germany's largest challenges as it attempts to switch over to green energy. spiegel.de/international/…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/MrTulip
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Researchers at MIT have successfully created electronics components out of coal. They have also for the first time characterized in detail the chemical, electrical, and optical properties of thin films of four different kinds of coal: anthracite, lignite, and two bituminous types. news.mit.edu/2016/making-…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/drewiepoodle
πŸ“…︎ Apr 20 2016
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Coal - Bituminous or Sub-Bituminous?

I recently decided that I wanted to branch out and try some other fuels, as since I have started I have been using charcoal but have been having a hard time getting quality charcoal in my home town. After some research, I found a couple places within a three hour drive that sell coal, and they are of really different quality and price, so I was hoping for some anecdotes or wisdom to help me decide which product to try first.

The first option is a $7 100lb bag from a hardware store about two and a half hours NE of town, so accounting for my gas in the car, it will likely be about $30-40 round trip and for the 100lb coal. They let me know it comes from the Big Horn Basin near Sheridan, WY. Doing some research online, the coal from this seems to match the sub-bituminous rating as the BTU/LB ranges from 8,500 to 11,000, sulfur content is low, and ash between 4% and 6%.

The other supplier is about one and a half hours and told me that his coal comes from SW Colorado and E Utah, and is $17 for a 50lb bag (so with fuel it is probably about $30-35 for 50lb or $45-50 for 100lbs). From what he told me and what I could find online, coal from that region may have a higher BTU/lb, slightly lower sulfur, and less ash, but there is quite a bit from the area that has similar stats to the first coal.

Saving time and a bit on gas makes the two be fairly similar in overall price in my mind, but I am wondering anyone would mind sharing with me what they would do? Like I said before, I have only used charcoal and am uncertain what to expect from the coal and what qualities will make one coal better than the other. Thanks in advance!

Edit: I am also considering ordering some online from either Centaur Forge ($49 for 50lbs, including shipping) or Pocahontas blacksmith coal from Penn Coal, which is $15 + shipping for 50lbs. Any stories for this either?

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TIL that the first world oil crisis in 1850s was due to the high price of whale oil. Right about then, Abraham Gesner, a Canadian geologist, distilled bituminous tar to produce coal oil, much cheaper than whale oil wesleymission.org.au/arch…
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What kind of coal does Santa bring to bad kids? Bituminous? Anthracite? Maybe just a block of peat for the really bad kids?
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Germany's bituminous coal mines are soon to lose their subsidies. But one Ruhr Valley company is looking to transform its mines into sources of renewable energy. Along the way, they could solve one of Germany's largest challenges as it attempts to switch over to green energy. spiegel.de/international/…
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Stronghold Digital Mining Raises $105M to Turn Waste Coal Into Bitcoin finance.yahoo.com/news/st…
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The Balrog's Cave- welding heat in a coal forge
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πŸ‘€︎ u/OdinYggd
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Coal questions. ???

Will be for making axes and blades; but more importantly, where should I get it? I live in central FL, 30 minutes west of Orlando if that makes a difference at all for local stuff, but I assume that if you can’t get it close by there is an online option that is the preferred choice for those of you with experience. Thanks all.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/armyofoz
πŸ“…︎ May 18 2021
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Coal forge questions

I'm thinking of adding a coal forge to my workshop and while thinking up a few designs I had some questions.

  1. What size fire pot should I use? I was thinking about 4cm deep but haven't decided on length and width.
  2. Can I use a valve to change the airflow or do I need to change the speed of the blower?
  3. How thick should the walls of the fire pot be?
  4. Im working indoors, do I need to drill a hole in the roof is there another way?
  5. Do I need to use coal or will lump charcoal get got enough?

Edit: I didn't mention that I allready have a forging setup that's burning gas and I would like to add a coal set-up so I can get the best of both worlds. Edit 2: I have looked at prices for lump charcoal and coal and I can get 5kgs of charcoal for $20 and 10kg of coal for $18 at my local supermarket and I could get coal much cheaper if I drove bought it straight from the mine.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/henry_dando
πŸ“…︎ May 07 2021
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Coal type

So my forge and anvil finally shipped, and I'm looking around my area for coal. I've found 3 potential suppliers, one that is selling "basic" 1-3" coal for $5/25 pound case that I can pick up locally, tractor supply has 40lb bags of nut coal for $7 but is delivery only ($20 no matter how many bags I buy), and an online supplier that sells 200lb bituminous blacksmith coal (1-3") with free shipping for $220.

I seriously underestimated how many options there were, and do not want to buy something that will not perform well for what I'm doing.

My firepot is only 9" across, and around 6 inches deep, so 3" coal lumps seems like a bad idea, but I dont know enough about the process to trust my gut.

I've also heard coal coke mentioned several times, but am not sure where to get it.

Thanks in advance for any insight you all can provide.

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Finds on a beach on St Lawrence river. I think 1st one is Jet but I can not identify the second stone? It's beautiful and was already heart shaped :) reddit.com/gallery/msr280
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Emily from Allegheny

Her boyfriend drove a truck

and dressed himself from an endless stream

of dip spit and Crosby and Malkin jerseys,

but still she friended me

before any of us arrived on campus

A few days after meeting her

virtually

she sent me a sweet flirty message

that I looked like one of her favorite

Disney characters.

I replied with a photo

of myself

wearing a dress and a fez

while holding a silver basin and pitcher

that we use ceremoniously at my father's suburban Moroccan restaurant in Columbus.

When I finally met her, I was surprised and delighted.

She was taller and blonder than I dared to imagine

with assets of, um, a certain kind

that typically end up marrying a doctor

in the end.

But for a fleeting moment, she was mine

lying in my social science arms

across from a sassy Jersey roommate

who reminded me of my mother,

and that is when I noticed one funny picture near Emily's bed.

It was Emily with a silver crown

a sash

and a big lump

of ceremonial coal

between her proud bituminous fingers.

Emily's roommate left

and then Emily cuddled up closer

and confessed in a whisper

that she pictures my eyelashes sometimes late at night

and wonders how big of a man I might be.

Then she placed my right hand

on her, um, well, left most back account

and I felt

the sudden overwhelming desire

to become a doctor one day.

Unfortunately, she beat me to it.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/asearchforyou
πŸ“…︎ May 02 2021
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Tough day today. Finally fired up our coal forge, smoke everywhere, gave up. Anyone got any extraction ideas for beginners?

Hey guys,

So, not the best start to things. Me and my partner have a large table-shaped coal forge we bought second hand, and it came without any kind of flue/exhaust piping, and the original hood for over the fire pit was completely sheared off. We've managed to source some flexible metal ducting, and have a bit of angled steel sheet for the new hood, with fire bricks for support.

Had a few issues getting it to light, when we had the (not so bright) idea to use a starter log normally reserved for home fires. The *smoke*, oh my sweet gods, the smoke. It was barely ten minutes later my partner was forced to douse the fire pit, as the smoke was creating a thin smog even with every door open.

Our coal is anthracite, so I was under the impression it was more smokeless than other fuels - I don't know if it just needed longer to heat up, if the starter log was the issue (they're NOT designed for forging, I don't know what possessed us), or how to better direct heat up our flue instead of it escaping both sides of the hood. At the moment, we are considering some sort of freestanding dust extractor, or the biggest electric fan we can get our hands on.

Some of this is a bit of a vent. I've put what feels like hundreds, if not thousands of pounds, trying to get all set up and this is yet another hurdle. I wasn't expecting that level of smoke from anthracite, and I'm very tired and a bit disheartened. Any advice appreciated.

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What do you call a man with no arms or legs in a hole?

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