An Introduction to Iron Smelting – Part VI: Running the Smelt
At long last we are here. The iron production odyssey rolls towards its penultimate step: the actual smelting part. Up until now there was a lot of talk about all the necessary preparations, but at last, you have your tools ready, the charcoal and ore processed, and the furnace built. With these out of the way, you can now move you move unto the part which revolves around tossing ore and charcoal down one end of the shaft, and pulling…