Biochar Tlud called Stumpy from Australia.
Last week I went to the Labrador men’s shed to help work out the finishing tweaks for a project I started last year. I have decided to call her “Stumpy” the tlud.
Biochar Tlud Stumpy
What’s so special about Biochar Tlud stumpy you ask ?
She is special on several levels. Firstly she is build from unusable LP Gas containers. In our country (Australia) these containers have a life span of 10 years then they have to be retested. However it costs more to retest it than it does to buy a new one so guess what? Cha ching you guessed it throw away society / Landfill.
Begining of Biochar Tlud stumpy
Secondly they are built by the men of the men shed who are retired and probably all have to be retested as well 
And have a guess what?
Yep you got it its cheaper to get children to do the work we have left in Australia than it is to retrain these men. No where on earth though will you find artisan-ship like this we are talking old school pride – Australian Made.
Thirdly Biochar Tlud Stumpy is destined to help out in unlucky countries where the folks there still have to cook on wood or charcoal. She has several levels of benefits to offer. Small children will not get burned / Smokeless operation saves the cook from lung cancer or worse / By-products at the end of the burn are useful to help the environment / efficient design ensures less wood waste.
Fourthly Biochar Tlud Stumpy is open source so you can make her yourself or help out with our goals to bring enough of them to unlucky countries.
Fifthly Biochar Tlud Stumpy is modular. Yeah Yeah now you get it.
She is a real Man Tool. Although I have no photos of the addons I will run them off here to re ignite your imaginations.
ADDONS.
1. A batch retort for bigger wood exactly like the Jolly Roger Ovens
2. A BBQ plate
(Yeah man have a look at the photos of us cooking dinner on her boiled our soup in less than 5 mins)
Note the Stubbie in the air inlet to help control the flame
3. A smoker box to make the fresh eels taste oh so delicate.
4. A Bash Box (Biochar & Site heat) To heat your water / chill your beers etc.
5. Condenser to make Oils, Tars, fuels and Smoke water.
6. Come on you biocharians get your brains ticking what else can we add on to this man tool from the old school.
Anyway got a bit off track just then but we also did tests and had 2 representatives of the Gold Coast City Council who had more information thirst than a freshly biochared bamboo forest. Yeah they were asking all the curly ones lucky I was there HEY : )
Exacting biochar Science hahahaha
Awesome day lots learnt took away with me 4 models and that weekend sold 2 of them at the local farmers market and took orders for more.
So now if we can make something as good as the stupmy on a budget of Nothing. Imagine what we can make together on a budget of $20 Grand.
YEP you heard me right I want to make a open source farm sized biochar reactor (I like that word) Test the ring out of it then give it away to the community. Anyone Interested in helping out ?
Charmaster Dolph Cooke
The host with the most : )
To the Charmasters,
I’m following your activities from away off in Boston, Mass. and hope you don’t mind my posting about them, here:
http://pinterest.com/nnumeric/what-is-biochar/
Best wishes from a biochar enthusiast.
Brian Cartwright