BLACK POWDER from CHARCOAL and WASTE OIL

It's so fun to still be 12. I'm 70 and it never gets old. Thanks for the fun.

I remember we made gunpowder in chemistry class back in the 80s (charcoal, sulfur and potassium nitrate if I remember correctly). We also got the teacher to demonstrate making some thermite (iron oxide and magnesium I think). The gunpowder was fun as hell. But the thermite was just awesome. I think the teacher put it on top of like a terracotta flowerpot filled with sand before igniting it. But it melted stright thru the whole setup and landed on the floor. So he had to use the fire extinguisher to not set the school on fire. I still have a piece of melted sand and slag with a halfway melted coin somewhere. Best class ever.

I think I've been using YT since day 1, and I never comment. So this is a big step for me. I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your videos, I wish there were more and that you could post more often. And I know that's a bit of a selfish thought and that you're a busy family. But I just love watching your channel. Thank you so much, from me all the way down in South Africa.

Quality time with the family concocting crazy chemicals for some pyrotechnics all the while teaching folks something has earned a new subscriber.

Hello my name is steve in english and i am living also almost of the grid , the thing that i admire is the happynes by making your own stuff the pleasure you get after stay pure as long as you can !!!

I cannot fathom the depth of knowledge Jeff must have to come up with all these ideas. Don’t stop making these awesome vlogs I look forward to to seeing them.

Love your channel here in the Blue Ridge Mountains Of Western North Carolina! We lost my little sister to lung cancer at age 41 on January 5th and we loved watching your channel together you guys helped make her pain just a little more tolerable. Thank you for what you do and if you ever feel like what you do doesn't matter I'm here to tell you that it means more than you could ever know! Thank you and your family so much!!

I am glad to see some people are still living their lives, have fun and be a united familie. greetings from Belgium

Your design is amazing for 2 reasons: the first is for what you say. The sealing effect is better made! But the second effect, maybe unwanted, is that your design recovers all the flammable gas released by the wood in the coaling chamber. This is the reason because you need such little combustible to make the process work. All the flammable gasses burn outside the chamber heating the wood inside. Perfect! The charcoal it's making himself in self sustained way. For the oil you can use saw dust or just sand. The oil will be transformed into gas and the vapors will ignite! Thanks for the video and sorry if i wrote something in the wrong way. English is not my first language. Greetings from Italy

We have been following your channel since your girls were little. The thing we love is your girls will be to do anything they put their mind to. Love your channel.

I love that your daughters are learning hands on helpful skills! And, Jeff, you make learning fun, something US public schools don’t do so well anymore. The family unit is not dead and you all are proof. Thanks! Be blessed❤.

I have put a heat exchanger on my nissan diesel and heat the oil up. I am able to run my car on straight oil. Love your show from an Aussie fan, Cheers Russell

😊Jeff is brilliant. Always coming up with new great ideas and the fun. I love how he teaches the girls everything so there isn't anything they can't do. Your daughters are so fortunate to have such an amazing dad & mom to grow up with, to learn from. Rose is such a wonderful mother, an amazing cook and so much more, she's the glue. Thank you for the great videos. We love them.

If you use the waste heat from one retort (including the wood gas) to preheat a second retort you`ll save on fuel. Insulating the outer barrels will make a big difference too, as long as its fireproof insulation :)

I just spent the last weekend modifying my rocket stove to burn used cooking oil. I had the whole trailer park asking me what i was cooking. Lol. Retrofitting a coal tank on the top of it now to make me some charcoal. Thanks for the video!

What fun....I remember grinding charcoal in my mother's blender....got in trouble....Thanks for sharing your fun and experiments

I can almost hear all the eco loonies weeping and wailing as you light oil on fire. And it truly warms the heart. Cool video.

Will you adopt me please 😂 I absolutely love the bond you have with your family. I tell you without reservation that the world would be a much better place if we had more family engagement like this ❤🎉

When you were making the first batch and Christina started to put the torch to the top of the flue I'm thinking she's checking if there is wood gas being developed. It is amazing how differently you look at things as your knowledge changes/increases. Love your channel, never know what to expect.

That wick idea was awesome. Ive been making oil lamps and heaters and it was cool to see you apply that concept here. Your a friggin genius bud!