Lighting the furnace

The furnace is lit with a small firelighter cube and some lumpwood charcoal. It burns with a flame for about ten minutes with a little bit of smoke, but after that the flame goes out and it’s totally smoke-free. The furnace is a steel bucket with a refractory lining. It has been fired once before, and the vitrified lining is now pinkish.

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