It’s not quick and it isn’t easy there are many steps and variables in making iron and this is not all of it by any means but it the end - you’ve hopefully made iron from rocks. #ironsmelt #blastfurnace #bloomery #ironbloom #iron #ironore #smelt #furnace #ironworker #ore #bloom #foundry #metal #metalworker #1700s #1800s #livinghistory | Lucky Nail Blacksmith

There is a lot of work involved in firing an iron bloomery. The prep work and preheating of the furnace takes up about half the time of the day of firing - but that is where a lot of firings fail by shorting the process. That doesn’t even include the time actually spent making and drying the clay furnace. Then the loading of alternating charges of charcoal and iron ore that just when it almost seems to be a monotonous chore … the iron bloom is removed. those short minutes of removing and consoli

iron smelting in bloomery furnace, extraction and compaction of iron bloom