We're having problems with the condensing process but all in all we have a working downward style gasifier. Imagine a external fire pit upside down. so the mission is to capture the smoke from the fire and condense it. The smoke from the fire is actually fuel. So think of smoke as very tiny pieces of wood that didn't burn, just floating away in the air. With that in mind you take that smoke, cool it down and pack it tighter. You now have a very flammable "gas". One thing you need to know is to make a fire you ONLY need 3 things- fuel, heat, and air. Back to the picture above you can see, with the torch im adding the heat (once we figure out how to make a easily cleanable condenser that is efficient and seal our unit a little better we should be able to remove the torch and it will still operate), the cement block is adding the air, so in the above result the smoke is FUEL(our goal). FYI the torch will not produce a flame like that.
This is what a propane torch flame will look like:
You can also see the first tool I made for our rocket stove, a scraper/poker.
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