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Pappy:
Sounds like a great Idea to me, [Rock Luck] love that. I always love these added features at the Classic, that is what makes it special. I have tin and rocks to put around the pit and sand shouldn't be a problem. Just need to figure where, I think close to the napping pit/bow area would be best. I will put Bill on a fact finding detail this weekend to scope out the area. It would be nice to know some kind of size hole we are talking about/length/width and depth.
 I will do what I can but as yall know the week before I am pretty busy as is most of our members so all the early birds that show up we will just have to put them to work. Let me know how it is going and what I can do to prepare as early as possible and I will see it gets done.  ;) :) By the way you know if you do a shadow box Miss Joanie will win it.  >:D ;) She has 3 in our den. :)
 Pappy

Stringman:
Pappy, we surely appreciate your generosity in allowing us to do this. I agree that this could be a fun feature to this years Classic.

Now for some logistics. Can we find some consensus on the pit? Several of us have done it (I've only done it a couple times.) The diameter should probably be kept in or around 2', otherwise a fire large enough to heat the chert is gonna be enormous. Anybody want to discuss the details of pit construction? Keep it simple? I've heard some talk of preburning and mixing the charcoal into the dirt bedding. Could this also be accomplished with several scoops of ash from Pappy's fire pit?

Zuma:
String
I would suggest finding out what quantity and dimensions
of preforms you are gonna cook. My understanding is a
single layer without touching each other.
If you were to say a day for a treatment then you could figure fire size.
If you are gong to attempt to treat a lot of rock your going to need a big fire
area wise. Or better yet several smaller fires.???
Zuma

Sasquatch:
I am not saying that I'll be there this year but if I do get the opp. I'll be there. Patrick you should carpool with Tower and I.  The pit should be near the wood pile. To keep from waistng space, we should uses spalls or bifaces. Put any stone ya want, 5-10 per person depending on how much there is. Stringman and Tower know where to put them depending on temp needed.  If ya want a couple stones in the fire but won't be able to get there a week early then send some bifaces to the president Stringman or someone going early.  (Just an idea)  Small flat rate should work, mark your rock with marker or something if ya have to do that. Might need a sign that says "cooking flint don't add wood". That's all is got.

Stringman:
Coupla good points there. No way to know how much material we will get, although if some send more than is needed maybe not all of the material gets put in the pit. It kinda looks like maybe we should shoot for sending 3-6 good flakes/performs that are an inch or under in thickness.

The "several smaller fires" theory is a good one, but I would prefer not to overburden the generosity of our hosts. So Let's try to keep this to one fire pit.

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