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A Classic experiment

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mullet:
I should be there early and have heat tread rock quite a lot. Most of the rock I cook down here is simple. I put all of the preforms in a hole about a foot to foot and a half deep, small ones on the bottom, big ones on the top, cover with sand and put 2,  20# bags of charcoal on top till it cools down. Works for coral, Fl. chert and Texas chert and Coastal Plains.

Stringman:
Thanks Joe for that explanation. I agree our material should be marked so that placement is simplified.

Eddie, the charcoal idea might be easier than trying to maintain uniformity with wood. Are you interested in taking the lead on the firing?

mullet:
Sure. If someone will dig the hole, I hate shovels.

Stringman:
Perfect! would you prefer the rock is sent to you, or to Pappy's?

Also, does anyone have a shadow box to donate that we can put the finished pieces in?

mullet:
Pappy's, or better then that, Will's. Pappy is too busy weeks before the Classic.

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