Beehive Explosion

[OBAMFSpike]

Is it because I placed a grate in the chimney? (a resoundingly HUGE YES) I thought this was a great way to keep from stacking shingles thru the chimney, and it was. 

Never have I had an incident such as this with the beehive kiln but here I am. 

And YES. After fixing the kiln (I answered another of my questions in doing so with refractory bricks) and firing it up (eight stacks of peat and one of firewood (ANOTHER quandary solved)) I discovered my folly. Had I of recognized the signs; being no smoke coming from the stack, I could have averted this.

Lesson learned and on to the next one.

[LadyWYT]

And here I thought it was going to be about actual beehives. In any case, oof, I didn't know it was possible to explode one of these, but good to know!

[OBAMFSpike]

I was so excited to get my shingles and bricks this morning when logging on and this was the horror I came to. And in fixing it and relighting it I answered all of my own questions. Thought it was worthy of sharing. I try searching the forums before posting things but it's a bit of mystery to be honest. I'll keep trying. XD

[coolAlias]

Since you seem like an expert, how does one go about acquiring vast quantities of fire clay?

The only way I know of is to calcinate flint, grind it, and mix it with regular clay, which is quite a tedious process and somehow I keep running low on flint lol.

EDIT: According to the handbook (very important resource, I'm learning yet again), fire clay can be found in vast quantities underground near black and anthracite coal deposits.

Edited 20 hours ago by coolAlias

[Shoom]

I had no idea this was possible.  

[Professor Dragon]

I'm curious - because I want a way to stop snow falling down the chimney.

What exactly counts as "blocking" a chimney? Does it have to be within the structure itself, does it have to seal the chimney hole (eg block on top). What?

Your sacrifice is advancing knowledge for the greater VS community. Here, have a cookie.  

Professor Dragon.

[OBAMFSpike]

16 hours ago, coolAlias said:

Since you seem like an expert, how does one go about acquiring vast quantities of fire clay?

The only way I know of is to calcinate flint, grind it, and mix it with regular clay, which is quite a tedious process and somehow I keep running low on flint lol.

Ive logged several hundred hours on the server I play on and I collect every scrap of flint I come across. I have crates and crates full of flint. Because of this, ive crafted crate after crate of fireclay. Plus, when you start mining coal, you'll find fireclay under most coal deposits. (Im not certain id classify as an expert but thank you regardless)

 

16 hours ago, Shoom said:

I had no idea this was possible.  

I wasn't aware either but now I most assuredly am. Oops XD

 

8 hours ago, Professor Dragon said:

I'm curious - because I want a way to stop snow falling down the chimney.

What exactly counts as "blocking" a chimney? Does it have to be within the structure itself, does it have to seal the chimney hole (eg block on top). What?

Your sacrifice is advancing knowledge for the greater VS community. Here, have a cookie.  

Professor Dragon.

This is precisely what triggered my curiosity. As a matter of fact, I'll fire another load of commodities and I'll play around with some stuff above the chimney to solve this problem. I used a grate thinking it would allow smoke through as it's what all the kiln is made with to begin with! Ive already got a design in my head and here we go!

Edited 8 hours ago by OBAMFSpike