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[Frankomatic]

My second go at a Dwarven Outpost is going far, far better than the first. Not counting that the original farmer dwarf got eaten by a bear and that racoons keep harrassing the poor dwarves.

Question, though. How do I make coal and ashes and the like for the Metalsmith and the Ashery? Would a Furnace do this?

I could, of course, just build one and find out, I suppose. But why do that when I can ask a (likely) stupid question?

[Toady One]

Use the Wood Furnace.  It's one of the four types of furnaces you can build.  From the Wood Furnace, you can turn wood into either charcoal or ashes.  Charcoal is for the forges/smelters, and ash is for the ashery.

[ussdefiant]

aye, a wood furnace would do it, but not both at once.

[Grue]

Heh, actually manual says that FOOD is turned to charcoal. That's why I wasn't using that furnace - I was afraid to run out of food. Now that I think of it, it is rather ridiculous. Good to know that it's wood that gets burned  

[Toady One]

Whoops...  that's repaired in the manual now.  I guess you *could* do that, but it would be such a waste.