It really helps to work with someone, even to just watch someone else.
Where are you? Have you tried looking for a local group through ABANA?:

http://www.abana.org/affiliates/affiliate_list.shtml

Steve Smith

Tomas Wilhelmsson wrote:

Does anyone have any real info on this? .. A page that illustrates stuff
maybe? .. as i cant find a blacksmith around where i live and especialy
not one still using coal/coke/charcoal for the fire i cant realy find any
info on the subject .. and everywhere i find something "coal is turned
into coke and the fire has to be managed carefully" why thank you .. now
how do i manage the fire in the right way? .. this no one seems to have
thought of putting up on the web? : .. atleast that i cant find :

(its the coal/coke things im most after as i cant afford to burn
truckloads of charcoal :P )