What y'all using for a coal rake ??

Stainless Steel welding rod and some scrap sheet metal.

 

Most of the homemade coal rakes look like medieval torture devices.

 

Nice sifter

 

Is that a shovel shaped tool or spatula or a hybrid? I can't tell from the pic. Looks like it will do the job nicely.

 

It is shaped like a shovel so that I can scoop up the coals and sift out the ashes and then put the coals to the other side of the stove. It works good even though it looks odd. It is not a rake but I do not need one with this. I know everyone has their own way of handling their stove and what they like to use. I think they are all great and some good ideas.

 

New people, whatcha got

 

OK, I read this with interest because I don't have any rake of any kind. What I am interested in hearing is what you like and dislike about your particular rake. I will start searching for something I can use; repurpose, or make.

 

The only thing I don't like about mine is the length. I wear welding gloves so a shorter stick would suit me fine

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Whatcha got?

 

This popped back up and I was thinking about this earlier; I must be uh, what's the word, .... anyway, I was thinking that I still don't have any sort of rake for coals. I use the shovel; and the shovel is actually a fireplace shovel, and the poker to sort of poke then around.

 

Does it do the job?

Perfect!

 

You can cut slots in one of those cheap shovels and make a rake out of it.
Or a steel rake you have out in the barn you can cut down to size.

 

No, it doesn't; which is why I keep saying I need to get something proper. I like the ones I saw on here with the flat rake on one side and the tines on the opposite. I wish I could weld.

 

I was going to look for something I could modify but the little grey cells let me down; I guess I need to put sticky notes on the windscreen.

 

For a tine rake for raking coals forward, what should the spacings be on the tines? I know the idea is to rake the ash and coals back, then rake the coals forward for starting a new fire.

 

I kid you guys (and gals) not, I use a spatula for my coal rake. My stove is shallow enough that this works. I put the spatula upside down and push the ashes back, while having a slight angle to it. The coals lift, and the ashes drop. Then I either pull them forward, or use a piece of wood to drag them forward.

 

I am going to go for more of a hoe than a rake. I need to get something.

 

A shovel works wonders just as well as a piece of wood does.

One word of caution with the piece of wood that I should mention now. Be sure to leave it in the stove after you move the coals with it instead of putting it back in the pile!

 

Why would you want a hoe?
A hoe will bring everything forward ashes and all, a rake will bring the coals forward and leave the ashes.
You can turn a rake upside down and it will act like a hoe

 

Eric VW
Are you thinking what I'm thinking with this, hoe theme