JOBOBEDA@cabrillo.cc.ca.us on wed 11 sep 96
we're going to buy a new kiln at cabrillo college (yahoo!) and i'd like
testimonials from those of you who use kilns institutionally. do you
have a kiln that works like a dream (or a nightmare)? we now have a
westcoast (poorly constructed but works okay) and an alpine. anybody
have a geil downdraft? how do you like it? if you have gotten an
alpine in the last ten years or so are you having problems with the
fire eyes? if i can call you for more info, please leave your phone
number. thanks a bunch.
John Bobeda Cabrillo College Ceramics Dept.Aptos, CA.
Email jobobeda@cabrillo.cc.ca.us
Email jobobeda@cruzio.com
Talbott on wed 11 sep 96
John--build your own down-draft car kiln--100 times the kiln and at a
fraction of the price that you will pay for a commercially produced
kiln--Nils Lou wrote the "Art of Firing" my wife got the basic design
ideas from his book and we put an arched roof on vs a flat roof--and the
kiln is super---Make sure you build a CAR kiln--you will not regret
it...Marshall
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>we're going to buy a new kiln at cabrillo college (yahoo!) and i'd like
>testimonials from those of you who use kilns institutionally. do you
>have a kiln that works like a dream (or a nightmare)? we now have a
>westcoast (poorly constructed but works okay) and an alpine. anybody
>have a geil downdraft? how do you like it? if you have gotten an
>alpine in the last ten years or so are you having problems with the
>fire eyes? if i can call you for more info, please leave your phone
>number. thanks a bunch.
>
>
>
>John Bobeda Cabrillo College Ceramics Dept.Aptos, CA.
>Email jobobeda@cabrillo.cc.ca.us
>Email jobobeda@cruzio.com
Tom Gray on thu 12 sep 96
Talbott wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> John--build your own down-draft car kiln--100 times the kiln and at a
> fraction of the price that you will pay for a commercially produced
> kiln--Nils Lou wrote the "Art of Firing" my wife got the basic design
> ideas from his book and we put an arched roof on vs a flat roof--and the
> kiln is super---Make sure you build a CAR kiln--you will not regret
> it...Marshall
> Added bonus-your students learn one of the most important lessons an
educational environment should provide. They may not have another chance
to build a kiln until they build their first one. For a student right
out of college-it can be frightening-and very expensive if it isn't
built properly. Losing pots (especially a whole kiln load) with your
first home made kiln is not only disheartening-but can be so financially
devastating that they may not recover their investment! With all the
kilns built by clayarters-I'm sure you can find a design that works for
your particular situation. We also have a modified MFT (sprung arch and
a few other minor modifications). Good kiln-very efficient-easy to
build.
Good luck
Tom Gray
Seagrove, NC
a small picture of our kiln can be seen at
http://ns.atomic.net/~tgraypots/studio
Bob Hanlin on thu 12 sep 96
Well, I don't own one but it looks like Geil kilns don't cause pots to shrink.
I notice that the ads show Tom Coleman with a load of copper reds with the
tops of the pots right next to the bottom of the next higher shelf (toung in
cheek).
BobH in OKC
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>we're going to buy a new kiln at cabrillo college (yahoo!) and i'd like
>testimonials from those of you who use kilns institutionally. do you
>have a kiln that works like a dream (or a nightmare)? we now have a
>westcoast (poorly constructed but works okay) and an alpine. anybody
>have a geil downdraft? how do you like it? if you have gotten an
>alpine in the last ten years or so are you having problems with the
>fire eyes? if i can call you for more info, please leave your phone
>number. thanks a bunch.
>
>
>
>John Bobeda Cabrillo College Ceramics Dept.Aptos, CA.
>Email jobobeda@cabrillo.cc.ca.us
>Email jobobeda@cruzio.com
>
>
>
Bob H in OKC
e-mail bhanlin@ionet.net
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