burt cureton on sat 31 may 97
Hello all-
At Nils Lou's NCECA presentation, among the many gems and germs of ideas,
was a suggestion that soft-brick flue (chimney) lining was available in a
variety of diameters and thicknesses.
One could concievably purchase several cylinder shaped liner sections (say
2.5 ft across with a 3" diameter wall thickness), stack them up over an
appropriate brick floor, introduce some burner and flue openings (perhaps of
the same material in different, appropriate, sizes, and create a nearly
instant kiln. The flue liner material is very light - essentially soft brick
- therefore portable and/or permitting stacking the sections as one stacks
the ware in the kiln (no bending over into a deep kiln). However, the wall
thickness is not sufficient to make a fuel efficient kiln. Nor is the
material intended for corrosive atmospheres such as wood ash and salt/soda.
However, with a sprayed internal coating of ITC 100 or a comparable product,
the kiln should be fuel efficient at high temp, fire quickly, and might
allow for wood or salt/soda firing.
Now my question to all you helpful folks (Nils included): where do I get the
flue lining? I called my AP Green supplier but he said they don't carry it.
Does anyone know of sources/manufacturers?
Does anyone have any thoughts on the quick and dirty kiln idea in general?
Anyone have a couple of propane burners the want to get rid of?
The only problem that comes to my (weak) mind at this point is that kilns
are usually built around the furniture (kiln shelves) dimensions. Any
comments on how much space to leave between the (round) shelf edges and the
wall of the kiln? Guess I need to get one of those kiln building books so
many of you have mentioned.
Any comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Burt Curetonm in cool drizzly Albany, NY, where spring is hanging on, and so
are the spring flowers - what a show!
bcureton@worldnet.att.net
Nils Lou on sun 1 jun 97
Thermal Co. makes these riser sleeves. One source is Fire Brick Supply in
St. Paul , MN. 1-800-444-3301, ask for Dona Turbes, ext. 123. NL
On Sat, 31 May 1997, burt cureton wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hello all-
> At Nils Lou's NCECA presentation, among the many gems and germs of ideas,
> was a suggestion that soft-brick flue (chimney) lining was available in a
> variety of diameters and thicknesses.
> One could concievably purchase several cylinder shaped liner sections (say
> 2.5 ft across with a 3" diameter wall thickness), stack them up over an
> appropriate brick floor, introduce some burner and flue openings (perhaps of
> the same material in different, appropriate, sizes, and create a nearly
> instant kiln. The flue liner material is very light - essentially soft brick
> - therefore portable and/or permitting stacking the sections as one stacks
> the ware in the kiln (no bending over into a deep kiln). However, the wall
> thickness is not sufficient to make a fuel efficient kiln. Nor is the
> material intended for corrosive atmospheres such as wood ash and salt/soda.
> However, with a sprayed internal coating of ITC 100 or a comparable product,
> the kiln should be fuel efficient at high temp, fire quickly, and might
> allow for wood or salt/soda firing.
> Now my question to all you helpful folks (Nils included): where do I get the
> flue lining? I called my AP Green supplier but he said they don't carry it.
> Does anyone know of sources/manufacturers?
> Does anyone have any thoughts on the quick and dirty kiln idea in general?
> Anyone have a couple of propane burners the want to get rid of?
> The only problem that comes to my (weak) mind at this point is that kilns
> are usually built around the furniture (kiln shelves) dimensions. Any
> comments on how much space to leave between the (round) shelf edges and the
> wall of the kiln? Guess I need to get one of those kiln building books so
> many of you have mentioned.
> Any comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
> Burt Curetonm in cool drizzly Albany, NY, where spring is hanging on, and so
> are the spring flowers - what a show!
> bcureton@worldnet.att.net
>
Dave Eitel on sun 1 jun 97
>Now my question to all you helpful folks (Nils included): where do I get the
>flue lining? I called my AP Green supplier but he said they don't carry it.
>Does anyone know of sources/manufacturers?
>Does anyone have any thoughts on the quick and dirty kiln idea in general?
>Anyone have a couple of propane burners the want to get rid of?
I got the flue liners from a place in Milwaukee called Firebrick
Engineers. Maybe they could tell you where to get them in your area. Weed
burners available at your local propane dealer are inexpensive and can be
used in a smallish kiln.
Later...Dave
Dave Eitel
Cedar Creek Pottery
Cedarburg, WI
pots@cedarcreekpottery.com
http://www.cedarcreekpottery.com
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