John Baymore on tue 21 oct 97
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From: B A HARPER =3CDSWN57E=40prodigy.com=3E
Subject: wood as fuel
Hi everyone -
I am a potter and a student here at Northern Arizona University. I'm
beginning work on a paper about wood as a fuel from a potter's
perspective and am looking for opinions/concerns about this.
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Hi Brain,
I will send you a bunch of stuff privately also, but thought I'd mention
here on the list for others who might be reading this thread that you ought
to consult Jack Troys' new(ish) book =22Wood Fired Pottery=22. It has a lot=
of
good information. Jack is here on the list too, in case you are new here.
Also you might try to search the Internet via a search engine for terms
like =22kilns=22, =22wood kilns=22, =22noborigama=22, =22anagama=22, =
=22makigama=22, =22wood
fuel=22, =22firewood=22, and so on. This often results in a lot of =
information
and leads.
Studio Potter magazine has had a lot of information on this over the years.
You might check there. Also, there were at least two issues devoted
mostly to just this subject in the last 20 years. The old one would give
some perspective on what the potting community thought on this back then,
and the other one was, I think, in the last two or three years.
Best,
....................john
John Baymore
River Bend Pottery
22 Riverbend Way
Wilton, NH 03086 USA
603-654-2752
JBaymore=40Compuserve.com
=22Who fires an 18 year old 4 chamber noborigama that is just mellowing =
out.=22
xalia@rocketmail.com on sat 12 sep 98
I am very interested in trying some wood firing at home. I am more or less a
beginner and I have no real idea about how to start but I am very interested
in learning. Could anyone recommend any good books for small backyard type
techniques?Please reply to:xalia@rocketmail.com
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Tracy Dotson on sun 13 sep 98
Fredic Olsons book Kilns is the best information source. Tracy
R. D. Jones on mon 14 sep 98
I am also a beginner at woodfiring. By far the best book I have found is
"Wood-Fired Stoneware and Porcelain" by Jack Troy Published by the Chilton
Book Company Radnor, Penn.
Naomi Rieder on sun 8 aug 99
A friend is going to be firing a wood kiln in a area that gets very arid
during the summer. Is there some way to insure that no cinders, etc. get out
via the chimney--wire mesh has been used but it's too coarse and doesn't
last. Is there such a thing as high-fire mesh? Also, does anyone know of
some way to reduce the amont of smoke without compromising the firing?
TIA
Naomi
Mo and Les Beardsley on mon 9 aug 99
Naomi Rieder wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> A friend is going to be firing a wood kiln in a area that gets very arid
> during the summer. Is there some way to insure that no cinders, etc. get out
> via the chimney--wire mesh has been used but it's too coarse and doesn't
> last. Is there such a thing as high-fire mesh? Also, does anyone know of
> some way to reduce the amont of smoke without compromising the firing?
>
> TIA
> Naomi
Talk to the people at Northern Arizona University art department. I
believe a couple of years ago during a drought they had to put in a
sprinkler system above the chimney. I don't know any proper facts on
the sprinkler but I am sure someone there can provide.
Regards
Maureen Beardsley in hot cloudy Ladysmith where we are getting ready
to fire the noborigama next week. Wish us luck!
John K Dellow on mon 9 aug 99
Try adding a smoke chamber or after burner to your kiln.
Noborigama sometimes have an extra chamber which does not have
any ware stacked in it, called a smoke chamber.
An after burner can be in a chamber above and separate from the
chimney . My understanding is to keep it at red heat or above
during the firing . This burner could be gas or oil fired .
There was an article in Pottery Australia about after burners.
Naomi Rieder wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> A friend is going to be firing a wood kiln in a area that gets very arid
> during the summer. Is there some way to insure that no cinders, etc. get out
> via the chimney--wire mesh has been used but it's too coarse and doesn't
> last. Is there such a thing as high-fire mesh? Also, does anyone know of
> some way to reduce the amont of smoke without compromising the firing?
>
> TIA
> Naomi
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Sheldon Bieber on fri 15 sep 00
Hello,
I have recently had some pieces fired in a wood kill in the north Hudson
Valley. It was wonderful. I loved the results. Does anyone know of
someone who would allow me to put pieces in his kiln for a wood firing?
I live in Rockland County, New York. I would travel any reasonable
distance. Thanks a lot.
Shelly Bieber
Sheldon Bieber on wed 20 dec 00
Hello,
Does anyone know of anyone in the Hudon Valley including Rockland and
Westchester that does wood firing? I would like to find someone who
would be willing to fire some of my pieces. Thanks for any info.
Shelly
Earl Brunner on wed 20 dec 00
Is this in Australia, Northern England? New Zealand maybe?
Or possibly in Canada somewhere?
Sheldon Bieber wrote:
> Hello,
> Does anyone know of anyone in the Hudon Valley including Rockland and
> Westchester that does wood firing? I would like to find someone who
> would be willing to fire some of my pieces. Thanks for any info.
> Shelly
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Sheldon Bieber on mon 1 jan 01
NY, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Earl Brunner"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: Wood firing
> Is this in Australia, Northern England? New Zealand maybe?
> Or possibly in Canada somewhere?
>
> Sheldon Bieber wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > Does anyone know of anyone in the Hudon Valley including Rockland and
> > Westchester that does wood firing? I would like to find someone who
> > would be willing to fire some of my pieces. Thanks for any info.
> > Shelly
> >
> >
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Elaine Coggins on thu 30 aug 01
I love the art of wood firing, I also use gas and electric kilns, but love
the unglazed firings of pitfired and wood fired, also the adventure of wood
fired Raku pots. Yours in clay Elaine.
(PS Im new to this clayart group)
E.M.Coggins
emcoggins@bigpond.com
Greg & Betsy Macdonald on sat 9 mar 02
If you have "Flames licking out of the chimney" as you state, I suspect =
that you have too much fuel and too little oxygen.
The hot gasses will turn to flame when they exit the chimney and they =
encounter sufficient O2 th sustain combustion. Lighten up on the fuel =
stoking. If you've used hard brick from a salt kiln for building, then =
the brick needs to come up to the temperature that you're trring to =
achieve. More fuel won't speed that up. Only time will solve it. Good =
luck.
Greg Macdonald=20
Carolyn Boeri on mon 26 apr 10
Hay gang,
We are firing up the 2 chamber noborigama this week. What an =3D
understaking, but its on. We put new castable on the roof, sured up the =3D
roof, replaced some old soft brick in the doors, painted the second salt =
=3D
chamber with ITC, bought some new nitride silicon carbide shelves and =3D
painted away all week. What a chore, in the fall, if we do it again it =3D
won't be as bad. Kiln hasn't been fired for one reason or another since =3D
1998 by me. I let someone fire it twice while I was away on a trip, but =3D
I was getting rusty.
The crew is pretty much green, but the wood is dry and the vittles will =3D
be good. Weather looks like it will be okay for the firing, no rain. =3D
Just rain when we load, ugh.
wish me luck. There are some sweet "things" going in.
No explosions please!
Carolyn,
in Vermont where the woodchucks are scrambling and the peepers are loud.
gary navarre on sun 22 apr 12
Welcome to the Wood side Linda, it will be interesting to see your kiln sho=
=3D
ts and the results. =3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3DA0Somehow we learn to prepare for all=
kinds o=3D
f weather with practice. Here is some fun I had during the 3rd firing of th=
=3D
e kiln I built here in Upper Michigan. It's a little dark at first but I gu=
=3D
arantee things brighten up about half way through ...=3D0A=3D0Ahttp://www.y=
outu=3D
be.com/watch?v=3D3DWif5N2-c-_E=3DA0=3DA0 =3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3DA0 My first firi=
ng was 7 days =3D
and now it's about 3 days and I'm still getting ^13-14 in front and ^4 or l=
=3D
ess in the tail, once I got nothing past ^01, so I'm giving it another try =
=3D
with a change in loading arrangements to see if I can even things out. Othe=
=3D
rwise I can adjust my clays & glazes to the kiln areas or do some redesigni=
=3D
ng for yet another version somewhere near Dearborn if I can find anyone I c=
=3D
an work with. I don't socialize too well so they might need therapy first.=
=3D
=3D0A=3D0A=3DA0Have some success with your new kiln and stay in there eh.=
=3D0A=3D0A=3D
=3DA0=3D0AGary Navarre=3D0ANavarre Pottery=3D0ANavarre Enterprises=3D0ANorw=
ay, Michig=3D
an, USA=3D0Ahttp://www.NavarrePottery.etsy.com=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0 <..=
.... New Pot=3D
s=3D0Ahttp://www.youtube.com/GindaUP=3D0Ahttp://public.fotki.com/GindaUP/=
=3D0A=3D0A=3D
=3D0A=3D0A________________________________=3D0A From: Clay IZON.N=3D
ET>=3D0ATo: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG =3D0ASent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 6:12=
PM=3D
=3D0ASubject: [Clayart] Wood firing=3D0A =3D0AJust completed the first firi=
ng of =3D
our wood fired kiln . Cone 8 , 3 day firing. Terrible weather here in easte=
=3D
rn PA . Thunderstorms, downpours, etc. approx.3-4 cords of wood used. Ran o=
=3D
ut of dry wood. Will open up April 28, if I can wait that long. Will post p=
=3D
ics soon.=3D0A=3D0ALinda Stauffer in soggy Quakertown, PA=3D0A=3D0ASent fro=
m my iPa=3D
d
Clay on sun 22 apr 12
Just completed the first firing of our wood fired kiln . Cone 8 , 3 day fir=
i=3D
ng. Terrible weather here in eastern PA . Thunderstorms, downpours, etc. ap=
p=3D
rox.3-4 cords of wood used. Ran out of dry wood. Will open up April 28, if =
I=3D
can wait that long. Will post pics soon.
Linda Stauffer in soggy Quakertown, PA
Sent from my iPad=3D
Paul Herman on sun 22 apr 12
Hi Linda,
I hope you are recuperating well, and know those first firings can be
a bear. On our first one, we got the front good and hot but nothing
else. As a kind of consolation, there was a guy who showed up with an
old upright piano in the back of his little Toyota pickup, and played
and sang for us.
We finally got really good results all over on the fourth firing, it's
a learning process. Good luck on unloading,
Paul Herman
Great Basin Pottery
Doyle, California US
www.greatbasinpottery.com/
On Apr 22, 2012, at 4:12 PM, Clay wrote:
> Just completed the first firing of our wood fired kiln . Cone 8 , 3
> day firing. Terrible weather here in eastern PA . Thunderstorms,
> downpours, etc. approx.3-4 cords of wood used. Ran out of dry wood.
> Will open up April 28, if I can wait that long. Will post pics soon.
>
> Linda Stauffer in soggy Quakertown, PA
>
> Sent from my iPad
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