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oil firing lee's "compressed air kerosene burners"

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Duff bogen on fri 28 mar 08


Lee
I'm curious about these. do you have brand names or some online source where I can see what these things are?
Duff
Lee wrote:
Most noborigama still being fired in Mashiko, fire off the main firebox with
compressed air kerosene burners and only put wood in the climbing chambers.

Burning with wood makes much or more sense than burning vegetable
oil (veggie oil is probably more effective in in diesel engines.)And
currently, we cannot used recycled wood to power petrochemical engines.

Never the less, experimenting is a positive thing to do.

--
Lee, a Mashiko potter in Minneapolis
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/

"Ta tIr na n-óg ar chul an tI-tIr dlainn trina chéile"-that is, "The land of
eternal youth is behind the house, a beautiful land fluent within itself."
-- John O'Donohue

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Lee on sat 29 mar 08


On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Duff bogen wrote:
> Lee
> I'm curious about these. do you have brand names or some online source=
where I can see >what these things are?

Duff,

I have a catalog in Japan. A friend is a salesman for a
ceramics supply store in Kasama on the other side of the mountains
from Mashiko. I can't find anything on the web on cursory glances,
but will look again later.

They are very noisy, sounding like rocket engines.

I saw MacKenzie's rebuilt kiln the other day. It is as
huge as the one he replaced, but doesn't have the second back chamber.
The flue and drafting is much more efficent.

I asked how he likes his advancers and he says he really
likes them, but he had to adjust his heating and cooling cycles
because he cracked a bunch in the beginning heating and cooling too
fast He and Nancy are hale and hearty! He has a bunch of shows
including Shunn in Tokyo he is saving his best pots for. He is
experimenting with form and glaze effects. Some elegant shapes
reminiscent of Lucy Rie. He is an example that, both creatively and
politically, you don't have to ossify as you mature.

--=20
Lee, a Mashiko potter in Minneapolis
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/

"Ta tIr na n-=F3g ar chul an tI=97tIr dlainn trina ch=E9ile"=97that is, "T=
he
land of eternal youth is behind the house, a beautiful land fluent
within itself." -- John O'Donohue

Duff bogen on mon 31 mar 08


Thanks
please to you for "but will look again later."
excuse my japlish not fluid
Duff

Lee wrote:
On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Duff bogen wrote:
> Lee
> I'm curious about these. do you have brand names or some online source where I can see >what these things are?

Duff,

I have a catalog in Japan. A friend is a salesman for a
ceramics supply store in Kasama on the other side of the mountains
from Mashiko. I can't find anything on the web on cursory glances,
but will look again later.

They are very noisy, sounding like rocket engines.

I saw MacKenzie's rebuilt kiln the other day. It is as
huge as the one he replaced, but doesn't have the second back chamber.
The flue and drafting is much more efficent.

I asked how he likes his advancers and he says he really
likes them, but he had to adjust his heating and cooling cycles
because he cracked a bunch in the beginning heating and cooling too
fast He and Nancy are hale and hearty! He has a bunch of shows
including Shunn in Tokyo he is saving his best pots for. He is
experimenting with form and glaze effects. Some elegant shapes
reminiscent of Lucy Rie. He is an example that, both creatively and
politically, you don't have to ossify as you mature.

--
Lee, a Mashiko potter in Minneapolis
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/

"Ta tIr na n-óg ar chul an tI-tIr dlainn trina chéile"-that is, "The
land of eternal youth is behind the house, a beautiful land fluent
within itself." -- John O'Donohue

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