mel jacobson on thu 12 jun 08
my take has always been, not the pile of bricks so much
as how you work the fuel and thermo -dynamics.
any box will do is my theory....if you place the burners
in the right place, and have a flue and stack that
will work in harmony
far too many people think of kilns as brick houses...you
know...architecture. in the real life of a kiln....it is all
about fuel and stack.
people take courses at places where they never hear
the word...gas, or flue size, or stack size.
they take courses in pretty boxes.
same for any fuel kiln. dry, small wood, a great flue, pulling
heat through, and never let more heat out, then you put in.
and, i hate crawling on my belly to load a cat kiln.
mel
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Taylor Hendrix on thu 12 jun 08
Mayor Mel,
Katz's cat, last time I saw it, was at a nice height for loading. He
built it on a raised platform. At any rate, he has all those students
for the messy jobs anyway.
Taylor, in Rockport TX
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 4:24 PM, mel jacobson wrote:
...
> and, i hate crawling on my belly to load a cat kiln.
> mel
...
Lee Love on thu 12 jun 08
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Taylor Hendrix wrote:
> Mayor Mel,
>
> Katz's cat, last time I saw it, was at a nice height for loading. He
> built it on a raised platform. At any rate, he has all those students
> for the messy jobs anyway.
I am firing NCC's cantenary next month. You can easily stand upright
in it. Holds about 450 pots. It is of the Peg Udall/Ruggles and
Rankin design. Fires like a gem.
--
Lee Love in Minneapolis
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
http://claycraft.blogspot.com/
"We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is
rounded with a sleep." --PROSPERO Tempest Shakespeare
Frank Colson on fri 13 jun 08
Double Cat! Here's a cool way to build a catenary kiln(s) - Back to Back.
When I taught at Haystack, I had my class build 2 Cat's, on one common base
using only one wall for the back of each. My objective, which worked
beautifully, was to hi-fire one, and funnel the heat
into the 2nd kiln for a bisque fire. Everyone loved it! Once the prototype
cat form is made, it can be used repeatedly.
Frank Colson/COLSON STUDIO
www.R2D2u.com
This double catenary kiln was a charm. We were saving fuel in days when
no-one even cared about saving fuel!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Love"
To:
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: cat kilns more info
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Taylor Hendrix
> wrote:
>> Mayor Mel,
>>
>> Katz's cat, last time I saw it, was at a nice height for loading. He
>> built it on a raised platform. At any rate, he has all those students
>> for the messy jobs anyway.
>
> I am firing NCC's cantenary next month. You can easily stand upright
> in it. Holds about 450 pots. It is of the Peg Udall/Ruggles and
> Rankin design. Fires like a gem.
>
> --
> Lee Love in Minneapolis
> http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
> http://claycraft.blogspot.com/
>
> "We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is
> rounded with a sleep." --PROSPERO Tempest Shakespeare
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