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no more parts for kiln setter & kiln timer ??

updated fri 5 sep 08

 

Anne Webb on thu 28 aug 08


so either noone has heard anything of this or they missed my message comple=
tely...?
anyone?=20

> Date: Tue=2C 26 Aug 2008 06:02:23 -0500
> From: webbpots@HOTMAIL.COM
> Subject: Kiln Parts & components: Dawson Going out of Business?!
> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>=20
> Has anyone else gotten wind that Dawson (the kiln sitter people) may be g=
oing out of business? =20
>=20
> I had a friend call Dawson the other day because he was looking to get a =
new timer for his kiln. He told me that Dawson was having a lot of problems=
getting parts=2C having difficulty keeping up with demand from kiln manufa=
cturers=2C and were operating on a shoestring budget and staff. The impres=
sion given was that things weren't looking good on the horizon either.
>=20


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The Fuzzy Chef on thu 28 aug 08


Anne,

That's a bummer for someone who's been a standby in the clay industry
for decades. But: I don't use my kiln sitter anymore (electronic
controller) and they're the easiest things in the world to fix by hand.
So I can see that their trade in parts would be pretty low.

--Josh

Randy McCall on wed 3 sep 08


So what are kiln manufactures going to do?


Randy

Cotton Patch Pottery
members.tripod.com/~McCallJ/index.html


----- Original Message -----
From: "Arnold Howard"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: NO MORE PARTS for KILN SETTER & KILN TIMER ??


> From: "Anne Webb"
> > Has anyone else gotten wind that Dawson (the kiln sitter
> > people) may be going out of business?
>
> The rumor about Dawson appears to be fact. We haven't been
> able to get in touch with Dawson.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Arnold Howard
> Paragon Industries, L.P., Mesquite, Texas USA
> ahoward@paragonweb.com / www.paragonweb.com
>

Arnold Howard on wed 3 sep 08


From: "Anne Webb"
> Has anyone else gotten wind that Dawson (the kiln sitter
> people) may be going out of business?

The rumor about Dawson appears to be fact. We haven't been
able to get in touch with Dawson.

Sincerely,

Arnold Howard
Paragon Industries, L.P., Mesquite, Texas USA
ahoward@paragonweb.com / www.paragonweb.com