Kelly Johnston on sun 19 oct 08
Hello all,
My pottery club has been offered a 12 cubic foot fibre lined electric
kiln free of charge, including delivery! It was removed from a
school where the parents thought it was lined with asbestos and
posing a health risk to their kids. The fellow who has it now is
certain it was in good working order before removal, but it was
transported without alot of care and has been a bit damaged. The
steel frame is in great shape but inside, the fibre has cracked in
places, eg on the door, a + shaped crack almost from top to bottom.
I spoke to a really helpful fellow who re-furbishes fibre kilns, and
his guesstimate was that to bring it up to scratch it would cost
about $7000, incuding a new computerized controller and interior
furniture, basically a total refit. Our club is able to apply for
funding for this, but I am wondering if it is possible for us novices
to do any sort of repair job in the meantime. I've tried the
archives and googled, but am having a hard time finding a simple
answer to this question.
Thanks for any help.
Kelly in Emerald, Qld Australia
Mike Gordon on sun 19 oct 08
Get it! It's free! Fire it up and see how it works, then talk about $$$
repairs. Mike Gordon
On Oct 19, 2008, at 4:08 PM, Kelly Johnston wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> My pottery club has been offered a 12 cubic foot fibre lined electric
> kiln free of charge, including delivery! It was removed from a
> school where the parents thought it was lined with asbestos and
> posing a health risk to their kids. The fellow who has it now is
> certain it was in good working order before removal, but it was
> transported without alot of care and has been a bit damaged. The
> steel frame is in great shape but inside, the fibre has cracked in
> places, eg on the door, a + shaped crack almost from top to bottom.
> I spoke to a really helpful fellow who re-furbishes fibre kilns, and
> his guesstimate was that to bring it up to scratch it would cost
> about $7000, incuding a new computerized controller and interior
> furniture, basically a total refit. Our club is able to apply for
> funding for this, but I am wondering if it is possible for us novices
> to do any sort of repair job in the meantime. I've tried the
> archives and googled, but am having a hard time finding a simple
> answer to this question.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Kelly in Emerald, Qld Australia
>
Kelly Johnston on mon 20 oct 08
lol Mike, as they say here in Queensland "don't you worry about
that!" We'll take the kiln even if it's only for the 2 large shelves
sitting on the bottom of it! It's just frustrating that we have no
real finances and it will take money to even just wire it up to be
able to turn it on, besides the fact that it will have to sit in
storage until we have a shed to put it in. Still, we had a "buy a
plate / bowl and get a meal" fundraiser this last weekend and made
$600, so at least our insurance for the next year is taken care of.
It looks like I'll be spending some serious time wading thru the 30
page funding grant application to turn this into reality.
I guess part of my question is because my experience with fibre kilns
is from 15 years ago and very hazy, besides they were all well kept
gas kilns, and I know there are hazards to working with fibre and
want to be cautious.
Kelly in Emerald, Qld Australia
sitting comfortably after a nice glass of red and a great meal of veg
tagine!
Donald Burroughs on mon 20 oct 08
Hello Kelly
If repairing the fibre itself and the cracks are not too severe you might w=
ant to contact http://aremco.com about their product called "Pyro-Putty 600=
". I have not used their products yet=2C but If you look at their spec. she=
et at http://aremco.com/a2.html it may be the answer in the short term.
=20
Regards=2C Don Burroughs
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