Rosemary Bridges on thu 11 dec 97
I am wanting to convert a Electric Kiln to a gas kiln when I find one.
Can anyone tell me what I should pay for an old kiln? I would like a
23-24 inch kiln inside demension. I contacted Summit Gas Kilns and they
have the bottom burner converter kits that look good. Has anyone done
this and have experience ?
Thanks
Rosemary Bridges
Ray Carlton on fri 12 dec 97
hi rosemary why don't you just buy a 2nd hand gas kiln and save the cost of
conversion which would be complicated and expensive The results may not
reflect your investment by the time you have cut the burner holes and built
a flue out of expensive refractories...bit like converting a bike into an
armchair.. it could be done but sheesh!!
cheers
At 08:15 11/12/97 EST, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I am wanting to convert a Electric Kiln to a gas kiln when I find one.
>Can anyone tell me what I should pay for an old kiln? I would like a
>23-24 inch kiln inside demension. I contacted Summit Gas Kilns and they
>have the bottom burner converter kits that look good. Has anyone done
>this and have experience ?
>Thanks
>Rosemary Bridges
>
>
Please note My NEW!! email address
Ray Carlton
Rosemary Bridges on sun 14 dec 97
Dear Ray
Thanks for the reply. I have tried to find a reasonable gas kiln in
my area (Chico CA)
and have not had any luck. There are tons of used electrics in the
area. Does anyone know if there is a problem with taking an old
electric that has been converted to cone ten?
Ray Carlton wrote:
> ----------------------------Original
> message----------------------------
> hi rosemary why don't you just buy a 2nd hand gas kiln and save the
> cost of
> conversion which would be complicated and expensive The results may
> not
> reflect your investment by the time you have cut the burner holes and
> built
> a flue out of expensive refractories...bit like converting a bike into
> an
> armchair.. it could be done but sheesh!!
>
> cheers
>
> At 08:15 11/12/97 EST, you wrote:
> >----------------------------Original
> message----------------------------
> >I am wanting to convert a Electric Kiln to a gas kiln when I find
> one.
> >Can anyone tell me what I should pay for an old kiln? I would like a
> >23-24 inch kiln inside demension. I contacted Summit Gas Kilns and
> they
> >have the bottom burner converter kits that look good. Has anyone
> done
> >this and have experience ?
> >Thanks
> >Rosemary Bridges
> >
> >
> Please note My NEW!! email address
>
> Ray Carlton
>
>
Ray Carlton on mon 15 dec 97
again rosemary i think you would be creating youself a problem and suggest
that building a gas kiln of the size you are talking about would not take
much more work than converting gas to electric ... tha casing is the weak
point of any kiln and an electric kiln is definitley not designed to take
the corrosive gases coming from the flame if you need help with a design
see danile rhodes kiln book for som esimple designs
cheers any further ??? email me ok
At 11:42 14/12/97 EST, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Dear Ray
> Thanks for the reply. I have tried to find a reasonable gas kiln in
>my area (Chico CA)
>and have not had any luck. There are tons of used electrics in the
>area. Does anyone know if there is a problem with taking an old
>electric that has been converted to cone ten?
>
>Ray Carlton wrote:
>
>> ----------------------------Original
>> message----------------------------
>> hi rosemary why don't you just buy a 2nd hand gas kiln and save the
>> cost of
>> conversion which would be complicated and expensive The results may
>> not
>> reflect your investment by the time you have cut the burner holes and
>> built
>> a flue out of expensive refractories...bit like converting a bike into
>> an
>> armchair.. it could be done but sheesh!!
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> At 08:15 11/12/97 EST, you wrote:
>> >----------------------------Original
>> message----------------------------
>> >I am wanting to convert a Electric Kiln to a gas kiln when I find
>> one.
>> >Can anyone tell me what I should pay for an old kiln? I would like a
>> >23-24 inch kiln inside demension. I contacted Summit Gas Kilns and
>> they
>> >have the bottom burner converter kits that look good. Has anyone
>> done
>> >this and have experience ?
>> >Thanks
>> >Rosemary Bridges
>> >
>> >
>> Please note My NEW!! email address
>>
>> Ray Carlton
>>
>>
>
>
Please note My NEW!! email address
Ray Carlton
Kenneth D. Westfall on mon 15 dec 97
As long as the original electric kiln was a cone 10 kiln there is no
problem taking it to cone 10 with gas or what ever type of fuel. I would
discourage using fission or fusion, I belive you would over shoot cone 10
by a few 1000 degrees.8^)
Kenneth D. Westfall
Pine Hill Pottery
RD#2 Box 6AA
Harrisville, WV 26362
pinehill@ruralnet.org
DON'T GET STUCK IN THE MUDPIES--K & T
Karl P. Platt on mon 15 dec 97
Most electric kilns are make of 2300 brick. This is owing to a number of
things -- not the least of which is that Kanthal elements aren't very
useful abive 2300 F or so. Cone 10, unless you want to wait a very long
time to reach maturity, requires higher temperatures. Sure youy can take
the kiln built of 2300 IFB to higher temperatures, but you run the clear
risk of melting it
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