tony clennell on wed 11 nov 09
It would not surprise me that hard bricks will become the new gold for
potters. In these parts the number of refractory companies is now one.
AP Green and others are gone. Industry has switched to better
insulating methods- castables, IFB, fiber etc. I'm thinking several
piles of hardbrick might be a damn good savings account. Potters will
build giant anagama's requiring 10-20,000 bricks and they are going to
be scarce as hen's teeth. If I recall there are over 4000 hards in my
train. I've never been a good investor but my guess is you could
actually double you money on hard brick. Maybe you can see why I'm not
a good investor!
Transportation of those hards is going to be a killer. If they weigh
9lbs each you're going to have your pickup draggin down the road with
150 of them. How far are they away? Cost of gas? Time?
Geez, I sound like the Prophet of Doom. I've done it and now I look
back and ask where did I get the energy?
Cheers,
Tony
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Lee Love on wed 11 nov 09
There's folks here in Minnesota, some influenced by
Richard Breshnehan, who are making their own bricks out of road cut
clay found locally. So, if you got good clay, you can always make
hardbrick.
More difficult to make softbrick. Probably better to go
with castable or fiber instead.
Pete, the shop manager at NCC, gave me several boxes of
low temp softs (1450*F), that will be great on the outside of a soda
kiln someday. They are stacked along one wall in the basement.
--
Lee, a Mashiko potter in Minneapolis
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
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