Maynard Leeman on sat 24 apr 10
several years ago i attended a kiln building workshop at poly beach's pla=
=3D
ce up=3D20
in va i think it was. close to dc out in the sticks. we built a soft b=
=3D
rick kiln on=3D20
a concrete slab behind her house.
rick bearman was the brains behind this workshop
it was a nice little downdraft, it had hard brick in the fire chamber a=
=3D
nd floor=3D20
as i remember, and i think we put soft brick under the hard brick.
there were three brick wide in the arch, and it was constructed without=
=3D
a=3D20
form. we just held the brick up and set the arch and all the brick were=
=3D
lined=3D20
up.
we built the kiln in a weekend, loaded it on sunday afternoon, poly and=
=3D
rick i=3D20
guess fired it.=3D20=3D20=3D20
the kiln was stacked with no morter. a steel frame was constructed usin=
=3D
g=3D20
threaded rods that went thru short pieces of pipe that were welded to the=
=3D
=3D20
angle steel on the corners.
i think that poly put a little shed that was supported by the corner angl=
=3D
e steel=3D20
latter.
but that was it. it was fired with two propane burners from mark ward. =
=3D
the=3D20
burners had rubber gas line so the burners could be taken in after each f=
=3D
iring.=3D20=3D20
the door was just stacked soft brick.
i have no idea how it held up, but thats what we did. and it was pretty=
=3D
=3D20
simple, and made a nice soft brick down draft kiln, and we built it in =
=3D
a=3D20
weekend, with i dont know probably 15 ish people. half of which were ju=
=3D
st=3D20
standing around.
so the ring arch worked. in this case, and no arch form was used.
now how about that
ask poly beach if its still working. i dont know but i suspect she stil=
=3D
l fires it.
| |
|
