Lili Krakowski on thu 1 jul 10
My Skutts and my Knight kilns have metal jackets. Which are wrapped =3D
around the kiln and closed with pieces of hose clamp. The tail of these =
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"gear" clamps is welded or soldered on and then the screw part is used =3D
to tighten. Much like tightening a belt around your tummy.
With time and steam the pieces of hose clamp have popped off. No big =3D
deal. Off to automotive parts store and bought several right =3D
length...as said yesterday. As I do not weld or solder, I just get =3D
clamps that fit all around.
I also have built a small test kiln just with old brick from dump, and =3D
attached again by "tying" hose clamps around them. Looking just now on =3D
the Internet I see that there are heavier duty and specialty hose =3D
clamps. I have just bought the type we use on our cars.
I am sure that Kathy's idea of pipe clamps is fabulous--but I do not =3D
see it being an advantage for an octagonal or whatever electric kiln. =3D
Fab for a square one though. Actually two pipe clamps might be an ideal =3D
solution for a kiln lid that needs to be raised...attach cable and =3D
pulley to pipe? Mmmmmmmmmmm? Idea?
Margaret writes:
"I have a jacketless banded JenKen kiln whose strapping corroded but
the kiln was fine that I need restrapped to use or move.Are those
hoseclmpsy useful for that purpose?"
I see on Internet that the jacketless JenKen kilns are fiber. KNOW =3D
NOTHING ABOUT FIBER KILNS. NOTHING.
As to moving a kiln. I am NO expert at all. I moved two kilns in my =3D
life! Once was a square electric. We put several layers of corrugated =3D
cardboard inside,pressed against the walls, and used several pieces of =3D
carefully fitted 2 x 4 to press the cardboard in place. The kiln was =3D
shipped by boat and was fine.
My next kiln move was a Skutt 181. We did pretty much the same =3D
thing...It went with us by U-Haul from NYC to here, and was fine.
If I were to move a kiln today (an electric kiln of usual size, not a =3D
humongous one) I would line it with cardboard, then put in two of three =3D
sheets of heavy plastic. I then would spray in that awful expanding =3D
foam till it expanded out the top by a couple of inches. When this =3D
horror would have dried, I would carefully cut off the excess, and put =3D
the lid down, tying it down well. I HAVE NEVER DONE THIS....SO DO NOT =3D
TRY WITHOUT CHECKING WITH SOMEONE ELSE....IT JUST IS WHAT I WOULD =3D
DO...NO EXPERIENCE, NO RECOMMENDS
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
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