Eric Hansen on tue 27 jul 10
I'm always trying to design this in my mind, what I would want in a wood
kiln. I'm not all that interested in cone 13 as such.
I'd like to have side-loading, maybe even a hinged door with steel frame.
I'd like to have front stoking, side stoking, and stoke hole ports, spy
holes, and hikidashi port. (is that a four brick port?) I want to be pushin=
g
coals into the kiln, not dragging them out. I don't want to be incinerated
when I open the main firemouth for stoking. I want a big firebox, and a big
stack, and lots of concentrated fly ash happening in the main chamber. And =
I
want a kiln that fires well until that ash is melted well. But I want to us=
e
glazes back in the back, cooler, less crazy end of the kiln. I'll probably
never get to build this kiln, but reply if you don't mind daydreaming like =
I
do.
--
Eric Alan Hansen
Stonehouse Studio Pottery
Alexandria, Virginia
americanpotter.blogspot.com
thesuddenschool.blogspot.com
hansencookbook.blogspot.com
"To me, human life in all its forms, individual and aggregate, is a
perpetual wonder: the flora of the earth and sea is full of beauty and of
mystery which seeks science to understand; the fauna of land and ocean is
not less wonderful; the world which holds them both, and the great universe
that folds it in on everyside, are still more wonderful, complex, and
attractive to the contemplating mind." - Theodore Parker, minister,
transcendentalist, abolitionist (1810-1860)
tony clennell on wed 28 jul 10
Eric: How do I feel about train kilns!!!!!! I have been part of the
train gang for over ten years now. A train can produce more ash
encrusted pots in 24 hours than most anagamas do in a week. It has a
very efficient firebox that allows you to fire off in under 18 hours
or hold for as long as you want. You can have crusty up front,
domestic ware (teapots, casseroles etc) in the middle and you could
salt the back. There is a goodun illustrated by Ted Neal in Mel's Kiln
Book. A train can also easily be fired alone and needs not a team.
Sheila and I have fired ours by ourselves for a decade and now have
added a friend to help us thru the night.
Visit USU or Ted at Ball State for a test drive. Always willing to
train new train conductors.
Tc
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 5:46 AM, Eric Hansen
wrote:
> Tony: really? I hadn't thought of that. They remind me of the "Little Eng=
ine
> That Could"
> How do you feel about the train kiln??
> - h -
>
> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 6:30 PM, tony clennell
> wrote:
>>
>> Eric: this is a no brainer. You'[re talking a train kiln.
>> tc
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Eric Hansen
>> wrote:
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Lee Love on wed 28 jul 10
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Eric Hansen
wrote:
> I'm always trying to design this in my mind, what I would want in a wood
> kiln. I'm not all that interested in cone 13 as such.
Cone 13 is easy with good design.
> I'd like to have side-loading, maybe even a hinged door with steel frame.
A visitor to Mashiko, Harry Nakamoto, built a softbrick anagama,
his first kiln, in his 70s. You can see it in the Wayback machine:
http://tinyurl.com/harrynakamoto
He fires it all day, then closes it up. And starts
stoking again in the morning. He still has prettty good heat the
next day. Does this for 5 days in a row without loosing any sleep.
I probably can't build my ideal woodkiln for a while.
But I will make a less than ideal one. Waiting for the perfect
situation has frozen many a creative person in their path. Sometimes,
you just have to "Do it."
--
=3DA0Lee, a Mashiko potter in Minneapolis
http://mingeisota.blogspot.com/
=3D93Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel
the artistry moving through and be silent.=3D94 --Rumi
Steve Mills on wed 28 jul 10
Eric, I've just built a new kiln for me to play with, which is somewhat
different to the sort of thing I've done before, it's relatively small, but
obviously could be made bigger (between 12 and 16 ft.=3DB3 capacity), with =
a
rather large Bourry box, the pot chamber of being alongside it and vertical=
=3D
.
In design it somewhat similar to the kiln Kusakabe built at Harvard, but a
fair bit smaller.
Results from the first firing were very good, lots of nice snotty-ash runs
and good flame painting.
A couple of minor tweaks and it will be even better!
I am very happy!
Steve Mills
On 27 July 2010 20:26, Eric Hansen wrote:
> I'm always trying to design this in my mind, what I would want in a wood
> kiln. I'm not all that interested in cone 13 as such.
> I'd like to have side-loading, maybe even a hinged door with steel frame.
> I'd like to have front stoking, side stoking, and stoke hole ports, spy
> holes, and hikidashi port. (is that a four brick port?) I want to be
> pushing
> coals into the kiln, not dragging them out. I don't want to be incinerate=
=3D
d
> when I open the main firemouth for stoking. I want a big firebox, and a b=
=3D
ig
> stack, and lots of concentrated fly ash happening in the main chamber. An=
=3D
d
> I
> want a kiln that fires well until that ash is melted well. But I want to
> use
> glazes back in the back, cooler, less crazy end of the kiln. I'll probabl=
=3D
y
> never get to build this kiln, but reply if you don't mind daydreaming lik=
=3D
e
> I
> do.
> --
> Eric Alan Hansen
> Stonehouse Studio Pottery
> Alexandria, Virginia
> americanpotter.blogspot.com
> thesuddenschool.blogspot.com
> hansencookbook.blogspot.com
> "To me, human life in all its forms, individual and aggregate, is a
> perpetual wonder: the flora of the earth and sea is full of beauty and of
> mystery which seeks science to understand; the fauna of land and ocean is
> not less wonderful; the world which holds them both, and the great univer=
=3D
se
> that folds it in on everyside, are still more wonderful, complex, and
> attractive to the contemplating mind." - Theodore Parker, minister,
> transcendentalist, abolitionist (1810-1860)
>
--=3D20
Steve
Bath
UK
www.mudslinger.me.uk
Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional!
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