rickmahaffey@COMCAST.NET on thu 17 feb 11
=3DC2=3DA0=3DC2=3DA0=3DC2=3DA0Rather than using a high temp fiber board I w=
ould use a k=3D
iln shelf.=3DC2=3DA0=3DC2=3DA0 Perhaps a thin silicon carbide shelf.=3DC2=
=3DA0 Alpine i=3D
n the dim dark past used silicon carbide shelves in their updraft gas kilns=
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to separate the fireboxes from the ware chamber.=3DC2=3DA0 one could also =
look=3D
into placing the chimney outside the kiln to increase the ware chamber siz=
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e.=3D20
On another front we converted one and a third oval kilns into a wood fired =
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cross draft kiln in the mid 80's.=3DC2=3DA0 worked well and produced Bizen =
like=3D
pots in 24 hours. I think there was an article in CM about this kiln that =
=3D
we dubed the USOGAMA=3DC2=3DA0 (false or lie kiln).=3D20
Another potter/teacher who is a grad of the University of Puget Sound used =
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several round electric kilns to make a small noborigama in the upper mid we=
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st.=3D20
YMMV,=3D20
Rick=3D20
Vince Pitelka on thu 17 feb 11
Rick Mahaffey wrote:
"Rather than using a high temp fiber board I would use a kiln shelf." =3D2=
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Rick -=3D20
Why? It would help if you could be a little more specific. Why would =3D
you prefer a kiln shelf? If the person attempting such a conversion =3D
uses high-temp fiberboard, it will be easily cut to size, it will be far =
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easier to handle, and it will last for the life of the kiln as long as =3D
one is careful not to abrade the surface of the board. I personally =3D
cannot see any way in which a kiln shelf would be superior, but I am =3D
certainly interested in hearing your opinions on the subject. =3D20
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft
Tennessee Tech University
vpitelka@dtccom.net; wpitelka@tntech.edu=3D20
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka
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