Jonathan Kirkendall on mon 20 apr 98
Hi Everyone,
I need to build an inexpensive raku kiln for light use once every month
or so. I teach pottery classes here in my studio in Washington DC (small
classes: 3 -4 students) and would like to take my students out to my
property in West Virginia for a "taste" of raku and pit firing. Does
anyone have experience with the trash-can-turned-raku-kiln advertised in
Ceramics Monthly? Can I buy a box of fire brick and build a very simple
one (I actually have a burner)?
Thanks,
Jonathan in DC, happier potting here than I was in NY.
WardBurner on wed 22 apr 98
Jonathan,
You might be interested in the Raku Kiln kit we sell. It includes only the
things you can't get locally or by scrounging around; Ceramic fiber, bricks,
high temp wire, burner system, instruction book. Feel free to give us a call
for a free catalog.
Marc Ward
Ward Burner Systems
PO Box 333
Dandridge, TN 37725
USA
423.397.2914 voice
423.397.1253 fax
wardburner@aol.com
Jennifer Rhinesmith on wed 22 apr 98
Johnathon: When Doug Gray was out here teaching, we made a trash can
kiln. We bought a galvanized trash can at True Value and cut a burner
hole in the side a couple of inches up from the bottom, and a hole in
the middle of the lid. We then lined it with kaol wool, and attatched
it with clay buttons and heat tempered wire. If you have further
questions contact me or Doug Gray.
Hope it works, Jennifer in Alpine, Tx
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>----------------------------Original
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>Hi Everyone,
>
>I need to build an inexpensive raku kiln for light use once every month
>or so. I teach pottery classes here in my studio in Washington DC
(small
>classes: 3 -4 students) and would like to take my students out to my
>property in West Virginia for a "taste" of raku and pit firing. Does
>anyone have experience with the trash-can-turned-raku-kiln advertised
in
>Ceramics Monthly? Can I buy a box of fire brick and build a very
simple
>one (I actually have a burner)?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jonathan in DC, happier potting here than I was in NY.
>
>
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P.O. Box 995
Alpine, Tx 79831
jrpots@hotmail.com
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paul wilmoth on thu 23 apr 98
Jonathan,
I have built a couple of light raku kilns that have worked very well. I
have cut expanded metal or reinforcement wire for concrete into
dimensions of 2 x 8 ft.
This was turned into a cylinder and tack welded to hold shape. The
expanded metal is more rigid and was turned round by a welding shop in
their rollers.
The round "cage" is next lined with fiber and is secured with element
wire like a buttom to a coat. Every 10 to 12 inches I used three
vertically with a wire running down to each one which stopped the
connecting wire from pulling through the fiber. Make a flat for the
bottom and a flat for the top which you will secure 2 ( 5-6 ft.) lengths
of 1/2 in pipe. The pipe will make the top more rigid and give you
handles for the lid that are a safe distance from the heat. I used a
burner system from Ward Burners for raku. 40 min for 1st and 10 - 15 for
every firing after.
good luck - Paul
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Stephen Mills on thu 23 apr 98
Johnathan,
Check out the two kiln construction pages on the Bath Potters website at
http://www.bathpotters,demon.co.uk
might be helpful.
Steve
Bath
UK
>>From: Jonathan Kirkendall
>>Subject: Raku kiln?
>>To: Multiple recipients of list CLAYART
>>
>>----------------------------Original
>message----------------------------
>>Hi Everyone,
>>
>>I need to build an inexpensive raku kiln for light use once every month
>>or so. I teach pottery classes here in my studio in Washington DC
>(small
>>classes: 3 -4 students) and would like to take my students out to my
>>property in West Virginia for a "taste" of raku and pit firing. Does
>>anyone have experience with the trash-can-turned-raku-kiln advertised
>in
>>Ceramics Monthly? Can I buy a box of fire brick and build a very
>simple
>>one (I actually have a burner)?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Jonathan in DC, happier potting here than I was in NY.
>>
>>
>
>
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>P.O. Box 995
>Alpine, Tx 79831
>jrpots@hotmail.com
>
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Tom Buck on fri 24 apr 98
Paul:
Please check the kiln design that Fraser Forsythe has developed
.... details are shown on his website:
URL: http://www.golden.net/~fraserf
What is of interest to me, and I have witnessed the kiln in
operation, is the dual-use of this design. Using one venturi burner
burning propane, Fraser has the flame move through the kiln in an "S"
path that provides fairly uniform heating.
Typically, Fraser will load six to eight raku pieces in the kiln
first thing in the morning. He will bring the pots to glaze sheen by 25
minutes, more or less.
Once his galvanized steel buckets received the pots and are
lidded, Fraser will either do a second raku firing or will load the kiln
with Cone 7 pots and do a reduction firing. Again, he will place up to 10
pots (some small) in the kiln. He then pours on the heat and in less than
two hours will have reached C7 with strong reducing conditions from C06
onwards. He seldom downfires but he could if needed. He usually simply
shutsdown, and lets the kiln cool for awhile. He finds his best use of
time is to put the kiln back in its storage shed and then return to his
adjacent studio and throw pots for the the rest of the day. He would
unload the following morning before doing another raku, etc.
To see samples of his work, check around his website.
Til later.
Tom Buck ) tel: 905-389-2339
& snailmail: 373 East 43rd St. Hamilton ON L8T 3E1 Canada
(westend Lake Ontario, province of Ontario, Canada).
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