on sun 19 jul 98
Am interested in talking to anyone who has a Bailey downdraft kiln. I'm
seriously looking into purchasing an 18 cubic ft kiln to fire to ^10
reduction. What I'd like to know is if you get even firings and if you are
getting good reduction, so that your iron saturated glazes come out looking
the way you want them to. Any help or advise would be greatly appreciated.
TIA
lizwill@phc.igs.net (Liz Willoughby) on mon 20 jul 98
Hello Tia, I have the Bailey 24/16 studio kiln. Bought it over 3 years
ago, and it was one of the last fibre ceiling and door that they made. I
sprayed the interior with ITC 100, followed by ITC 294. I like the kiln
very much, but it took a while to get the firings right. Stacking the kiln,
using the recommended shelf configuration is really necessary in this kiln.
They have a very good manual which has been a great help to me, along with
Nils Lou's book on firing. The kiln however does not fire REALLY evenly,
cone 10 at 2 0'clock at the peeps (front top and bottom), cone 11 at 5
o'clock in the middle. I get around that by having my shino's in the
front, tenmokus and celadons in the middle and back. I use Ron Roy's Black
Magic tenmoku, and get black breaking to rust on the edges. My celadon
sometimes is not evenly reduced, i.e. a lovely blue/green all over except
one area that is grey. I do not have an oxy probe.
But the kiln works for me, with my glazes. Just fired yesterday, #13, I
hope it is going to be a lucky number for me.
Please feel free to e-mail me privately if you want more info. But I will
be a way for a show for a couple of weeks, leaving Thurs. Hope this helps,
Liz
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>Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 12:24:23 EDT
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>Subject: Bailey Downdraft Kiln
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>Am interested in talking to anyone who has a Bailey downdraft kiln. I'm
>seriously looking into purchasing an 18 cubic ft kiln to fire to ^10
>reduction. What I'd like to know is if you get even firings and if you are
>getting good reduction, so that your iron saturated glazes come out looking
>the way you want them to. Any help or advise would be greatly appreciated.
>TIA
Liz Willoughby
R.R. 1
Grafton, Ontario
Canada. K0K 2G0
e-mail lizwill@phc.igs.net
Art Wolfe on tue 21 jul 98
Your response is a big help. I generally use the same glazes as you along
with some of the Shaner ones. I'm disappointed that you can't get an even
firing and wondered if you called them for help and if so, how responsive
they've been. I might have more questions is the future. Good luck with your
show and #13.
artbwolfe@aol.com
Liz Willoughby on wed 22 jul 98
>Your response is a big help. I generally use the same glazes as you along
>with some of the Shaner ones. I'm disappointed that you can't get an even
>firing and wondered if you called them for help and if so, how responsive
>they've been. I might have more questions is the future. Good luck with your
>show and #13.
>artbwolfe@aol.com
Yes, I have been in touch with Jim Bailey and they are very helpful there.
If you are going to have help in stacking the kiln, I would recommend
getting the shelves that are the same width back and front. Jim has said
that the shelves that I got, 16 x 20 at the back and 14 x 16 at the front
do make it harder to get even reduction. But it could be that I just
haven't explored all the possibilitys. Still learning after firing in
oxidation for over 20 years.
Liz Willoughby
R.R. 1
Grafton, Ontario
Canada. K0K 2G0
e-mail lizwill@phc.igs.net
James Bailey on thu 23 jul 98
Liz-
The original "T"-shaped stack for the Studio 24/16 was abandoned some
time ago for a straight stack:
(1) 12 x 24 shelf across the front
and
(1) 18 x 24 shelf across the back
This change greatly improves the circulation within the chamber
resulting in more even temperature & reduction throughout. The 24/16 was
the only kiln model we had ever used a "T"-shaped stack in: currently
none of our kilns use this type of shelf pattern. There are other
adjustments that can be made to improve the performance using the
old-style stack. Please feel free to contact us @ (800)431-6067 if you
have any further questions. -Thank You.
Susan @
Bailey Pottery Equipment
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Lee Marshall on thu 23 jul 98
I fired a Bailey kiln for several years at Harper College. We too Had trouble
with an uneven fire . After talking to Bailey they suggested that we adjust
the target brick. This is the brick that you put in front of the flame to
direct the flames up to the roof. We put it about 3/5 of the way from the back
wall. After that the kiln fired very evenly with little damper adjustment.
Lee Marshall
lmarsh1220@aol.c
in Tennessee where I have exchanged wind chill factors for heat indexes
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