Nikki Simmons on tue 4 may 99
Hey Ted, where are you at? I live between Jeff City and Lake of the Ozarks.
You have a great question-the pitfalls of kiln building. I can't wait to
see what people say, I'll bet there are going to be some great stories! I
haven't built my own yet but I can tell you what other Missourians have told
me. You might want to look into pouring a footing beneath the frost line,
so all your kiln doesn't topple over. Make sure you have plenty of room for
parking so that everyone can come 'help'. Which means you need a bathroom
nearby.
If you have the patience, one person told me they wish they had done a test
run of putting the bricks together without mortar. What looked good on
paper, didn't look so pretty stuck together. Same person also wished they
had put the kiln on the other side of the hill, so they wouldn't get
sunburned so bad, so the smoke would go away from the house, and so they
would have been closer to the bathroom. But they would not have put it near
the dusk-to-dawn light because of the bugs. You also need to think about
where you will store the wood-location, location, location.
And most importantly don't get rid of the extra bricks or use them to make a
BBQ grill. You will need them for repairs and such. AND get extra bricks
for the same reasons.
Nikki Simmons
Russellville Missouri
> Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 13:33:56 EDT
> From: Ted Eisenstein
> Subject: Building a kiln, and mistakes
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> There's a very good chance I'll be building a kiln on my land
> in the next little while. While I do have the usual list of books
> to use, and a reasonably experienced friend to help out, what
> I wonder is - what mistakes are we likely to make (if any)
> and what's the best way to avoid or work around them?
>
> (I'm hoping, weather and supplies willing, that it'll be an
> anagama. . . )
>
> Ted Eisenstein, in the wilds of Missouri
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