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fw: pointers on loading kilns

updated mon 31 may 99

 

Deborah Bouchette on sun 30 may 99

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At our school they have plywood =22rings=22 to cover the top rim of =
firebrick while
loading and unloading. The kilns look terrific. It's not really a ring=3B =
it's a
multi-sided piece of plywood just slightly larger in dimension than the
firebrick itself. The rings hang on a nail in the wall when not in use.

I have a sheet of plywood on the sawhorses in the barn and need to cut one =
for
my kiln...

As for back strain, other than being tall enough to reach the bottom shelf
without standing on tiptoes, I don't have any advice :-)
deb

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Deborah A. Bouchette
principal=40aleatoric-art.com
+1.503.690.2448 phone/fax

-----Original Message-----
From: Arnold Howard =5BSMTP:ajhparagon=40yahoo.com=5D
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 10:09 AM
Subject: Pointers on Loading Kilns

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Dear Friends:

As you know, people have difficulty loading top-loading kilns. They
damage the top rim of firebrick by leaning into the kiln.

Is there a technique to loading this type of kiln without back strain
and without damaging firebricks? I'm thinking in particular of 10 and
12 sided kilns.

Thanks,

Arnold Howard
Paragon Industries, Inc.


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