Woods on thu 17 jun 99
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From: Woods =3Cpompupsnpottery=40cybrzn.com=3E
To: to the list =3CCLAYART=40LSV.UKY.EDU=3E
Date: Thursday, June 17, 1999 11:20 AM
Subject: converting my kiln help
Hello clay people, I am converting an old paragon electric kiln into a Raku
kiln. I need some of your advise in a hurry. On Sunday some friends from MI =
are
coming to try to get this thing up and running But none of us are sure if I =
need
to take the wires out or not?? What about the electric componants on the
outside of the kiln?? I am wondering if that needs to be done can it wait =
until
after the first firing??
I have somne galvanizes thin sheeting that I can screw over the places where=
I
take off the parts. Can I use galvanized? Or will it give off those fumes =
that
make people sick with flu symptoms, that I read about not long ago? Whether =
I
take the wires out or not do I want to put in some of that ceramic blanket =
stuff
into the wire channels inside the kiln to make those thin spots in the brick
thicker and more insulated?? If any of you has the time and the knowlege to
help me out here I sure would appreciate it. I need to get my own kiln up =
and
running because I have been accepted into a gallery but can't sit around =
waiting
to get invited to a firing at friends houses any more...help help help. =
Thanks
Sue
Dewitt Gimblet on fri 18 jun 99
You can leave the heating elements in place. No, I would not try to put
ceramic fiber in the element channel. Ceramic fiber dust is not good to
breath and trying to stuff it in the channel would generate lots of dust.
It probably wouldn't hurt to leave the external electrical components in
place, but removing them should be quick and simple.
Don't mess with trying to put galvanized metal over any holes, just plug
with a bit of ceramic fiber. Remember to make your flue hole 1.5 times as
big as the burner opening. And no, you shouldn't have two feet of flame
shooting out the top. More than a couple inches means you have too much gas
and not enough air.
If you can get your hands on it, Steve Branfman's book, "Raku, A Practical
Approach" describes the conversion of an electric kiln to raku.
deg
At 05:40 PM 6/17/99 -0400, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Woods
>To: to the list
>Date: Thursday, June 17, 1999 11:20 AM
>Subject: converting my kiln help
>
>
>Hello clay people, I am converting an old paragon electric kiln into a Raku
>kiln. I need some of your advise in a hurry. On Sunday some friends from
MI are
>coming to try to get this thing up and running But none of us are sure if
I need
>to take the wires out or not?? What about the electric componants on the
>outside of the kiln?? I am wondering if that needs to be done can it wait
until
>after the first firing??
>I have somne galvanizes thin sheeting that I can screw over the places
where I
>take off the parts. Can I use galvanized? Or will it give off those fumes
that
>make people sick with flu symptoms, that I read about not long ago? Whether I
>take the wires out or not do I want to put in some of that ceramic blanket
stuff
>into the wire channels inside the kiln to make those thin spots in the brick
>thicker and more insulated?? If any of you has the time and the knowlege to
>help me out here I sure would appreciate it. I need to get my own kiln up and
>running because I have been accepted into a gallery but can't sit around
waiting
>to get invited to a firing at friends houses any more...help help help.
Thanks
>Sue
>
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