Joyce Lee on sun 27 jun 99
I don't know who's the busiest potter this summer ... Mel, Dannon or
Tony? In spite of that, Mel, I'm sure many of us hope you'll see that
the whole shebang is being photographed and pictures posted on your
website when you have the time available. Yes, I'd love to see the
train, but I'm absolutely mad to see the POTS. If you're writing an
article with pictures (great!), I know you'd need to save the best stuff
for it, but maybe you could choose some that wont quite make the cut and
post them? Maybe even some shots of Hay Creek and the Creekers?
Joyce
In the Mojave on the sixth day without using nutrasweet ... keeping an
anecdotal log ... difficult to be sure of benefits so far ... too many
simultaneous happenings ...
Joyce Lee on sun 27 jun 99
I don't know who's the busiest potter this summer ... Mel, Dannon or
Tony? In spite of that, Mel, I'm sure many of us hope you'll see that
the whole shebang is being photographed and pictures posted on your
website when you have the time available. Yes, I'd love to see the
train, but I'm absolutely mad to see the POTS. If you're writing an
article with pictures (great!), I know you'd need to save the best stuff
for it, but maybe you could choose some that wont quite make the cut and
post them? Maybe even some shots of Hay Creek and the Creekers?
Joyce
In the Mojave on the sixth day without using nutrasweet ... keeping an
anecdotal log ... difficult to be sure of benefits so far ... too many
simultaneous happenings ...
mel jacobson on sun 11 jul 99
i will put a simple drawing of a train kiln on the clayart website.
pictures will follow.
the kiln is a wood fired, almost flat to the earth anagama.
it just looks sorta like a train when finished.
kurt has designed a cut down version that will serve us at the farm.
tony's kiln is much larger.
yet, the kilns should work the same.
as we have pointed out many times, wood firing is very difficult, and
without question, a labor of love....the train kiln has been designed
to lessen the terrible heat blast when loading wood into it.
it also seems to work with a variety of wood types, hard, soft, scrap,
whatever.
we are working out the bugs of the process. we need very dry wood,
and are getting it gathered.
mel/mn click to my website, and go to the clayart page.
http://www.pclink.com/melpots
from minnetonka, minnesota, u.s.a.
June Perry on mon 12 jul 99
Hi Mel,
Reading about your train (almost to the groun anagama), reminded me that on
one of my trips to Japan I was told that they use 100 year old red pine to
fire the anagamas because it gives a longer flame.
Warmest regards,
June (off to spot spray ITC)
Daniel Considine on tue 13 jul 99
to whom it may concern...the 5% turpentine content of red pine is critical
to the firing
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hi Mel,
>
>Reading about your train (almost to the groun anagama), reminded me that on
>one of my trips to Japan I was told that they use 100 year old red pine to
>fire the anagamas because it gives a longer flame.
>
>Warmest regards,
>June (off to spot spray ITC)
>
>
Daniel P. CONSIDINE, PhD
Waseda University
102 Century Mansion
4-23-11 Irumagawa
Sayama city 350-1305, Japan
Phone/Fax +81 42-954-2401
Cellular 090-8105-8750
Stephen Grimmer on tue 13 jul 99
mel,
I took a look at the train kiln drawing on your site, and have read that
article in whichever magazine it recently appeared in, and am rather
fascinated by the design. I would probably do it as an MFT with the
squinched bricks, though. Hey, what about a hinged MFT toploader a la the
USU kiln??? Anyway, can you tell us more about the cast flat top as per
your drawing? Or is that a cast arch? hmmm
steve grimmer
marion illinois
checking the progress in the very traditional denki-gama
----------
>From: June Perry
>To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
>Subject: Re: train kiln
>Date: Mon, Jul 12, 1999, 8:15 AM
>
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hi Mel,
>
>Reading about your train (almost to the groun anagama), reminded me that on
>one of my trips to Japan I was told that they use 100 year old red pine to
>fire the anagamas because it gives a longer flame.
>
>Warmest regards,
>June (off to spot spray ITC)
>
mel jacobson on wed 2 feb 00
we are sure not experts on train kilns...there
are many with agreat deal of knowledge, but
i will put a picture on the clayart page of my
website.
mel
http://www.pclink.com/melpots (website)
from minnetonka, minnesota, u.s.a.
Pancioli on sun 12 mar 00
Dear Clayarters:
Does anyone know of a train kiln in the Michigan/Ohio area?
Some students of mine want to build one and would like to see one first.
Thanks.
Diana
Bruce Chesser on mon 13 mar 00
Diana,
I have a train kiln at my studio. I don't know how far you want to go. I'm
in Ohio.One and one half hour south of Toledo just a little east of
I-75.The original design was the standard "train kiln" design. It has been
rebuilt using a Bourry box. I have photos of the construction of both
designs. If you want more information contact me off line.
b-chesser@onu.edu
Bruce in Ohio
sdpotter@GTE.NET on wed 24 may 00
Just wanted to say thanks to the people who gave me pointers
on my train kiln. Finished it a couple of weeks ago, just been
busy with family stuff.
I went with Dannon's idea to use shelves for the roof. I had to
tear down the walls and rebuild them to get shelves across.
I had to buy four new shelves, used up all I had for the roof.
Got myself some nice Acme Marls shelves...14x28. Not
a bad price.
Firing is this weekend...Laguna's Rod's Bod, some salt,
fly ash and flame...I should get some nice pots.
I enjoy Rod's Bod for the iron bleed and a nice toasty body!
I'll let everyone know how it turns out...firing number 1
Steve Dalton
mel jacobson on fri 30 jun 00
is working just great.
we are at cone 10, and climbing.
a few adjustments, and great dry, small wood.
it is a winner.
mel
http://www.pclink.com/melpots
written from the farm in wisconsin
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