clennell on wed 30 jun 99
If you are pondering the best wood kiln to use bourry box, anagama,
chamber, fastfire.
All woodfirers will agree the very best wood kiln is your neighbours.
While you're at the cottage your neigbour will be cleaning and chipping,
hauling and splitting, worrying at weather, how to cover wood. You just
show up with the pots. If it is a bad firing , hey you only lose a couple
of pots. your neighbour loses the farm.
If your neighbour ain't got one then I think take a summer course and use
that kiln.
This advice is going to save you thousands$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Your financial planner
Tony
Tony and Sheila Clennell
Sour Cherry Pottery
4545 King St.
Beamsville, On. L0R 1B1
Mark Mondloch on fri 2 jul 99
Cute!
When we built my new MFT gas kiln about a year ago I think I figured ( rather
arrogantly) that I should be able to figure it out how to fire it pretty
quickly since I've been firing my little Phoenix wood kiln for years after
all. After gas firings of too much reduction, too little, blisters all over
previously fine glazes, and (horrors) dry clay where unglazed, I was
grumbling loudly about the x&#$ gas kiln and why anyone would fire that when
you could do nice easy wood firings. Fortunately things are going better
now. Perhaps we just forget how we struggled when we first started with
whatever type we had and more people come to wood firing later and don't
expect such a big difference.
I do still relate differently to the wood fire and I know now that I won't
be satisfied firing only gas when the wood kiln finally dies. It will need
to be replaced with another. I'm really watching for any reports of how the
train kiln compares to other little wood kilns. I hope the posts on this
subject make it to the list.
Sylvia
clennell wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> If you are pondering the best wood kiln to use bourry box, anagama,
> chamber, fastfire.
> All woodfirers will agree the very best wood kiln is your neighbours.
> While you're at the cottage your neigbour will be cleaning and chipping,
> hauling and splitting, worrying at weather, how to cover wood. You just
> show up with the pots. If it is a bad firing , hey you only lose a couple
> of pots. your neighbour loses the farm.
> If your neighbour ain't got one then I think take a summer course and use
> that kiln.
> This advice is going to save you thousands$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
>
> Your financial planner
> Tony
>
> Tony and Sheila Clennell
> Sour Cherry Pottery
> 4545 King St.
> Beamsville, On. L0R 1B1
--
Mark & Sylvia Mondloch
Silver Creek Pottery & Forge
W6725 Hwy 144
Random Lake, WI 53075
mondfam@execpc.com
http://www.execpc.com/~mondfam
Kurt Wild on sat 3 jul 99
Mark Mondloch wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Cute!
> When we built my new MFT gas kiln about a year ago I think I figured ( rather
> arrogantly) that I should be able to figure it out how to fire it pretty
> quickly since I've been firing my little Phoenix wood kiln for years after
> all. After gas firings of too much reduction, too little, blisters all over
> previously fine glazes, and (horrors) dry clay where unglazed, I was
> grumbling loudly about the x&#$ gas kiln and why anyone would fire that when
> you could do nice easy wood firings. Fortunately things are going better
> now. Perhaps we just forget how we struggled when we first started with
> whatever type we had and more people come to wood firing later and don't
> expect such a big difference.
> I do still relate differently to the wood fire and I know now that I won't
> be satisfied firing only gas when the wood kiln finally dies. It will need
> to be replaced with another. I'm really watching for any reports of how the
> train kiln compares to other little wood kilns. I hope the posts on this
> subject make it to the list.
> Sylvia
>
>
> --
> Mark & Sylvia Mondloch
> Silver Creek Pottery & Forge
> W6725 Hwy 144
> Random Lake, WI 53075
>
> mondfam@execpc.com
> http://www.execpc.com/~mondfam
I can agree whole heartedly with your remarks about arrogance whether it
be with kiln firing or kiln building. I thought building and firing the
"little train" would be a snap. What I had planned on paper did not
quite work out in actual construction and firing was not as much of a
short breeze as I had anticipated. While the first firing of the
"little train" was not a total disaster (Mel got 3 nice pots out of it),
I was somewhat disappointed. We've got some bugs to work out possiblly
with the kiln and some for sure with our choice of wood. I can say that
the Bourry box with its no back blast of flames in one's face is a joy
to stoke! I hope my photos of the kiln can be posted soon on either
Mel's web site or my own (I don't know how to do it on mine.). We'll
post a notice to that effect as well as what transpires with the next
firing later this summer or early fall - whenever.
--
Kurt Wild
1000 E. Cascade Ave.
River Falls, WI 54022
Phone: 715-425-5715
email: kurt.l.wild@uwrf.edu
web site: http://wwwpp.uwrf.edu/~kw77/
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