clennell on thu 8 jul 99
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Due to concerns about earthquakes, I've decided to terminate my firebrick
>chimney at six feet, (nine feet above the ground) and finish the final six
>feet with a single wall stainless chimney of the same dimensions as the
>interior of the fire brick. My question is will I encounter any problems with
>this? Will it effect the draw? I like the idea of being able to take the
>metal part down between firings. I'm also afraid a firebrick chimney wouldn't
>last long in our two hundred plus inches of rain. Any input will be greatly
>appreciated.
>
> Bill on the Big Island
Dear Big Bill on the Island:
Wood kiln chimlees should be sexy. I think the metal chimney section sounds
goofy and tacky. i think it will effect the pots. Your wood kiln will be
unhappy and reject your pots.
David Hendley has some crazy metal thing he got cheap at the dump and had
lifted on his kiln with a crane. It suits David and his personality and
therefore his kiln approves and delivers the goods. David must recycle!
For the rest of us we should use brick when possible. If you feel sexy you
are sexy. Brick chimneys look the best. There is some guy I think in one
of the latest Ceramics Perception that builds kilns with spiral chimneys
and makes them art forms. I drove around England with my head back looking
at chimney pots. I love chimneys. I hate looking at great houses with
stainless steel chimneys. How could they scrimp on the chimlee????
Be a clay man and go the rest of the way with brick. Get fancy if you can.
It is the final finishing touch on your kiln. Your kiln will deliver the
goods.
Long may your chimney smoke.
Tony
Tony and Sheila Clennell
Sour Cherry Pottery
4545 King St.
Beamsville, On. L0R 1B1
Donovan on fri 9 jul 99
I completely agree with Tony on the aesthetic quality of a chimney. While a
metal chimney may work, why not build a kiln so you take pleasure in looking
at it . I am a kiln builder and have built 7 or 8 spiral chimneys on
various wood and gas kilns. They make the kiln more than just a box of
bricks and in some way make the kiln much happier so as not to reject those
pots.
To add to Mels comment on using flue liners: While this is an efficient and
inexpensive way to build a chimney, it is also a very dangerous way. If
your kiln is outdoors, under a shed and not in close proximity to
combustables (rafters, shingles) a flue liner chimney is fine. However, if
you have a kiln indoors, in a building you don't want to burn down stick to
either a brick chimney or a UL listed chimney. When I build my kilns I do
not want to hear of or even get close to having a fire. In critical
locations I use Van Packer UL Listed model HT chimney and an insulated
thimble that protects the passage through the roof. I have little faith in
triple wall chimney even though many kiln manufacturers use it. There are
some cases where it is fine but don't see the reason to take a chance at
having a fire.
Donovan Palmquist
Master Kiln Builders
----- Original Message -----
From: clennell
To:
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 7:25 AM
Subject: Sexy woodfire Chimlees
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> >----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> >Due to concerns about earthquakes, I've decided to terminate my firebrick
> >chimney at six feet, (nine feet above the ground) and finish the final
six
> >feet with a single wall stainless chimney of the same dimensions as the
> >interior of the fire brick. My question is will I encounter any problems
with
> >this? Will it effect the draw? I like the idea of being able to take the
> >metal part down between firings. I'm also afraid a firebrick chimney
wouldn't
> >last long in our two hundred plus inches of rain. Any input will be
greatly
> >appreciated.
> >
> > Bill on the Big Island
>
> Dear Big Bill on the Island:
>
> Wood kiln chimlees should be sexy. I think the metal chimney section
sounds
> goofy and tacky. i think it will effect the pots. Your wood kiln will be
> unhappy and reject your pots.
> David Hendley has some crazy metal thing he got cheap at the dump and had
> lifted on his kiln with a crane. It suits David and his personality and
> therefore his kiln approves and delivers the goods. David must recycle!
> For the rest of us we should use brick when possible. If you feel sexy you
> are sexy. Brick chimneys look the best. There is some guy I think in one
> of the latest Ceramics Perception that builds kilns with spiral chimneys
> and makes them art forms. I drove around England with my head back looking
> at chimney pots. I love chimneys. I hate looking at great houses with
> stainless steel chimneys. How could they scrimp on the chimlee????
> Be a clay man and go the rest of the way with brick. Get fancy if you can.
> It is the final finishing touch on your kiln. Your kiln will deliver the
> goods.
> Long may your chimney smoke.
> Tony
>
> Tony and Sheila Clennell
> Sour Cherry Pottery
> 4545 King St.
> Beamsville, On. L0R 1B1
>
Bill Buckner on tue 13 jul 99
Well, an iron cylinder may be a bit visually stiff and rigid . But, if you need
"sexy" chimney (and who doesn't?), a big ole, hard, cast iron shaft seems to fit
the bill. What better way to advertise one's masculinity (isn't that why we are
here??) than to display a 10' tall, red hot "smoking gun!"
Of course, if you are inclined to build a brick chimney, you might as well go fo
the gusto and
Any women kiln builders out there will have to stick to forced draft (no chimney
get your mind out of there!) or electric. But, we better not go there just now..
BTW, it is not a kiln, but has anybody out there seen the new (built in the '70'
state capital of Florida in Tallahassee. Set in the rolling hills of the
panhandle it features a ~30 story shaft flanked by the twin domes of the House a
Senate on either side.
Removing tongue from cheek (pop),
-Bill
Clennel wrote:
>
> Dear Big Bill on the Island:
>
> Wood kiln chimlees should be sexy. I think the metal chimney section sounds
> goofy and tacky. i think it will effect the pots. Your wood kiln will be
> unhappy and reject your pots.
> David Hendley has some crazy metal thing he got cheap at the dump and had
> lifted on his kiln with a crane. It suits David and his personality and
> therefore his kiln approves and delivers the goods. David must recycle!
> For the rest of us we should use brick when possible. If you feel sexy you
> are sexy. Brick chimneys look the best. There is some guy I think in one
> of the latest Ceramics Perception that builds kilns with spiral chimneys
> and makes them art forms. I drove around England with my head back looking
> at chimney pots. I love chimneys. I hate looking at great houses with
> stainless steel chimneys. How could they scrimp on the chimlee????
> Be a clay man and go the rest of the way with brick. Get fancy if you can.
> It is the final finishing touch on your kiln. Your kiln will deliver the
> goods.
> Long may your chimney smoke.
> Tony
>
> Tony and Sheila Clennell
> Sour Cherry Pottery
> 4545 King St.
> Beamsville, On. L0R 1B1
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Merrie Boerner on wed 14 jul 99
My Woodfiring kiln has a very sexy chimney, thank you ! This 72" wide, 12
foot tall, hard brick flew was erected in June by a group of 15 potters,
endowed with enormous strength, skill, and endurance. These qualities are
evident in the chimney, also. We will all tell you, "This is one sexy
Mother !" It's not her size or strength, so much, that makes her sexy....it
must be her character. The first few hours of stoking are just a
tease......She makes us work and sweat for hours, but we aim to please....
She reaches her peak when we blast her off by thrusting enough 5' planks of
wood to fill the stoke hole....and the flames shoot three feet out of the
top of that sexy chimney ! She really puts out some great ash and gives us
some wonderful pots !
While sorting the 7,000 used brick....searching for arch and skew bricks
to build " Mother "....we came across one square brick which had "R W
CROWN" carved into it. That one brick was strategically placed in the
upper, center part of the chimney....like jewelry....an ornament....I do
believe she likes it...what woman wouldn't !
Excuse me while I kiss the sky !
Merrie
For pictures of this beauty, email me at Boerner@tislink.com
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