Alex Wilson on thu 29 jul 99
Well.. when I worked at a tile factory, which will remain nameless, the kiln
staff were known to open an inspection door on the side of the roller hearth
kiln ( at the 'cold' end 4-500F) and bung their pizzas in there to heat them
up. I've cooked soup on top of a flue stone - nice place to sit when it's
Midwest Winter outside, too.
Then, in the U.K., when we didn't have tumble dryers, we put our wet clothes
on clothes-horses and dried them around the kiln. And I know of at least one
potter in the U.K. who uses the heat from firing for hot water and radiators
in the house. How about that for appropriate technology?
Alex, The Scottish Potter
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