David Hendley on tue 2 nov 99
The sheet metal jackets on electric kilns always rust
away because of the water vapor created when firing
greenware.
This often happens on the bottom of the kiln.
I've never seen it happen, but I think the bottom could
indeed fall out, if the bricks have no support other than
where they sit on the stand.
I say, forget about sheet metal - use real steel.
Get a piece of quarter-inch steel and make, or have
made at your local welding shop, a disk the same diameter
as your kiln.
Lift your kiln off the stand, put the disk on the stand,
and replace your kiln.
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David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas
hendley@tyler.net
http://www.farmpots.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: Laura Freedman
To:
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 10:30 PM
Subject: electric kiln help
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| I have an old Sno Kiln that I purchased used several years ago. It sits on
| a metal stand on cement flooring. I have noticed a dark residue under the
| kiln which looks like flaking rust from the underside. As usual things
| always happen when you are the busiest, but yesterday I noticed that there
| was an exact imprint of the kiln on the cement floor. This time I really
| stuck my hand down under and found what appears to be ground rust plus a
| 3"x3" mutilated piece of metal which looks as if it too is busy
| disintegrating. This kiln is no where near water but in a basement with
| some moisture. I have never looked at the bottom (underside) but am
| assuming there is some kind of sheet metal on the bottom of kilns to hold
| things together? I have been busily firing for a show but am concerned
the
| damn bottom is going to fall out on to the cement floor. Is that a
| possibility? The firebrick inside looks fine. Any suggestions at this
| moment would be very welcome. Laura
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