Steve Yahn on wed 1 dec 99
Hi Clayarters
What are the "mundane" limitations of a kiln built of red brick? A little
toy kiln, In the book "The Craft of the Potter",by Michael Casson there is a
plan for a tiny kiln of red "house" brick. I would enjoy hearing of any
lessons learned from a venture like this. It sure looks cheap and fun. I
will be limited to fireing with propane and not wood.
I hesitate to ask "What are the limitations to a red brick kiln?" whithout
some qualifier to keep out of the "Stratisphere" of ARTTISTIC LIMITS thread.
I'm not ready for that.
In Nils Lou 's book he shows a plywood kiln coated with ITC100HT . It must
be good for red brick too. Ya think?
Steve Yahn in Port Orchard,Wa,USA who's glad to hear my son made it home
from the restaurant downtown Seattle where he works and is OK.
Reid Harvey on thu 2 dec 99
Steve,
By coincidence I am today testing red brick pieces for their appropriateness in
kiln building. I would suggest you try several different kinds of red brick from
different sources. For my test I have made a cone pack with cones 04, 01, 3 and
6. As each cone falls I will open my test kiln slightly, reaching in with long
handle pliers (and wearing leather gloves) to pull out the red brick 'draws.' In
this way I should see at what cone each kind of brick begins to bloat, overfire,
whatever. I hope to end up with something appropriate for building my kiln.
Reid Harvey
Steve Yahn wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hi Clayarters
>
> What are the "mundane" limitations of a kiln built of red brick? A little
> toy kiln, In the book "The Craft of the Potter",by Michael Casson there is a
> plan for a tiny kiln of red "house" brick. I would enjoy hearing of any
> lessons learned from a venture like this. It sure looks cheap and fun. I
> will be limited to fireing with propane and not wood.
>
> I hesitate to ask "What are the limitations to a red brick kiln?" whithout
> some qualifier to keep out of the "Stratisphere" of ARTTISTIC LIMITS thread.
> I'm not ready for that.
>
> In Nils Lou 's book he shows a plywood kiln coated with ITC100HT . It must
> be good for red brick too. Ya think?
>
> Steve Yahn in Port Orchard,Wa,USA who's glad to hear my son made it home
> from the restaurant downtown Seattle where he works and is OK.
Ray Aldridge on fri 3 dec 99
At 11:23 AM 12/2/99 EST, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Steve,
>
>By coincidence I am today testing red brick pieces for their
appropriateness in
>kiln building. I would suggest you try several different kinds of red
brick from
>different sources. For my test I have made a cone pack with cones 04, 01,
3 and
>6. As each cone falls I will open my test kiln slightly, reaching in with
long
>handle pliers (and wearing leather gloves) to pull out the red brick
'draws.' In
>this way I should see at what cone each kind of brick begins to bloat,
overfire,
>whatever. I hope to end up with something appropriate for building my kiln.
>
This may not be useful information for Reid, but some yellow or beige house
brick may be more refractory than the usual red brick.
My second kiln was built of red brick. It was an updraft with the firebox
below grade. I would urge anyone who's building a red brick kiln to find
enough firebrick for the firebox, at least. I fired this kiln to
earthenware temps using wood from contruction offcuts. It worked pretty
well, but the firebox soon slagged badly, turning into drips of green
glass, and I had to stop using it before the whole thing collapsed.
Ray
Aldridge Porcelain and Stoneware
http://www.goodpots.com
Les Crimp on fri 3 dec 99
Steve - are you familiar with the "Tozan Kiln" in Nanaimo on Vancouver
Island.
A small aside .... I hope if you use "red house bricks" you are not
planning to go to Cone 10.
At the Tozan we had a chimney that consisted of a large portin of red bricks
... the chimney has a gas fired after-burner installed. During one of the
firings the chimnney got so hot it melted and we had a small lava flow in
the flue of the kiln.
Just a caution... but good luck... and keep us posted about your results.
Best regards,
Les Crimp in Nanoose Bay on Vancouver Island.
lcrimp@island.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Yahn
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 12:12 PM
Subject: The Kiln of the Red Brick
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Hi Clayarters
What are the "mundane" limitations of a kiln built of red brick? A little
toy kiln, In the book "The Craft of the Potter",by Michael Casson there is a
plan for a tiny kiln of red "house" brick. I would enjoy hearing of any
lessons learned from a venture like this. It sure looks cheap and fun. I
will be limited to fireing with propane and not wood.
I hesitate to ask "What are the limitations to a red brick kiln?" whithout
some qualifier to keep out of the "Stratisphere" of ARTTISTIC LIMITS thread.
I'm not ready for that.
In Nils Lou 's book he shows a plywood kiln coated with ITC100HT . It must
be good for red brick too. Ya think?
Steve Yahn in Port Orchard,Wa,USA who's glad to hear my son made it home
from the restaurant downtown Seattle where he works and is OK.
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