sdpotter@GTE.NET on wed 19 jul 00
Greetings,
Along the lines of using what ever is around you comes the
the concept of using a shop vac to fire a wood kiln. This is
nothing new mind you, I got the idea from Tony Clennel and
an air compressor. Yesterday, I fired my newly built wood kiln
and discovered the problem...stalling. I recaculated and discovered
that my chimney was rather short making the kiln stall around ^4.
Tired of refiring pots from horrible previous firings, my brain
clicked on as I remembered a post from Tony C and his air
compressor.
I grabbed the shop vac in hopes of saving the firing, and would you
believe within 2 and half hours ^11 was flat on the bottom with ^ 8
at the 3 o'clock position. The uneven firing I'm going to work out
with a different stacking arrangment, but other than that I got a load
of beautiful pots. With a little salt, my tenmoko has some beautiful
blue flashing at ^11 or 12.
I would be a little more happy but my uncle was injured in a logging
accident. I heard the aid cars and helicopter when I was finishing
up the firing. He's doing good.
Steve "The crazy wood firing potter" Dalton in Snohomish, Washington(The
state)
Hank Murrow on thu 20 jul 00
>Greetings,
Yesterday, I fired my newly built wood kiln
>and discovered the problem...stalling.
>I grabbed the shop vac in hopes of saving the firing, and would you
>believe within 2 and half hours ^11 was flat on the bottom with ^ 8
>at the 3 o'clock position. The uneven firing I'm going to work out
>with a different stacking arrangment, but other than that I got a load
>of beautiful pots. With a little salt, my tenmoko has some beautiful
>blue flashing at ^11 or 12.
>
Steve "The crazy wood firing potter" Dalton in Snohomish, Washington(The
>state)
Hey Steve; I think you can even it out enough by just letting it go a
little longer. Two mor hours will do the trick, I think. Good News about
the bottom. Hank in Eugene
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