Diane Mead on tue 8 aug 00
i don't know where Ron Meyers has workshops lately
but is his studio listed to Watkinsville ga?
probably
a good resource
Or what about michael simon (also listed to watkinsville???)
If those fail you could try Roger jamison here in Macon
(teaches a Mercer Univ in macon 912-301-2700)
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Jim Bozeman on tue 8 aug 00
Is anybody on line here in Georgia that has a salt kiln? I've been searching
the archives for kiln design advice. I'd like to construct a relatively
small kiln since I only fire with two burners. My other kiln is made of
fiber and it does just great. I've got some super high duty hard bricks and
8 fifty lb bags of refractory castable material as well as 8 pieces of some
type of back up material, each measuring 4" thick by 2 ft by 4 ft. It looks
like some type of thick blanket. Wrote to the manufacturer and letter got
returned as undeliverable. I'm thinking of maybe some type of hybrid kiln.
I'm right outside of Athens. Jim
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Hank Murrow on wed 9 aug 00
>Is anybody on line here in Georgia that has a salt kiln? I've been searching
>the archives for kiln design advice. I'd like to construct a relatively
>small kiln since I only fire with two burners. My other kiln is made of
>fiber and it does just great. I've got some super high duty hard bricks and
>8 fifty lb bags of refractory castable material as well as 8 pieces of some
>type of back up material, each measuring 4" thick by 2 ft by 4 ft. It looks
>like some type of thick blanket.I'm thinking of maybe some type of hybrid
>kiln.
Jim
dear Jim; I think you could make a wooden mold to cast some large thin-wall
sections to resist the salt/soda; and back those up with fiber and then
blanket. I cast 'salt pans' out of Greencast 94 or 97 which allow the
melting salt/soda to form a contained 'lake' below the burner ports. this
conserves on salt/soda, as the stuff doesn't drain into the cracks of
typical brick construction. you can improve on this by adding several
high-alumina 'soap' bricks on end to act as 'wicks' for the melting
salt/soda. write if you have any interest in this, Hank in Eugene
Lynne at The Pottery Web on wed 9 aug 00
At 09:25 PM 08/08/2000 +0000, you wrote:
>Is anybody on line here in Georgia that has a salt kiln?
Geoff Picket in Farmington has a wood kiln with a salt chamber which he and
others built. He's a super guy and would be a great contact for you.
Lynne in Atlanta
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