Don Hunt on wed 29 nov 00
Is anyone familiar with Westcoast kilns and their qualities? Their
brochure describes a brick face backed with mineral wool (inch and a
half), backed with fiber (inch and a half). Does this combine the best
of both worlds? I fire a fiber updraft at the local craft center, UCSD
here in San Diego, and I like the way it fires but it seems very
fragile. I eagerly anticipate buying a new kiln next year and am
trying to understand a very confusing marketplace.
Thanks for all your advice
Don Hunt
Linfield College on thu 30 nov 00
on 11/29/00 9:17 PM, Don Hunt at dj-hunt@HOME.COM wrote:
> Is anyone familiar with Westcoast kilns and their qualities? Their
> brochure describes a brick face backed with mineral wool (inch and a
> half), backed with fiber (inch and a half).
> Thanks for all your advice
>
> Don Hunt
>
I've fired a lot of West Coast kilns, but all the ones I've fired were
soft-brick, two bricks thick, arched roofs, braced/cornered with angle iron.
They were good kilns, simple to fire. Be sure to find out about their
current burner systems. Previous ones I've used had multiple
through-the-floor burners,
depending upon the size of the kiln, with a ring-pilot for lighting, one
baso-valve. This may have changed in more current kilns.
regards
Dannon Rhudy
Hank Murrow on thu 30 nov 00
Don Hunt wrote;
>Is anyone familiar with Westcoast kilns and their qualities? Their
>brochure describes a brick face backed with mineral wool (inch and a
>half), backed with fiber (inch and a half). Does this combine the best
>of both worlds? I fire a fiber updraft at the local craft center, UCSD
>here in San Diego, and I like the way it fires but it seems very
>fragile. I eagerly anticipate buying a new kiln next year and am
>trying to understand a very confusing marketplace.
Hank in Eugene replies;
Contact the EMU Craft Center at the University of Oregon 1-541-346-4361,
and ask to talk to Joe Davis. He has been firing one (of about twenty
cuft), and they are taking it out. He thought briefly about buying it. Joe
is a competent potter, having built his own in other locales.
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