friedlover on sat 14 apr 01
Responding to Candise Flippin regarding a kiln that can be used without
leaving the floor to load the bottom, and the call she made and found no one
knew anything;
I'm 5'4" and I'm always hurting my tummy leaning to the bottom, but in the
new Pottery Making Illustrated (spring 2001) there is a new Shimpo "shorter
model" advertised on page 25 that I am currently thinking about. Shimpo can
be reached at 800-237-7079
----- Original Message -----
From: Candise Flippin
To:
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 12:42 PM
Subject: Now I Know Why...
"why doesn't somebody make a kiln for short people
> at a reasonable cost?".
tomsawyer on sun 15 apr 01
Well I'm 5'10" and about 6 months ago while loading my electric, the bricks
I was standing on slipped and I half fell into the kiln breaking a rib in
the process; I was sore for about 2 weeks. I don't know what someone really
short does to compensate for loading a deep kiln and until my accident
really hadn't given it much thought.
Tom Sawyer
tsawyer@cfl.rr.com
Snail Scott on sun 15 apr 01
At 10:56 AM 4/15/01 -0700, you wrote:
I don't know what someone really
>short does to compensate for loading a deep kiln and until my accident
>really hadn't given it much thought.
>Tom Sawyer
Well, I stand on milk crates. When loading heavy
work, I often end up balanced on the kiln rim by
my waist, feet waving in the air, head down in the
kiln, like one of those 'drinking bird' glass
novelty toys.
For my larger (kiln-sized) pieces, I unstack the
kiln completely, right down to the floor. After
loading, I rebuild the kiln around the piece.
I plan to never own a kiln that can't be unstacked
or front-loaded.
-Snail
Pam Pulley on sun 15 apr 01
Well we have 2 skutt kilns. One is 3 inches deeper than the other, and
believe me at 5' 2" it makes a difference. The coop I'm in thought since we
do our stuff and student stuff the larger one was worth it. Well they
eliminated several people to load the kiln that way. Now if I'm there and
the kiln needs loading I have to wait until a "tall" person comes along and
loads the bottome couple of shelves(depending on the size of ware being put
down there). Just a pain to live with.
-Pam
Lansing mi
Jorna on mon 16 apr 01
try stacking two cinder blocks; they don't move around and i don't damage
the bricks on the side of my kiln by leaning on them, but it would be nic=
er
to have someone else do the loading.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pam Pulley"
To:
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: kiln for short people
> Well we have 2 skutt kilns. One is 3 inches deeper than the other, and
> believe me at 5' 2" it makes a difference. The coop I'm in thought sin=
ce
we
> do our stuff and student stuff the larger one was worth it. Well they
> eliminated several people to load the kiln that way. Now if I'm there =
and
> the kiln needs loading I have to wait until a "tall" person comes along
and
> loads the bottome couple of shelves(depending on the size of ware being
put
> down there). Just a pain to live with.
>
> -Pam
> Lansing mi
>
>
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Chris Clarke on mon 16 apr 01
I have a gas aim, it stands up to my shoulders (I'm 5'1"). My first
experience loading it was ending up in it, that's when you get out real fast
and look around to see if anyone noticed your legs sticking out.
I first used a wooden ladder, but it was too light and lifted when I was
loading the very bottom. So I now have one of those sets of steps that they
use at Home Depot to get stuff off high shelves. It has enough weight that
I can hook my legs and not fall in. And I can trim the fruit trees with it
too :) chris
chris@ccpots.com
www.ccpots.com
----- Original Message -----
From: tomsawyer
To:
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: kiln for short people
> Well I'm 5'10" and about 6 months ago while loading my electric, the
bricks
> I was standing on slipped and I half fell into the kiln breaking a rib in
> the process; I was sore for about 2 weeks. I don't know what someone
really
> short does to compensate for loading a deep kiln and until my accident
> really hadn't given it much thought.
> Tom Sawyer
> tsawyer@cfl.rr.com
>
>
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