Ann Brink on wed 9 may 01
Janet wrote: " I am trying to decide between a brick up door or whether it
would be a good idea to go for the car kiln. in the back??
Hi Janet,
If you decide you want a bricked up door instead of a car kiln, you might
consider making some big blocks out of a castable refractory mix. I used a
recipe that included a lot of vermiculite, so the blocks are lightweight and
easy to put in place. I set up forms on the driveway and made them there.
They did shrink after firing so I use some mortar, or refractory fiber in
some areas.
If you want to see a picture of my kiln bricked up, click below:
Best regards,
Ann Brink in CA
http://www.impulse.net/~billann/gasfiring/html
Marcia Selsor on wed 9 may 01
Ann Brink wrote:
>
> Janet wrote: " I am trying to decide between a brick up door or whether it
> would be a good idea to go for the car kiln. in the back??
>
> Hi Janet,
>
I'd personally go with a car kiln with a door on the car. I bricked up
kilns for years and it takes a toll on your hands. I'd go with a fiber
door with an "insblok or insulation board on the exterior and the fiber
treated with ITC. I loved the old car kiln at school where I retired.
Fired like a champ and the door rolled shut. I built it in 1980. Saved
my back and hands.
Marcia in Montana where everything has bloomed for Spring.
Marcia Selsor
selsor@imt.net
http://www.imt.net/~mjbmls
http://www.imt.net/~mjbmls/Tuscany2001.html
http://www.imt.net/~mjbmls/Gallery.html
Runyan,Jacob on sun 4 apr 04
Hello All,
A question for the brick guru's out there...
I would like to build a small (~7 cu ft) gas fired kiln for
Cone 10 work. Originally, I had planned to use K-26's in
the construction. While at NCECA, I spoke to someone from
Larkin Furnace and he told me that K-23's should suffice.
His reasoning was that K-23's are rated 23 because at 2300
degree's, they can shrink only 2.5%, at higher
temperatures, they simply shrink a little more.
Now...as much as I love his statement (K23's are at least
50 cents cheaper a brick), I am a little leary of spending
the money and time to build a decent kiln, then have it
start to die on me. Your opinions please.
Also, What are your opinions on the different flat top kiln
designs available.
This list is so wonderful. Thank you all for all the help
that has been given. I'll have to be less shy (and
actually talk in the clayart room, instead of just looking
at the mugs and run) at NCECA 2005.
-Jacob
Marvin Giles on tue 6 apr 04
----- Original Message -----
From: "Runyan,Jacob"
>
> I would like to build a small (~7 cu ft) gas fired kiln for
> Cone 10 work. Originally, I had planned to use K-26's in
> the construction. While at NCECA, I spoke to someone from
> Larkin Furnace and he told me that K-23's should suffice.
I am not a brick guru. However, 15 years ago, the studio I was
working at lost their lease. The kilns had to be torn down and
rebuilt at the new location. In the rebuild, some of the twenty
threes got mixed in with the twenty sixes and wound up right over and
in front of the burner ports. They slowly melted. We had to rebuild
four years later.
I won't do that again!
Have fun with the kiln building. I was in charge of building a new
kiln this winter. It is an amazing thing to start out with a ruler and
a piece of paper and wind up with a beautiful, functional, evenly
firing kiln. It helps to know a great metalworker!
Kristen Giles
k-mgiles@earthlink.net
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