vince pitelka on thu 10 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."
Janet -
You write this as if these are the only two options. What about a hinged
door? What about a roll-away door? A hinged door requires a very stout
welded kiln frame, and the services of a good welder-fabricator. A
roll-away involves a light-weight steel frame and ceramic fiber lining. The
frame is mounted on a small counterweighted cart with ordinary heavy-duty
rubber-tread caster wheels. It simply requires a smooth seamless concrete
slab in front of the kiln so that the door will roll up to the kiln
smoothly. And since the door is mounted at one edge of the cart, it must be
counterweighted with concrete or hardbrick (or any other substantial weight)
at the other edge of the cart so that it does not have a tendency to tip
over. None of this is very difficult, but again it will require the
services of a welder-fabricator, but not nearly the work or expense involved
in building a proper car kiln.
I may have missed part of your initial post. A car kiln must of course be
designed and built from the ground up for that application. But if you
already have a kiln, you can easily build a roll-away door to fit the kiln.
Good luck -
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Crafts
Tennessee Technological University
1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166
Home - vpitelka@dtccom.net
615/597-5376
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Derek Johnson on thu 10 may 01
While the Cart is by FAR the best solution, two other factors effect =
your decision.
Do you have space? You need a space longer then the inside of your kiln =
for the cart to come out and space on each side(or one side) for =
loading. It is nice if you can have shelves or space for a cart close =
to the sides for loading. =20
The other issue is money! It cost us $500 Cdn or $350 US for extra =
materials(steel and wheels) and likely would have cost another $300-400 =
for welding(we got it free). AND time.... If you are doing it =
yourself it takes a lot of fussing to get the door right...We were first =
timers so "your results my vary". But if you have the money and the =
space, make a cart!! So much better. Good Luck
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??
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