FireRight on thu 1 nov 01
Hello Sue ~
> Hi -- I looked in the archives (potters.org) but couldn't find
> anything about a Dawson kiln. Is there such a manufacturer?
W.P. Dawson Co. (see http://www.kilnsitter.com) has made
cone-actuated mechanical shut-off devices for kilns for about fifty years.
The company does not make kilns. Most all manufacturers of electric kilns
have offered models with this practical and cost-effective control
factory-installed. Ask your contact to look for some other identifying
nameplate on the kiln ... usually one that indicates the kiln's rated
voltage and current.
Gene Warner
putitinink@YAHOO.COM on thu 1 nov 01
Okay, I figured out what the kiln's owner meant by one thing -- she
must have been looking at the label on the kilnsitter when she said
it was made by WP Dawson, not the kiln itself.
But I guess that doesn't help me figure out what brand the kiln is.
<:}
Sue
putitinink@YAHOO.COM on thu 1 nov 01
Hi -- I looked in the archives (potters.org) but couldn't find
anything about a Dawson kiln. Is there such a manufacturer?
I'm interested in a kiln that was described to me over the phone. (
I won't get to see it for a couple of weeks) She said that it hasn't
been used in the last 15 to 20 years, so it's obviously older than
that. She said it's labeled "WP Dawson, Model LT" but part of the
label is obscured by another label -- she could make out an
*Sk....ter.* Does that sound like it might be a Skutt kiln?
The only other info I got from her is that it's labeled, 24 amps, 60
HZ (HZ?! Huh? That makes no sense to me.), 230 VAC, 110-230 volts,
2300 maximum temperature.
Any guesses as to who manufactured this kiln? Anything else you can
tell about it based on what little information I have?
Thanks.
Sue
miriam shelomith on thu 1 nov 01
Dawson makes kiln sitters... Maybe it is an old Skutt with a Dawson kiln
sitter...pottermim
>From: putitinink@YAHOO.COM
>
>Hi -- I looked in the archives (potters.org) but couldn't find
>anything about a Dawson kiln. Is there such a manufacturer?
>
>I'm interested in a kiln that was described to me over the phone. (
>I won't get to see it for a couple of weeks) She said that it hasn't
>been used in the last 15 to 20 years, so it's obviously older than
>that. She said it's labeled "WP Dawson, Model LT" but part of the
>label is obscured by another label -- she could make out an
>*Sk....ter.* Does that sound like it might be a Skutt kiln?
>
>The only other info I got from her is that it's labeled, 24 amps, 60
>HZ (HZ?! Huh? That makes no sense to me.), 230 VAC, 110-230 volts,
>2300 maximum temperature.
>
>Any guesses as to who manufactured this kiln? Anything else you can
>tell about it based on what little information I have?
>
>Thanks.
>Sue
>
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Jonathan R Smith on thu 1 nov 01
putitinink@YAHOO.COM wrote:
> Hi -- I looked in the archives (potters.org) but couldn't find
> anything about a Dawson kiln. Is there such a manufacturer?
>
> I'm interested in a kiln that was described to me over the phone. (
> I won't get to see it for a couple of weeks) She said that it hasn't
> been used in the last 15 to 20 years, so it's obviously older than
> that. She said it's labeled "WP Dawson, Model LT" but part of the
> label is obscured by another label -- she could make out an
> *Sk....ter.* Does that sound like it might be a Skutt kiln?
>
> The only other info I got from her is that it's labeled, 24 amps, 60
> HZ (HZ?! Huh? That makes no sense to me.), 230 VAC, 110-230 volts,
> 2300 maximum temperature.
>
> Any guesses as to who manufactured this kiln? Anything else you can
> tell about it based on what little information I have?
>
> Thanks.
> Sue
>
Sounds like an elderly Skutt
we just picked up one in rather rough shape for my wife's studio
SB Ceramix in Pittsburgh PA)
as a 2nd electric kiln.
Told her I'm a construction guy, not an oversized toaster mechanic
but I'll refurbish it for her (or die trying) ;-)
The Hz is Hertz, which describes the cycles the AC goes through
(60x sec)
Not much of ANYTHING automatic on it, and the plugs are wrong
for the modern 220vac outlets.
hope this little bit helped......
JOn
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