mel jacobson on wed 14 nov 01
a couple of thoughts:
one, make a loose configuration of bricks (hard)
and lay a piece of expanded metal over the bricks
the exact size of the kiln.
air will then flow under the kiln and take away the
direct heat transfer to your deck.
you must have air flow under the kiln.
for sure.
of course building on a deck is sketchy at best.
so do be careful.
word to the wise.
mel
From:
Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.A.
web site: http://www.pclink.com/melpots
Roger Korn on wed 14 nov 01
Another idea: I built my 16 cf gas kiln on my deck with a layer of 4x4x16 cinder
blocks, laying on their side so there are air channels from front to back. Then I
covered the blocks with hard builder bricks, then the kiln floor was soft brick,
laid on their sides, so the layer was 4 1/2" thick. At cone 10, the tops of the
builder bricks reach 700f and the cinder blocks are cool to the touch where they
lay against the deck. I keep checking, though, just because I'm cautious.
At the other extreme was the anagama that I fired in until 2 years ago. The shed
roof was so low that the firing cycle became front stoke, side stoke, hose down the
smoking rafters, repeat until done (4 days later)!
Roger Korn
McKay Creek Ceramics
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mel jacobson wrote:
> a couple of thoughts:
>
> one, make a loose configuration of bricks (hard)
> and lay a piece of expanded metal over the bricks
> the exact size of the kiln.
> air will then flow under the kiln and take away the
> direct heat transfer to your deck.
>
> you must have air flow under the kiln.
> for sure.
> of course building on a deck is sketchy at best.
> so do be careful.
> word to the wise.
> mel
>
> From:
> Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.A.
> web site: http://www.pclink.com/melpots
>
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Dale Cochoy on thu 15 nov 01
Roger,
You sound like you have the experience/setup I'm looking for/at.
But, I'm a little unclear. My kiln is small, 9cf Olympic 2823g.
I kind of lost track there. The 4x4x16 cinder blocks(?) on their SIDES?
That's 16" high, with bricks on top.? Yes. That sets the kiln about 19" from
floor? A home cinder block is about 8x8x16 I think.
I'm wondering if I'd be ok with the 2" thick patio cinder blosks covered
with metal THEN set the kiln feet on top of 8" high building cinder blocks
( with fan blowing through holes) on top of that. That would have the feet
at about 10" from wood floor and actuall bottom of kiln at 21" from floor.
Hows that sound?
Dale "Want to get it right first time" Cochoy
----- Original Message -----
From: Roger Korn
Subject: Re: kiln on deck
> Another idea: I built my 16 cf gas kiln on my deck with a layer of 4x4x16
cinder
> blocks, laying on their side so there are air channels from front to back.
Then I
> covered the blocks with hard builder bricks, then the kiln floor was soft
brick,
> laid on their sides, so the layer was 4 1/2" thick. At cone 10, the tops
of the
> builder bricks reach 700f and the cinder blocks are cool to the touch
where they
> lay against the deck. I keep checking, though, just because I'm cautious.
>
> At the other extreme was the anagama that I fired in until 2 years ago.
The shed
> roof was so low that the firing cycle became front stoke, side stoke, hose
down the
> smoking rafters, repeat until done (4 days later)!
>
> Roger Korn
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