Russel Fouts on wed 28 nov 01
>> Keep an old refrigerator rack or a BBQ grill rack near the kiln, if anyone asks you are getting your BBQ ready for dinner, and as soon as the flames die down you are going to cook. It has worked for me before, firing wood Raku kilns in residential Los Angeles.
I'd bet you could easily get away with this with a small Minnisota Flat
Top. Take of the flat top and it actually LOOKS like a BBQ. ;-)
Russel
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Kate Johnson on wed 28 nov 01
> >> Keep an old refrigerator rack or a BBQ grill rack near the kiln, if
anyone asks you are getting your BBQ ready for dinner, and as soon as the
flames die down you are going to cook. It has worked for me before, firing
wood Raku kilns in residential Los Angeles.
That's one reason I liked the idea of the chiminea! Hey, they sell them at
the local hardware store, and the home improvement store, and the discount
store...everybody's got 'em. So why not try primitive firing, who'd know?
(And by the way I got two posts yesterday with viruses, with my
"chimineas??" in the subject line, and since I'm a newbie here and haven't
posted privately, I'd say the virus is indeed pretty sneaky...glad I have
Norton on autopilot...)
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> I'd bet you could easily get away with this with a small Minnisota Flat
> Top. Take of the flat top and it actually LOOKS like a BBQ. ;-)
I'm showing my ignorance here...where can I find a picture of a Minnisota
Flat Top? I think I know what you're talking about, but...anything like
Steve@mudslinger's kiln?
Off to check the archives...
Best--
Kate
Imzadi D. on wed 28 nov 01
Heehee, ever since I did my garbage can saggar firing a month ago, I've been
looking at my neighbor's chiminea. He gave me full reign to use it as it is
sitting on MY patio. We've fired it up a couple of times with smoke billowing
out the top of itfor just a plain log fire. Been wondering if I can fire up a
couple of small pieces now and again in the chiminea. The only problem is if
the chiminea can withstand the heat. I'd hate to kill his chiminea.
Anyways, Tony Ferguson, a few posts back, showed pics of how to adapt a
metal fireplace for firings by adding fiber insulation, etc. Great idea,
Tony, I'd been wondering if this would work also.
http://www.aquariusartgallery.com/fergusonartistrakukilnbuildingplans.htm
Imzadi
<< That's one reason I liked the idea of the chiminea! Hey, they sell them at
the local hardware store, and the home improvement store, and the discount
store...everybody's got 'em. So why not try primitive firing, who'd know?
>>
Susan Cline on wed 28 nov 01
I killed my chiminea a few summers ago simply by putting a few too many
balsam wood pieces in it. They burn so fast and so hot that eventually the
whole thing cracked through. I think it's meant for "atmosphere" alone.
Don't think it would stand up to much firing.
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>From: "Imzadi D."
>To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>Subject: Re: wood kilns in urban areas
>Date: Wed, Nov 28, 2001, 3:18 PM
>
>Heehee, ever since I did my garbage can saggar firing a month ago, I've been
>looking at my neighbor's chiminea. He gave me full reign to use it as it is
>sitting on MY patio. We've fired it up a couple of times with smoke billowing
>out the top of itfor just a plain log fire. Been wondering if I can fire up a
>couple of small pieces now and again in the chiminea. The only problem is if
>the chiminea can withstand the heat. I'd hate to kill his chiminea.
>
>
>Anyways, Tony Ferguson, a few posts back, showed pics of how to adapt a
>metal fireplace for firings by adding fiber insulation, etc. Great idea,
>Tony, I'd been wondering if this would work also.
>
>http://www.aquariusartgallery.com/fergusonartistrakukilnbuildingplans.htm
>
>Imzadi
>
><< That's one reason I liked the idea of the chiminea! Hey, they sell them at
> the local hardware store, and the home improvement store, and the discount
> store...everybody's got 'em. So why not try primitive firing, who'd know?
>>>
>
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