Luba Sharapan on mon 25 feb 02
Hello everyone and sorry about the indecisive heading on this one. It's a
curse, I have so many questions right now, I can't even seem to prioritize
them. Once again, I turn to the experts for help.
I am buying a kiln (or 3) and price-wise have found Scutt and Olympic 28
cubic foot, cone 8 electrics to be comparable and (just barely) within my
budget. On paper, they seem very similar. In reality, I'm sure there are
significant differences. I'm getting the electronic controllers on each,
along with the appropriate "underbelly" venting system. Has anyone had any
experience with either brand - or one brand versus the other? I've
searched the archives and wasn't able to find any information about the
comparative merits of each. Like everyone, I am interested reliability
(kiln, controller AND manufacturer) and am having a hard time
distinguishing between the kilns from the brochures and sales folks.
The other question is about the kiln shelves to go into the aforementioned
kilns. From previous posts (and my personal experience in classroom
settings) it seems that the high alumina is the preferred and less
expensive alternative. Most of the posts about this issue are from the
late 90's. Has anything changed in the last few years? Anything new out
there? If not, can anyone recommend an inexpensive/reliable distributor?
Thank you so much.
Luba - who is having a BLAST playing with GlazeChem this week!
The MudFire Center
www.mudfire.com
Brant Palley NMCLAY.com on tue 26 feb 02
Dear Luba:
I have sold both Olympic and Skutt, and there is no comparison. Skutt has a
two year warrantee and customer service to back it up.
Try this experiment, call both companies with a technical question, see
what happens. Call L&L too.
If you want to buy three Skutt kilns, let me give you a quote, or buy them
from your local, favorite distributor.
Get regular kiln shelves, paying more for shelves will not save them from
being dropped or dripped with glaze.
Also don't buy a kiln rated to cone 8 for cone 6 frequent firing. we
recommend the new Professional kilns that skutt, paragon and L&L are
selling. The extra amperage extends the life of the kiln because it doesn=92=
t
have to work as long and hard to get to cone.
Brant Palley
1-800-781-2529
brant@nmclay.com
http://www.nmclay.com
http://www.duncanpaintstore.com
http://www.Silver-Clay.com
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