Chuck and Tamara Schulz on fri 17 may 02
Hi Dayton,
I can see why that would be confusing...............
The 2 kilns that were to be test fired are for a community center on a U.S.
Marine Corp Base. So basically, everything there is shipped in from the
States. I used to work at the center. The manager called me for advice on
their new kilns. The "test fire" was actually to test the new ventilation
system. The head of the maintenance dept. wanted to take the kilns quickly
to cone ten to see how the system would perform. Afraid of damaging the
bricks, I told them to wait until the first bisque fire and test then. If
they need to test at a higher temp, they can wait for the glaze
fire............
As far as kilns on Island go, there aren't any commercially available. There
are a few Noborigamas around the island and the gas and electric kilns are
shipped in from mainland Japan. The Japanese kilns are excellent but spendy.
I recently shipped a Crucible kiln from Seattle to my studio. Even with the
cost of shipping and customs fees I still got a kiln that was twice the size
and half the price of a used one here! A couple of years ago, I got a great
deal on a used Japanese pug mill. It is outstanding. A truly fine piece of
equipment......and no shipping required!
Thanks for the input!
Tamara
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dayton j grant
Subject: test firing new gas kiln
Hi Tamara,
...about the test firing of the kilns ,I dont think you will get an
accurate reading of how the kilns work if you fire them to cone ten while
theyre empty, they werent designed to be fired empty,and I dont think it
would damage them but(I think) it would take much longer than it should
to reach temprature ,so maybe you should fill the kilns with soft bricks
or pots that have already been fired...just a thought>>>>
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It just occured to me Tamara , I thought the Japanese were pretty
advanced as far as kiln technology and stuff like that ,so I just
wondered why a Japanese pottery would buy two kilns from Los Angeles , is
this common ,what kinds of kilns are commercially available in your local
area?
...just wondering..
d.g.
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