Valerie Hawkins on sun 2 jun 02
Snail said
' In my experience, Olympic uses some pretty
wussy elements, and they don't last as long
as some.'
Another mystery solved! I wondered why the elements on my olympic kiln seem
short lived. Can I use elements from another source for my olympic kiln?
thanks,
Valerie
Susan Fox-Hirschmann on sun 2 jun 02
I have had the opposite....
having fired my olympics, one that I have had for 18 years, I find that they
make it to about 75 (tho they tell me 100) firings before needing changing.
I have 4 of them and firing them between ^06-^10.
.Just my 2 cents!
susan
fox
hirschmann
annandale,va
>From: Valerie Hawkins
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>To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>Subject: olympic kiln - wussy elements
>Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 08:12:07 -0400
>
>Snail said
>
>' In my experience, Olympic uses some pretty
>wussy elements, and they don't last as long
>as some.'
>
>
>Another mystery solved! I wondered why the elements on my olympic kiln
>seem
>short lived. Can I use elements from another source for my olympic kiln?
>
>
>thanks,
>
>Valerie
>
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john elder on sun 2 jun 02
I have had my Olympic for over 20 years and just had to replace one element
a short time ago. My 2 cents.
John Elder
>From: Valerie Hawkins
>Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List
>To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>Subject: olympic kiln - wussy elements
>Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 08:12:07 -0400
>
>Snail said
>
>' In my experience, Olympic uses some pretty
>wussy elements, and they don't last as long
>as some.'
>
>
>Another mystery solved! I wondered why the elements on my olympic kiln
>seem
>short lived. Can I use elements from another source for my olympic kiln?
>
>
>thanks,
>
>Valerie
>
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Snail Scott on sun 2 jun 02
At 08:12 AM 6/2/02 -0400, you wrote:
Can I use elements from another source for my olympic kiln?
Talk to the folks at Euclid's. They'll be able
to advise you on your element options.
http://www.euclids.com
-Snail
Steve Mills on mon 3 jun 02
Same with us over here, however we now get them made locally to the
original specs., which I suspect have been altered for what ever reason
over time.
Steve
still using Olympics since '79 in
Bath
UK
In message , Susan Fox-Hirschmann writes
>I have had the opposite....
>having fired my olympics, one that I have had for 18 years, I find that t=
>hey
>make it to about 75 (tho they tell me 100) firings before needing changin=
>g.
>I have 4 of them and firing them between ^06-^10.
>
>.Just my 2 cents!
>susan
>fox
>hirschmann
>annandale,va
>
--
Steve Mills
Bath
UK
Anne Wellings on mon 3 jun 02
I was given an old Olympic 2 years ago, with old elements. They seem to
work great. I replaced the top 2 because they were sagging from worn out
element grooves and one had touched a glazed pot and burnt out. The
replacements I got are from Clay Art Center in Tacoma, WA, probably the
same place the kiln's original owner got them. They seem fine. I think
maybe they put them together themselves or have it done according to specs,
I'm not sure.
Anne
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