Bonnie J Smith on sun 28 jul 02
I have been lurking for a couple of weeks now, and am ready to throw out my
first question. My friends and I are using a Skutt three-ring kiln (sans
elements and all other electric goodies) for our raku kiln. In order to
remove the pieces, we lift off the top ring. To do so, we fit poles under
upside down coat hooks we have screwed in to the skin of the ring and
lllliiiifffftttt it up, take a few sideways steps, set it down on some
concrete blocks, then scurry over to help with the post firing reduction
excitement.
Here is the question. The screws with which we have attached the coat hooks
to the ring are loose. Screws don't bite into the firebrick as they would
wood, so there is only the wee thickness of the metal skin to hold the
screws. We are happy with our method of removing the ring, but are nervous
that a screw will come loose at a critical moment, which could be very
dangerous. How can we more securely affix our upside down coat hooks?
Thanks for the advice!
Bonnie
potter wannabe in upstate South Carolina
william schran on sun 28 jul 02
Bonnie - Try attaching (screwing on at several spots)) a larger piece
of sheet metal (thicker than the current metal skin of the kiln) and
perhaps having the edge of this extra piece bent under the brick wall
slightly. This larger sheet will disperse the load better.
Bill
Tommy Humphries on sun 28 jul 02
instead of using the coat hooks, use some door pulls, mounted vertically on
the kiln as such [ ] this will distribute the load over a larger area.
also, you might loosen the jacket of the kiln and use bolts and washers to
secure the pulls from the inside of the metal jacket with nuts outside
holding the pulls on. I have never and will never trust the simply screwed
on hardware on electric kilns, especially after a year or so of firing. The
screws are usually toast by then.
Tommy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bonnie J Smith"
To:
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 9:19 AM
Subject: converted electric raku kiln question
> I have been lurking for a couple of weeks now, and am ready to throw out
my
> first question. My friends and I are using a Skutt three-ring kiln (sans
> elements and all other electric goodies) for our raku kiln. In order to
> remove the pieces, we lift off the top ring. To do so, we fit poles under
> upside down coat hooks we have screwed in to the skin of the ring and
> lllliiiifffftttt it up, take a few sideways steps, set it down on some
> concrete blocks, then scurry over to help with the post firing reduction
> excitement.
>
> Here is the question. The screws with which we have attached the coat
hooks
> to the ring are loose. Screws don't bite into the firebrick as they would
> wood, so there is only the wee thickness of the metal skin to hold the
> screws. We are happy with our method of removing the ring, but are nervous
> that a screw will come loose at a critical moment, which could be very
> dangerous. How can we more securely affix our upside down coat hooks?
>
> Thanks for the advice!
>
> Bonnie
> potter wannabe in upstate South Carolina
>
>
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