mel jacobson on mon 28 oct 02
it is made for two 12x24 shelves.
it is a rectangle...longer on the loading side.
three brick wide door. free stacked.
bill is a big guy and wanted that extra room for the door.
stacking the door is very fast.
it will be framed in angle iron. welded in place.
a strap of 1/8 x 1 1/2 steel will band it.
our farm gang has built 5 of these small flat tops.
dawn in cannon falls has one, kurt has one, bob fritz has
a wonderful small kiln...same proportions, but he re/did his
with an arch. old cranbrook man, loves arches. we have one
at the farm, now bill's in denver. mine is 45 cubic feet and reg
has a nils designed car kiln. kevin has a car kiln, and dock
six has a 100 cubic foot palmquist kiln. so we run the entire
spectrum. each has it's own need. important to understand
that. they all get fired, often.
the twenty cube kiln is the perfect size for folks that like to fire, but
do not
want to chase a big kiln. it can be tucked into a small building,
or left outside under a cover.
bill is going to weld up some brackets about 8 inches above the kiln
and add a metal roof over the structure. just a couple of pieces of
metal roofing from home depot.
we bought all the parts for the burners and pilots at ace hardware. (exclude
baso valves)
we sprayed itc 100, with a heavy coat, inside the flu liners.
he will spray the inside of the kiln soon with a coat of itc 100.
again, the nils lou kiln idea can be made any size. the critical thing
is making the corner brackets, and getting the flu size small enough.
it cannot be a nine by nine...81 square inch flu. all the heat helps
global warming, and you do not reach temp in the kiln. under forty
is my rule. nils says 35....if you have compressed air blowers i feel
the flu can be made a bit larger, just as a safety measure. but, that
is a long debate. i just know that huge flu's make long firings, and
heat the air outside. do not do a thing for the kiln.
slow cooling, reheating, good gas/air mix makes for great firings.
as i have said a hundred times, most people fire with far too much
'gas. use air, it is free.
mel
From:
Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.A.
web site: my.pclink.com/~melpots
or try: http://www.pclink.com/melpots
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