Tony Olsen on tue 28 jan 03
Some of you may find this interesting, This is data is dated from 1945.
Mom's notes on the startup of her ceramics business.
Cost of kiln&tax $87.55
Kiln repair 12.00
wiring 11.72
1/2 shelf and supports 1.25
#06 cones 1.05
#19 cones .90
Kiln wash .35
1 doz #12 stilts .18
1 doz # 1 stilts .18
1 doz # 5 stilts .20
1 doz dish pins/bars .12
1 doz #05 cones .26 =20
Tax .07
Stilts .36
Total 116.19 =20
I guess the kiln was used when she got it. In January and Feb of that =
year, she brought in $75.36 and then brought in 50 to 60$ per month for =
3 more months then her book keeping stopped or has been lost. The price =
list I have from the paper work has the kiln at $168 new including =
switch box. It has 3 element sections, 3 extender sections and a top =
and bottom (8 pieces that stack together). If you have a small load, =
you can stack 2 heater sections and 1 or 2 or 3 extender sections and =
leave the others aside. it's only rated at cone 04 so I can bisque in =
it but have to baby sit it the entire time. No timer, no kiln sitter, =
you watch the cone and shut it off when it bends. (I don't use it much)
The kiln doesn't have a model number, it's a Peterson Multi-Unit Kiln =
The plant that made them and the sales office were in Compton =
California. (We lived in Bellflower at the time)
Mom mostly slipcast low fire and glazed. Did quite a bit of China =
painting too.
I still have memories of cleaning greenware and checking the cone at age =
4. Probably not the safest thing for a 4 year old to do.
Gotta go throw something... =20
Tony (Galveston)
gillian evison on tue 28 jan 03
Some of us still fire in kilns which have no timers and no sitters. If you
have been using them for long enough they don't require much sitting - a
couple of hours going up - through the night - then an hour or so in the
morning. It's just a matter of practise!
Jill, still in warm sunny N.Z.
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