Steven D. Lee on tue 27 may 03
I thought that I would help Mel out some and combine my two questions
in one post.
Question # 1
While I really like Chrome-Tin, and have as of yet been unsuccessful
in creating it, are there any other material combinations that create
a color different from either of the base ingredients alone in a
Neutral Atmosphere?
Question # 2
What is the best way to make the interface (joining sections) of a
Raku Kiln out of fiber such as it will reduce the wear and tear on
the fiber? I am thinking of two sections, one which is on a hoist.
I have thought of a straight face to face join,
a lip of brick used to make a join on an "L" shaped lip,
a rut made of brick in which the top section will fit into the bottom.
It seems that all of these solutions involve some fiber to fiber
contact. While the first one looks like it would entail the least
fiber sliding against fiber, how can I make it so one section "locks"
or is guided into the other?
Thank you in advance for your answers!!
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Steven D. Lee
SD Pottery - The Little Texas Potter
http:\\www.sdpottery.com
millenial_age@yahoo.com
14341 FM 112
Thrall, TX 76578
512-898-5195
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Logan Oplinger on thu 29 may 03
Dear Steven,
There is a fiber product that I have used and which other local potters I
know also have used for raku kilns.
It is a ceramic fiber cloth (woven cloth, not blanket) that is reinforced
with fine Inconel wire (2000 deg F. limit).
The construction has always been direct face to face contact either cloth
to IFB or cloth to cloth, with NO sliding to avoid abrasion.
Some locations the material can be found at are:
http://www.northstarrefractories.com/ceramicFibre.htm
http://www.intersourceusa.com/products/CeramicFiberCloth.html
http://www.mcneilusa.com/fiberfrax.html
http://www.unifrax.com/web/UnifraxHome.nsf/ProductsByLine/18804543397879AD85
256C3E0061B15C
If you need more product info, do a search with Google, or use the Thomas
Register web site.
If you want more construction details, contact me at my e-mail address.
Logan Oplinger
Another Pacific Island
Where the volcanic ash haze has been hanging around for a week now, but
nothing to collect. &:^(
On Tue, 27 May 2003 15:28:58 -0000, Steven D. Lee
wrote:
>Question # 2
>
>What is the best way to make the interface (joining sections) of a
>Raku Kiln out of fiber such as it will reduce the wear and tear on
>the fiber? I am thinking of two sections, one which is on a hoist.
>
>I have thought of a straight face to face join,
>a lip of brick used to make a join on an "L" shaped lip,
>a rut made of brick in which the top section will fit into the bottom.
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