Jim Dalton on sat 13 mar 04
Does anyone have any experience with using steel saggars?
Jim and Linda Dalton
Ababi on sun 14 mar 04
yes some people still do it
Ababi
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From: "Jim Dalton" <
Does anyone have any experience with using steel saggars?
Jim and Linda Dalton
John Evans on tue 16 mar 04
I've used steel saggars effectively at relatively low temps. Popcorn or
cookie tins filled with pots and combustibles in a pit fire or kiln are an
easy way to go. You can localize effects and get somewhat more accurate
tests. I now have a large (18"x18"x36" or so) bin I can basically pit fire
in my gas kiln. I've taken it to 1400 or so F, but lower seems to give more
color. Steel thickness will give some determination of how high a temp. you
can manage. Sealing your saggar is another consideration. On my big bin I
have a flange holding sand that the lid nestles in. What type of firing are
you looking for?
John Evans in San Diego,
Remembering a year ago and an ugly tie
Lee Love on tue 23 mar 04
John Evans wrote:
>I've used steel saggars effectively at relatively low temps.
>
Anybody ever use aluminum foil? When I bisque kaki I put it in an
Italian terracotta flower pot and have covered it with aluminum foil.
At bisque temps, it becomes very light.
I've seen work that is bound with straw rope and then wrapped in
fiber blanket and then fired to high temp. The blanket keeps the rope
from falling off of the work.
--Lee in Mashiko, Japan http://mashiko.us "It seems to me what you
lose in mystery you gain in awe" -- Francis Crick
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