Avril Farley on sat 21 may 05
Hi
Ian Godfrey, UK raku potter developed just such a kiln. He cut six =
identical squares of heavy metal mesh, layered them with first a good =
layer of aluminum foil then the blanket held on with ceramic buttons and =
nichrome wire. One square had a burner port cut into it at the base. =
The whole thing travelled flat and was assembled on site into a box =
shape held together by heavy duty bulldog type clips such as those used =
to hold up market tents - except the lid which remains unattached, and =
is left loose to slide to produce as much venting aperture as needed on =
the top. You line the base with raised kiln shelving to suit. For a =
really good description of the wire/blanket method (except that it is a =
round kiln) go to the Bath Potters website =
www.bathpotters.co.uk/kilnbild.htm=20
Hope this helps, Avril in the Forest UK
Steve Mills on sun 22 may 05
Avril,
We also have a version of Ian's Flat-Pack Kiln on our website, labelled
as such.
Steve
Bath Potters Supplies
Bath
UK
In message , Avril Farley writes
>Hi
>
>Ian Godfrey, UK raku potter developed just such a kiln. He cut six =3D
>identical squares of heavy metal mesh, layered them with first a good =3D
>layer of aluminum foil then the blanket held on with ceramic buttons and =
>=3D
>nichrome wire. One square had a burner port cut into it at the base. =3D
>The whole thing travelled flat and was assembled on site into a box =3D
>shape held together by heavy duty bulldog type clips such as those used =3D
>to hold up market tents - except the lid which remains unattached, and =3D
>is left loose to slide to produce as much venting aperture as needed on =3D
>the top. You line the base with raised kiln shelving to suit. For a =3D
>really good description of the wire/blanket method (except that it is a =3D
>round kiln) go to the Bath Potters website =3D
>www.bathpotters.co.uk/kilnbild.htm=3D20
>
>Hope this helps, Avril in the Forest UK
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Steve Mills
Bath
UK
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