William & Susan Schran User on sun 3 jul 05
On 7/3/05 10:05 AM, "Vince Pitelka" wrote:
> I know that
> Olympic also makes frontloader electrics in the same price range, but I am
> not very impressed with Olympic's record of service and quality. Does
> anyone out there own and use an Olympic frontloader electric?
Vince - I do not, nor does my school own a front loading Olympic, but I own
a top loading updraft Olympic gas fired and we a have an Axner (Olympic) top
loading (2831 model, I think). Given the record of these two kilns, I would
not recommend the Olympic brand of anything. The basic construction of their
kilns is no better or worse than any other brand. But it's the little things
and my personal interaction with the owner of Olympic that has turned me
against this company & product line.
I have already gone through my "tales of woe and intrigue" with my gas
updraft in other messages. Suffice it to say I never got any useful
information from Olympic on firing issues and I ended up replacing much of
the gas train with other equipment.
The Axner/Olympic top loading electric is a beast. It's one piece - I was
expecting sections when I ordered it. Thank goodness the door opening was
large enough! This massive lid of 3" brick is propped up by a single piece
of metal on one side of the kiln. This causes the lid/hinge/support to twist
each time the lid is propped open (I solved this by supporting the other
side with a 12" piece of wood). This caused the lid and brick to start
chipping/breaking almost immediately.
Changing elements in this thing is a pain in the butt, especially the floor
element! Hanging upside down on the top of the wall is not fun. When I asked
Olympic how they put in the floor element, they responded: "We have little
women do that". They use cheap crimps to attach element pig tails and lead
wires together. I changed that to split bolt connectors.
--
William "Bill" Schran
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Jean Cochran on sun 3 jul 05
From the peanut gallery:
I've never had a L & L.
I've had Olympics, Boo to the equipment, Boo to the owners.
I have a Bailey. When you buy a Bailey, you buy Jim Bailey. Yea to Bailey
equipment. Yea to Jim Bailey
Jean Wadsworth Cochran
www.foxhollowpottery.com
www.kycraft.ky.gov/craftcgi-bin/index.cgi?busid=186
Carol Tripp on mon 4 jul 05
I jut bought an old banger of a Torchbearer Olympic and the well known
burner-man in Tennessee wrote me that he won't give a refund or warranty on
anything he sells that's used on that kiln! I also emailed Olympic to see
what they could do and they never responded.
What is it that they say about dissatisfied customers telling 10 people but
happy ones only telling one or two? I'm not even a customer and I'm
annoyed. Lucky I only paid peanuts for the kiln.
Best regards,
Carol
Dubai, UAE
PS I like Bailey's too. Wonderful wheel.
Jean wrote:
From the peanut gallery:
>
>I've never had a L & L.
>I've had Olympics, Boo to the equipment, Boo to the owners.
>I have a Bailey. When you buy a Bailey, you buy Jim Bailey. Yea to Bailey
>equipment. Yea to Jim Bailey
>
>
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