mel jacobson on fri 8 jul 05
i have changed the pix on my website/clayart.
i have added three pictures taken of the building of the
wood kiln. i think it will help those that are not sure of
how we did things.
first is the layout...walls vertical.
second is the sand filled kiln with the body arch coming up.
third is the application of the castable.
i made them a big large...so wait for them to load.
mel
from mel/minnetonka.mn.usa
website: http://www.pclink.com/melpots
Paul Herman on fri 8 jul 05
Hi Mel,
What a beautiful kiln! Shaped just like a flame, with that humped back.
I think that's a good reason to have a hump.
The first firing, it was done with no side stoking and no grate?
bon feu,
Paul Herman
Great Basin Pottery
Doyle, California US
http://www.greatbasinpottery.com/
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>From: mel jacobson
>To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>Subject: farm wood kiln pix
>Date: Fri, Jul 8, 2005, 2:48 PM
>
> first is the layout...walls vertical.
> second is the sand filled kiln with the body arch coming up.
> third is the application of the castable.
> i made them a big large...so wait for them to load.
> mel
Elizabeth Priddy on fri 8 jul 05
When I was thinking about making the tiny kiln
I talked to some techies at a castable company and they
said that I would need to vibrate the castable in
place to make it set right.
How did you deal with this?
Still thinking about using it to make a really
small anagama.
E
mel jacobson wrote:
i have changed the pix on my website/clayart.
i have added three pictures taken of the building of the
wood kiln. i think it will help those that are not sure of
how we did things.
first is the layout...walls vertical.
second is the sand filled kiln with the body arch coming up.
third is the application of the castable.
i made them a big large...so wait for them to load.
mel
from mel/minnetonka.mn.usa
website: http://www.pclink.com/melpots
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Lee Love on sat 9 jul 05
On 2005/07/09 9:11:04, potterpaul@frontiernet.net wrote:
> Hi Mel,
>
> What a beautiful kiln! Shaped just like a flame, with that humped back.
> I think that's a good reason to have a hump.
The sand trick is pretty neat! I wonder if a person could do the same
with packed snow, and then forgo having to remove the sand? You could
make a styrofoam liner to put on top the snow (to keep warm mortar from
melting it) and then put the bricks or castible slabs on top of the
styrofoam.j Make a brush fire over the kiln and melt the snow? The
styrofoam would burn out in the first bisque or drying out firing.
--
Lee In Mashiko, Japan
Maurice Weitman on sat 9 jul 05
At 5:04 PM -0700 on 7/8/05, Elizabeth Priddy wrote:
>When I was thinking about making the tiny kiln
>I talked to some techies at a castable company and they
>said that I would need to vibrate the castable in
>place to make it set right.
>
>How did you deal with this?
Hello, Elizabeth (and Janet),
As someone here said recently... search the archives.
In this case, one would have to know to search for "using a dildo" as in:
Perhaps you think I jest...
Regards,
Maurice
Taylor from Rockport on sat 9 jul 05
Hey Lee:
It is pretty neat isn't it. I have filed that one away in the dark
recesses of my cabeza for future use. I saw it on more than one occasion
in my internet research on kilns and kiln building, a notible one being
the bidirectional kiln that Olsen (?) built in Japan at (sorry I don't
have the name)'s place. I think this is the same place that both Tony and
John spent some time at in Japan recently.
I wonder when this techinque was first widely used. Such a simple yet
elegant solution to building arch supports.
As far as I can tell, the hayfever pack-in-sand-as-you-go is the first
time I have seen that method.
I'd hate to pack snow and have it melt then refreeze inside the
brickwork. One would have to be a quick builder I would think. Anyway,
brrr, I could use some of that cold weather right about now.
Taylor in Rockport TX
http://wirerabbit.blogspot.com
On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 13:05:26 +0900, Lee Love wrote:
...
>The sand trick is pretty neat! I wonder if a person could do the same
>with packed snow, and then forgo having to remove the sand? You could
>make a styrofoam liner to put on top the snow (to keep warm mortar from
>melting it) and then put the bricks or castible slabs on top of the
>styrofoam.j Make a brush fire over the kiln and melt the snow? The
>styrofoam would burn out in the first bisque or drying out firing.
...
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