marianne kuiper milks on wed 27 jul 05
Hi Susan,
Mine isn't installed yet, so there is little I can say except that the big blue tarp over it, like a baby's blanket, looks like a present (which it is) and I eye it with great expectations.
I plan to fire only to ^6. I read about the reduction etc in the Olympic information. Have you contacted them to ask how? Or Axner? Ask for Roxanne - she's a really nice person and very helpful.
Let me know how things work out, please?
Marianne
Susan Giddings wrote:
I, too, have an Olympic updraft, very much like Marianne described. Fire
also to ^10. Getting it into reduction we haven't figured out. The smaller
version we did used to get into reduction, but this one doesn't seem so easy
to do. I think we have way too much draft - chimney is a 10" diameter maybe
13 feet long. The flame out the top between the dampers is very strong and
active even when we close the dampers to about 2" or less. We do get flames
out the peepholes, but the glaze effects do not look at all like a reduction
fire.
There isn't a lot in the archives about FIRING one of these although there's
a lot about Torchbearers, there isn't a lot about firing them - especially
as to reduction. A lot of comments about them being a bit neurotic and
difficult to get into reduction, but nothing from anyone who is successful
in doing it. So if you've managed, I (and everyone in my co-op) would dearly
love to hear how.
S
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Susan Giddings
Bloomfield, Connecticut; New England
North East Coast; USA
"There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are
others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot
into the sun." - Pablo Picasso
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From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG]On Behalf Of William &
Susan Schran User
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 7:56 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: Please shoot my electric kiln!- William Schran, a.o.
On 7/24/05 8:08 PM, "marianne kuiper milks"
wrote:
> My gas kiln will be connected the end of this week. I know that this will
> present a new set of problems, but I am more ready and understand that it,
> basically, doesn't quite work like a toaster
Marianne - Let us know when you have the gas kiln ready to go. What
kind/brand is the gas kiln? Or is it home built?
If it's a small updraft, I'll be happy to share some insights of what I've
discovered firing mine. I also have a few glazes that are working well for
^6 reduction.
--
William "Bill" Schran
Fredericksburg, Virginia
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