Craig Clark on fri 12 aug 05
Frank Colson wrote:
>Joanne- I believe you would like to meet ROCKY RAKU at www.R2D2u.com
>Rocky cost no more than $50.00 to make, will go to raku glaze temps in less
>than 3 minuets, and is totally portable with a weight of about 20lbs. You
>and ROCKY could do a lot of great small pots while you work out how to make
>a suspension raku kiln with the inside measurements you are asking about
>for a whopping less than 2 hundred!
>
>
Frank, I'm going to be doing a kiln building workshop this fall and
have recently priced out the materials required for kiln construction.
Don't know what the dimensions of your kiln are but we will be building
basic 2ft cyclinders out of hardware cloth with a 2in 8lb density
blanket liner. The tops are removable. The bottom of the kilns consist
of a slab of soft brick. The liner is held in place with bottons and
high temp wire. The kilns will fire quite well on a single MR100 burner,
or one could go to a larger one. We'll be using the smaller propane
bottles for a fuel source. Hope to get at least 8 firings per bottle.
Now, like I said, I don't know doodley squat about your kiln but I'm
mistified about the price. The full propane bottles alone cost $42 in
these neck-o-the-woods. Additionally, a box of the blanket runs right at
about fifty bucks. I can get enough fiber for the lining of two cylinder
sides. Throw in the cost of the burner, hose, regulator, a nice gas cock
valve, fire brick, hardware cloth, and high temp wire and the cost goes
up pretty quickly. WHat are the dimensions of your kiln anyway?
Curious
Craig Dunn CLark
619 East 11 1/2 st
Houston, Texas 77008
(713)861-2083
mudman@hal-pc.org
Frank Colson on sat 13 aug 05
By the way, why are you using 2",6 lb. blanket for your kiln lining when
1/2" x 6 lb density will do the same job at a considerably lower cost!
Frank-
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Clark"
To:
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: Raku kiln...
> Frank Colson wrote:
>
> >Joanne- I believe you would like to meet ROCKY RAKU at www.R2D2u.com
> >Rocky cost no more than $50.00 to make, will go to raku glaze temps in
less
> >than 3 minuets, and is totally portable with a weight of about 20lbs.
You
> >and ROCKY could do a lot of great small pots while you work out how to
make
> >a suspension raku kiln with the inside measurements you are asking about
> >for a whopping less than 2 hundred!
> >
> >
> Frank, I'm going to be doing a kiln building workshop this fall and
> have recently priced out the materials required for kiln construction.
> Don't know what the dimensions of your kiln are but we will be building
> basic 2ft cyclinders out of hardware cloth with a 2in 8lb density
> blanket liner. The tops are removable. The bottom of the kilns consist
> of a slab of soft brick. The liner is held in place with bottons and
> high temp wire. The kilns will fire quite well on a single MR100 burner,
> or one could go to a larger one. We'll be using the smaller propane
> bottles for a fuel source. Hope to get at least 8 firings per bottle.
> Now, like I said, I don't know doodley squat about your kiln but I'm
> mistified about the price. The full propane bottles alone cost $42 in
> these neck-o-the-woods. Additionally, a box of the blanket runs right at
> about fifty bucks. I can get enough fiber for the lining of two cylinder
> sides. Throw in the cost of the burner, hose, regulator, a nice gas cock
> valve, fire brick, hardware cloth, and high temp wire and the cost goes
> up pretty quickly. WHat are the dimensions of your kiln anyway?
> Curious
> Craig Dunn CLark
> 619 East 11 1/2 st
> Houston, Texas 77008
> (713)861-2083
> mudman@hal-pc.org
>
>
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