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raku kiln/ deborah

updated sat 13 aug 05

 

Marcia Selsor on fri 12 aug 05


That is a beauty!! You can see yourself on the surface! What kind of
dryer was that?
Nice kiln.
Marcia
On Aug 12, 2005, at 3:42 AM, Deborah Bridle wrote:

> Hi Joanne :)
> My husband and I built our Raku kiln from a stainless steel dryer
> and fibre. It's on a platform and has a 'hangman' pully system to
> lift it up. We even used my childhood stirrup irons for handles and
> the whole thing works brilliantly.
> After we put the fibre on, using nichrome wire and home-made raku
> buttons, I sprayed on several coats of rigid-sizer (sorry I have no
> idea how to spell that).
> The whole thing was a lot easier to build than I thought it would
> be. I do all my firings now on my own and its a piece of cake.
> There are pics and descriptions on how we built it at my little
> freebie Raku website at
> http://www.geocities.com/noggerup_raku
> I hope this helps :)
> Regards
> Deborah
>