dannon rhudy on wed 28 sep 05
I had a large oval kiln on a dolly for a long
time. It sat outside on the kiln patio, and
the dolly was VERY useful because the
kiln was heavy and awkward. The dolly
was really a welded kiln stand, made with
angle steel, about 1/4". Six wheels, they
were heavy duty caster types, with 5" wheels.
They didn't lock, I used a wedge when it was
in place. No problems at all.
regards
Dannon Rhudy
> I just had the correct plug installed in our garage for my electric kiln,
however the plug could not go in the area we wanted it to. The kiln is in an
ok position, but it is sort of in front of the door- so my husband wants to
put it on some sort of dolly so it can be moved periodically between
firings.
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Millard Balfrery on wed 19 oct 05
Liza,
Before I built my attached solid poured concrete outside the garage I had the
same problem with my old 36"x48" oval Olympic electric kiln. It was always in
the way and a real catchall. I bought it real cheap, so I couldn't complain
about the lightweight mickey mouse stand it was on, looked like 1" bedframe
angleiron.
I welded up a frame of 2"x3" 3/8" thick angle iron and 2" flatbar that I
dumpster dove from a container at a store remodel. A rectangle 32"x 50". I bolted
4" industrial casters onto the bottom- two fixed on one end and two
swivelable on the other - put heavy sheetmetal on the bottom to help support the kiln
bottom as it had some spiderweb cracking going on. As this kiln is powered by
four 30 amp breakers my electrician wired it hard so it could only be moved as
long as the 6' wiring.
It's handy now to have it sitting up 4" to load in the new kiln shed aaand
have some air circulation under it as water can get blown under the aluminum
framed doors- could turn to steam and pop the concrete floor.
We're expecting Wilma to hit close Saturday w/ hurricane force winds
so I'll find out how well it's really built.
Regards, Mill
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