scott jarrett on thu 5 jan 06
I am wanting to do a sagger fire with some of my pieces, but they are very
large. So i was thinking of using my electric kiln as a sagger itself. I do
know that this would wear out the coils of the kiln, but they are in need of
replacing anyway. So my thought was to do a sagger and then replace the
coils. Would doing a sagger like this ruin any other elements w/i the kiln,
or just the coils?
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Snail Scott on thu 5 jan 06
At 09:37 AM 1/5/2006 -0600, you wrote:
>I am wanting to do a sagger fire with some of my pieces, but they are very
>large. So i was thinking of using my electric kiln as a sagger itself. I do
>know that this would wear out the coils of the kiln, but they are in need of
>replacing anyway. So my thought was to do a sagger and then replace the
>coils. Would doing a sagger like this ruin any other elements w/i the kiln,
>or just the coils?
Probably just the coils. You've got to want
the effect pretty badly, though, to go through
the hassle and cost of repacing elements more
often. If you are going to make an ongoing
practice of this, why not make a saggar close
to the size of your kiln? Or, if you are
planning to kill your elements anyway, give
the replacement set a protective coating before
installation.
-Snail
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