Karin Hurt on tue 14 mar 06
does anyone have experience with both, what is the difference?
Thank You,
Karin Hurt
www.laughingbearpottery.com
Arizona
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candy murguia on tue 14 mar 06
Well raku firing in an electric kiln tends to burn out the elements very
fast, Like in ten firings fast. Also there is the chance of gettign
electricuted from sticking tongs to an element unless you unplug the kiln
(ya know your mama said never to stick a fork in the toaster, same idea)
Personally gas seems to be less of a hassle. And fiber raku kilns are
failrly cheep to build.
Candy
>From: Karin Hurt
>Reply-To: Clayart
>To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>Subject: Electric Raku vs. Gas Raku Kiln
>Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:51:12 -0800
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>does anyone have experience with both, what is the difference?
>
>Thank You,
> Karin Hurt
>www.laughingbearpottery.com
> Arizona
>
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Marcia Selsor on tue 14 mar 06
I agree with Candy. using electric kilns for raku it hard on the
elements.
It also takes a lot longer. Recovery time in a gas fired fiber kiln
is minutes.
Also as Candy points out, touching tongs to the elements is dangerous.
Marcia Selsor
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Craig Clark on tue 14 mar 06
Karin, Candy...., I began my raku experience a while back. I was
taught about and only used gas fired fiber lined and soft brick kilns to
do raku for better than ten years. After leaving the lap of luxury, as
it were, and venturing out into the big bad city, building my own
studio, and then purchasing my first electric kiln (a Skutt 107) I read
about folks who were doing raku firings using an electric kiln. Decinded
to give it a try..
To make a long story short it worked very well! I have been firing raku
using an electric kiln ever since and that was over ten years ago. I
have replaced the elements in the two electric kilns that I have once.
When replacing the elements I treated them and the kilns with ITC. They
take a lickin and just keep on tickin.
The life of the elements is indeed shortened. But, considering the
number of firings that I've had I can't complain. There is a life span
of better than five years and going strong. That is a whole bunch of
raku pots. As to the concern over getting shocked, just turn the kiln
off before opening the lid. You will not get shocked.
The upside of using an electric is that there is no need for a gas
supply, which may not be as readily available in some places as
electricity. You also don't have to be concerned with using burners
since there are not any.
Downside is that when you open up an electric kiln lid at close to two
thousand degress F all of that heat is blasing upwards right into your
face so you really need to be sure that you have a good polycarbonate
face shield, I wear half a fire suit, and keep all hair covered and tied
back. This downside is in comparison to a fiber kiln where the doors
would open on the side. Additionally, there is the wear and tear on the
elements which shortens their life. But nothing like ten firings. I have
fired several thousand pots in my Skutt on the current set of elements
and they are working quite well. Also, and obviously, the electrics just
don't travel well so those fun filled raku nights at the beach will need
to be done with a portable propane fired unit.
In the end, just make the determination on what best suits your needs.
Think of the glazes that you really want to work with, how you want them
to be, what type of work you are going to be doing, and the resources
and space that you have available.Keep your options as open as you are
able. Test both and see what you get. There are some marked differences
in a few of the glazes. A yellow crackle which I have is one of them. It
prefers the electric.
At this stage of the game I am able to raku fire with either gas or
electric. Generally I stick with electric unless it's the dog-and-pony
road show.
Hope this helps
Craig Dunn CLark
619 East 11 1/2 St
Houston, Texas 77008
(713)861-2083
mudman@hal-pc.org
candy murguia wrote:
> Well raku firing in an electric kiln tends to burn out the elements very
> fast, Like in ten firings fast. Also there is the chance of gettign
> electricuted from sticking tongs to an element unless you unplug the kiln
> (ya know your mama said never to stick a fork in the toaster, same idea)
> Personally gas seems to be less of a hassle. And fiber raku kilns are
> failrly cheep to build.
> Candy
>
>
>> From: Karin Hurt
>> Reply-To: Clayart
>> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>> Subject: Electric Raku vs. Gas Raku Kiln
>> Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:51:12 -0800
>>
>> does anyone have experience with both, what is the difference?
>>
>> Thank You,
>> Karin Hurt
>> www.laughingbearpottery.com
>> Arizona
>>
>>
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