steve graber on fri 17 mar 06
i used to have a kiln that was a fast fire kiln. i could do 2 cone ten's a day. it was a dinkensen kiln, about as big as a coke machine. i got the old kiln free, and refurbished it with cloth. it was a hard brick before i added cloth.
while i got great pieces from the kiln, it was too small functionally to hold much besides mugs & thin vases. large bowls simply did not fit. medium bowls could only stack a few to the overall kiln - didn't seem smart from an overall load point of view.
i considered the affects to be like a *cone 10 raku* where the glaze hit solution, but froze there quickly & never had time to use that solution period to move around & soften or blend the colors. i got vapour deposit reactions which seemed to be a local pot throwing off fumes that landed on neighbor pots & froze there quickly. i got matt. slower fire kilns got more satin from identical glazes.
~ i liked the kiln, got lots of product out, and can see fun times with a fast fire kiln.
see ya
steve
lee love wrote:
--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, Mark Tigges wrote:
>
> This is anecdotal at best, but I talked to a potter showing in the
> market in Portland last year who used one. He doesn't have
> electricity at his homestead (southern WA) at all. I asked him the
> exact same question and he comfirmed it's true. Moreover he claimed
> he fires it on only a half cord of wood. That I found hard to
> believe. He even uses it for bisque ... wood fired.
My woodkiln is the only kiln I have and I bisque in it. Because both
fireboxes have their entry at the same end of the warechamber, I
think it is easier to bisque with than the Olsen.
It is a combination of the Olsen and the desgin of Mick Casson's
first chamber of his woodkiln.
I glaze fire for 17 hours (can get cone 10 in 5, but looks like
gasfired if you fire that short) and it uses about 400kgs of wood for
a glaze firing.
--
Lee In Mashiko, Japan
http://mashiko.org
http://seisokuro.blogspot.com/
"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not
enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do."
--Leonardo
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Linda White on fri 17 mar 06
I've been reading and lurking for a while now and I figure it's about
time to introduce myself--Linda White. I did production pottery about
20 years ago and am now getting back into clay--and having a lot of
fun. My question is--has anyone ever used a fast fire kiln like
Frederick Olsen talks about in his kiln book? Is it true that you can
fire one in four or five hours? Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Mark Tigges on fri 17 mar 06
On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 08:05:39PM -0500, Linda White wrote:
> I've been reading and lurking for a while now and I figure it's about
> time to introduce myself--Linda White. I did production pottery about
> 20 years ago and am now getting back into clay--and having a lot of
> fun. My question is--has anyone ever used a fast fire kiln like
> Frederick Olsen talks about in his kiln book? Is it true that you can
> fire one in four or five hours? Any info would be greatly appreciated.
This is anecdotal at best, but I talked to a potter showing in the
market in Portland last year who used one. He doesn't have
electricity at his homestead (southern WA) at all. I asked him the
exact same question and he comfirmed it's true. Moreover he claimed
he fires it on only a half cord of wood. That I found hard to
believe. He even uses it for bisque ... wood fired.
Mark.
Betsy Cox on fri 17 mar 06
Hi Linda,
I built a fast-fire kiln. It fires to cone 10-11 in 4-6 hours. We also
use about a half a cord of wood.
Betsy Cox , Echo Valley Pottery
Glen Dale, WV
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> time to introduce myself--Linda White. I did production pottery about
> 20 years ago and am now getting back into clay--and having a lot of
> fun. My question is--has anyone ever used a fast fire kiln like
> Frederick Olsen talks about in his kiln book? Is it true that you can
> fire one in four or five hours? Any info would be greatly appreciated.
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boobyagga@juno.com on sat 18 mar 06
lee love,
i just looked at the pictures of your fast fire...beautiful kiln by the =
way....just wondering...what did you use to mortar your bricks together.=
i built a fast updraft kiln over the summer...a much smaller version...=
and it got destroyed in the hurricane (i live on the gulf coast :-\) but=
im just wondering what you used on the bricks. im looking at several re=
cipes and just getting ideas.
thanks
jason palmer
=
lee love on sat 18 mar 06
--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, Linda White wrote:
>My question is--has anyone ever used a fast fire kiln like
> Frederick Olsen talks about in his kiln book? Is it true that you can
> fire one in four or five hours? Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Hi Linda,
I fire a kiln that is a couple generations evolved from the
Olsen. Both fireboxes are in front, so there isn't so much running
around. You can see plans and photos of my building here:
http://public.fotki.com/togeika/my_kiln/
You might find the woodkiln list helpful too:
http://groups.google.com/group/WoodKiln/about/
--
Lee In Mashiko, Japan
http://mashiko.org
http://seisokuro.blogspot.com/
"Cooking and art can never be understood, however high your status and
qualifications may be. That is how difficult they are. And yet
nothing else in life is so important." -Rosanjin.
lee love on sat 18 mar 06
--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, Mark Tigges wrote:
>
> This is anecdotal at best, but I talked to a potter showing in the
> market in Portland last year who used one. He doesn't have
> electricity at his homestead (southern WA) at all. I asked him the
> exact same question and he comfirmed it's true. Moreover he claimed
> he fires it on only a half cord of wood. That I found hard to
> believe. He even uses it for bisque ... wood fired.
My woodkiln is the only kiln I have and I bisque in it. Because both
fireboxes have their entry at the same end of the warechamber, I
think it is easier to bisque with than the Olsen.
It is a combination of the Olsen and the desgin of Mick Casson's
first chamber of his woodkiln.
I glaze fire for 17 hours (can get cone 10 in 5, but looks like
gasfired if you fire that short) and it uses about 400kgs of wood for
a glaze firing.
--
Lee In Mashiko, Japan
http://mashiko.org
http://seisokuro.blogspot.com/
"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not
enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do."
--Leonardo
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