clennell on thu 13 apr 06
E; Now ya got me thinking something else. I didn't know your intention was
to go around and do kids workshops. Geez, I'd hate to do that. The original
Olsen Fast Fire Kiln was designed so Fred could put it in a pickup, drive
somewhere build the kiln and do a woodfiring weekend workshop. He was a
young gaffer then and that kiln works. He would just used kiln shelves for
the roof with a layer of fibre over it. I have built 5 of them and they get
hotter than a pistol on Saturday night in 4-6 hours to Cone 10. Cones lower
than that would be a walk in the park.
It is not a big ash producer, but no one said you can't liberally shake ash
on the pots during glazing.
Now there is no reason why you couldn't build the fast fire on a car trailer
and haul it around and do those kids workshops. take many of those 300
softies you have and use two layers of them under the hardbrick firebox. You
could have a stovepipe chimney lined with refractory sleeves that are light
and quite cheap that just bolts on. the kiln walls would be your softies and
they could go up loose stacked in probably a half hour. A good external
metal frame would keep the firebox in place. The other advantage of having
it on a trailer is that it would be at a good height for stoking. The
Fastfire version like David H's modified bigger version is very hard on the
back when stoking. When you got home it could also be used to do your own
work.
I saw an article about this guy in California that builds and sells gas
kilns on car trailers and blows ash in for a big time ash effect.. Can't
remember where I saw it though. Clayart will know.
Hope this pumps the adrenalin.
cheers,
Tony
clennell on fri 14 apr 06
Sour Cherry Pottery
> --- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, clennell wrote:
>
>> I saw an article about this guy in California that builds and sells gas
>> kilns on car trailers and blows ash in for a big time ash effect.. Can't
>> remember where I saw it though.
>
>
> http://www.kazegamas.com/kazegama.htm
>
> -
> Lee In Mashiko, Japan
Lee: thanks. You're the best on the list for putting your finger on it!
That little gas kiln he sells that looks like an overgrown BBQ could be the
answer for the urban potter. All I need is the penthouse loft in Toronto at
1.1 million $$$ and I could spark it up on the roof.
Cheers,
tony
lee love on fri 14 apr 06
--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, clennell wrote:
> I saw an article about this guy in California that builds and sells gas
> kilns on car trailers and blows ash in for a big time ash effect.. Can't
> remember where I saw it though.
We have talked about this at the woodkiln list:
http://groups.google.com/group/WoodKiln
Here is the link to Kazegamas:
http://www.kazegamas.com/kazegama.htm
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Lee In Mashiko, Japan
http://togeika.googlepages.com/
http://seisokuro.blogspot.com/
Love is the virtue of the heart
Sincerity the virtue of the mind
Courage the virtue of the spirit
Decision the virtue of the will
--Frank Loyd Wright
lee love on sat 15 apr 06
--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, clennell wrote:
http://www.kazegamas.com/kazegama.htm
> Lee: thanks. You're the best on the list for putting your finger on it!
> That little gas kiln he sells that looks like an overgrown BBQ could
be the
> answer for the urban potter. All I need is the penthouse loft in
Toronto at
> 1.1 million $$$ and I could spark it up on the roof.
It would be fun to have a trailer kiln. Fiber construction
would be the easiest, I think.
I worked in Downtown St. Paul for almost 10 years before I left
for Japan. 4th floor of the Northern Warehouse Artists Cooperative.
Had an electric kiln there I bisqued in, gas and soda fired at
Northern Clay Center (where I had a second studio space.) Also
woodfired with Craig Edwards in New London.
When I was getting ready to leave, the guy running the downtown
business association asked me to think about building a large woodkiln
on the bank of the Mississippi, where they were working on a
development project. That could be ideal. Where there is a will,
there is a way!
--
Lee In Mashiko, Japan
http://togeika.googlepages.com/
http://seisokuro.blogspot.com/
Love is the virtue of the heart
Sincerity the virtue of the mind
Courage the virtue of the spirit
Decision the virtue of the will
--Frank Loyd Wright
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