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Linda T Ferzoco on thu 1 jun 06


So Mel got me goin with those MFT plans and I've been
looking for firebrick sources. I found this ad on
http://www.pottersweb.net/class.htm


HD firebrick 2" arch
FOR SALE OR TRADE: 2-Pallets
AP Green HD 2" Empire Arch Brick
still palletized and banded. 530
bricks per palate. Tested to cone
11- $1200.00 per palate. Located
in Southwest Ohio. Contact
bendeeter(at)hotmail. com
March23/06

Does arch brick mean that they are cut to be used in
an arch? Naive people want to know.

Cheers, Linda Ferzoco
Pacifica, CA

Gary Navarre on fri 2 jun 06


Hay Linda,

On Thu, 1 Jun 2006 11:50:25 -0700, Linda T Ferzoco
wrote:

>So Mel got me goin with those MFT plans and I've been
>looking for firebrick sources. I found this ad on
>http://www.pottersweb.net/class.htm
>
>
>HD firebrick 2" arch
>FOR SALE OR TRADE: 2-Pallets
>AP Green HD 2" Empire Arch Brick
>still palletized and banded. 530
>bricks per palate. Tested to cone
>11- $1200.00 per palate. Located
>in Southwest Ohio. Contact
>bendeeter(at)hotmail. com
>March23/06

Looks good on paper but shipping to California could be rather expensive.
Empires will stand way more than ^11. I had them to ^14 in the front of my
wood kiln and they were clean as a whistle.

>Does arch brick mean that they are cut to be used in
>an arch? Naive people want to know.

Yes! If you have a copy of Daniel Rhodes' "Kilns, Design, Construction, and
Operation" available he gives line drawing descriptions of the 13 standard
firebrick shapes on p. 86. I don't think an MFT needs arch brick but I could
be wrong. They could be useful in a catenary but you wouldn't need that
many. If you can afford that deal you might be better off ordering a couple
pallets of 9" standards from a local distributor.

Is it possible the seller means "#2 Arch" brick.

>Cheers, Linda Ferzoco
>Pacifica, CA

G in da U.P.