Ellen Currans on tue 6 jun 06
In a message dated 6/6/06 2:03:05 PM !!!First Boot!!!, twirt@HUTCHTEL.NET
writes:
> I'm going to tag on with snail on this one. I fear your idea of a sunken
> track is probably not a great one. Someone else mentioned the issue of
>
When we rebuilt our MFT kiln a couple years ago we briefly considered a
sunken track. We moved the kiln out from under the wood shed roof attached to the
studio and put it in its own metal and concrete board building. We didn't
want a track to trip over since there was a short passageway from the kiln to
the studio which was a shortcut from one side to the other. Our kiln rolls on
its track from the kiln shed through a sliding barn door into the heated studio
to be loaded and unloaded. Heaven -- after many years of frosty early
morning loadings.
We drilled holes in the concrete to tie down the tracks, but found after a
few firings that just laying the tracks out in front of the kiln when we move
the cart was good enough. The weight of the cart keeps them in place, and they
are easy to pick up and store out of the way when the kiln is closed. The
metal V (angle iron) tracks are l4 feet long and brings the cart all the way into
the loading area so I can walk all the way around it. I keep my kiln shelves,
including about 10 advancers in the heated building also, stacked on their
sides on both sides of the cart.
I've had no problems with the advancers blowing up, but only through dumb
luck. No one told me when I got them to be careful of moisture. I got them
through a group buy and they came without any care instructions. I do love them.
As you get older and shorter, lifting those heavy kiln shelves into place
gets to be a real problem. I don't use kiln wash on any of my shelves.
Ellen Currans
Dundee, Oregon
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