Lee Love on thu 28 sep 06
For Euan Craig's wood kiln that he soda fires with, he made his arch
from high duty soft brick that he cut and ground to the correct arch
shapes.
He scrapes the surface of the softbrick arch every so many
firings to keep stuff from falling on the ware.
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darrell calhoun on thu 28 sep 06
I need to build a sprung arch with insulating straights and I'm wondering if anyone has done this and/or can give me advice. Thanks
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Patrick Cross on thu 28 sep 06
Are you asking for a good way to accurately cut soft brick into arch wedges=
?
Patrick Cross (cone10soda)
On 9/28/06, darrell calhoun wrote:
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> if anyone has done this and/or can give me advice. Thanks
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clennell on thu 28 sep 06
Sour Cherry Pottery
> Are you asking for a good way to accurately cut soft brick into arch wedges?
>
> Patrick Cross (cone10soda)
>
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> On 9/28/06, darrell calhoun wrote:
>>
>> I need to build a sprung arch with insulating straights and I'm wondering
>> if anyone has done this and/or can give me advice. Thanks
Darrell:
I have built a sprung arch with straights. I laid the straights out on the
form. I then put wooden wedges or use soft clay to keep the piece of pie
shape open at the top. You can then fill in the wedge of pie with a
castable, pull the wooden wedge or clay out and fill in the space it left..
This system works especially well if all you have is straight hards- no need
to cut.
Good luck!
Tony
darrell calhoun on thu 28 sep 06
I've actually figured it out with the help of our drafting teacher and her autocad program. I would like to know if your cone 10 soda kiln is made of soft brick. Thanks
clennell wrote: Sour Cherry Pottery
> Are you asking for a good way to accurately cut soft brick into arch wedges?
>
> Patrick Cross (cone10soda)
>
>
> On 9/28/06, darrell calhoun wrote:
>>
>> I need to build a sprung arch with insulating straights and I'm wondering
>> if anyone has done this and/or can give me advice. Thanks
Darrell:
I have built a sprung arch with straights. I laid the straights out on the
form. I then put wooden wedges or use soft clay to keep the piece of pie
shape open at the top. You can then fill in the wedge of pie with a
castable, pull the wooden wedge or clay out and fill in the space it left..
This system works especially well if all you have is straight hards- no need
to cut.
Good luck!
Tony
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Tony Ferguson on thu 28 sep 06
Hey Tony,
Like minds do alike. This is how I build the anagama except I use wooden shims and pack it with castable as I work both sides to the top. I use straights as well and am thinking of using about 2 rows of arch brick on both sides this time toward the top. This way you limit any castable on the inside that falls into pieces during the firing.
When I built my kiln I used double tapered arch brick. Promised myself I would never never ever do that again.
I'm the sabbital replacement this fall (maybe year) for Bill Goodman. Teaching is fun and exhausting. Very hard to get your own work done but certainly enjoyable. Be well. If all goes well, I will be in graduate school next fall too!
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