Catherine on tue 2 jan 07
The big problem is that the container is dropped off =0D
the back of the postal or UPS truck or loading platform. =0D
This was told to me by workers at both places. When my =0D
kiln arrived as crumbles, our delivery person told me he saw it =0D
pushed off the loading platform to the ground where=0D
it was picked up and placed in the truck. I can't picture =0D
many packing methods that would get the kiln bricks =0D
past that kind of treatment.=0D
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Catherine in Yuma, AZ wishing all a good year.=0D
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From: Patrick Cross=0D
Date: 01/02/07 18:12:32=0D
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG=0D
Subject: Re: A question about shipping kilns=0D
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Hmmm, I like the suspension concept. Could be done akin to the way the t=
ub=0D
in a clothes washing machine hangs from the top on four long rods with co=
il=0D
springs at the bottom. Some movement might be good...but too much moveme=
nt=0D
baaad...shake, rattle, and roll (or crumble to dust).=0D
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Patrick Cross (cone10soda)
Lili Krakowski on tue 2 jan 07
About the endless saga of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Kilns.
EVERY manufacturer of electric kilns KNOWS that a reason to buy electric
kilns is that they are movable.
So how come NO kiln manufacturer (that I know of)offers: a crate; a shipping
frame; a method to support the inside of rings
or whole kiln?
I received my last kiln from Paragon in a lovely wooden crate. As I would
have no problem building a crate, I used that wonderful yellow pine to build
a folding table . Suggestion: KEEP your shipping crate if you are not able
to build them.
There must be a way to make a harness idea, plywood lid and bottom, cables
and turn buckles to tie it all up like a sausage...
Or maybe a duffel type bag that can be inflated to put pressure on the whole
thing....
I know I once received a kiln--probably Skutt--that had been lined with
plastic "tires" and then this horrible but indispensable foam had been
pumped into those "tires" so they pressed against the inside of the walls.
Heavy corrugated cardboard held these tires in place.
When I took my kiln to Brazil in 1960--admittedly it was a steel cased
cube--I lined the inside with corrugated, then made wooded crosses that
pushed that cardboard against the walls.
And pottery supply houses: What about renting out padded trailers for kiln
transport? Most people who move
need to make more than one trip. (or their mother does!!) So rent the
thing out for a week, potter takes it down, Mom brings it back....
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
Patrick Cross on tue 2 jan 07
Hmmm, I like the suspension concept. Could be done akin to the way the tub
in a clothes washing machine hangs from the top on four long rods with coil
springs at the bottom. Some movement might be good...but too much movement
baaad...shake, rattle, and roll (or crumble to dust).
Patrick Cross (cone10soda)
On 1/2/07, Lili Krakowski wrote:
>
> About the endless saga of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Kilns.
>
> EVERY manufacturer of electric kilns KNOWS that a reason to buy electric
> kilns is that they are movable.
>
> So how come NO kiln manufacturer (that I know of)offers: a crate; a
> shipping
> frame; a method to support the inside of rings
> or whole kiln?
>
> I received my last kiln from Paragon in a lovely wooden crate. As I would
> have no problem building a crate, I used that wonderful yellow pine to
> build
> a folding table . Suggestion: KEEP your shipping crate if you are not
> able
> to build them.
>
> There must be a way to make a harness idea, plywood lid and bottom, cables
> and turn buckles to tie it all up like a sausage...
> Or maybe a duffel type bag that can be inflated to put pressure on the
> whole
> thing....
>
> I know I once received a kiln--probably Skutt--that had been lined with
> plastic "tires" and then this horrible but indispensable foam had been
> pumped into those "tires" so they pressed against the inside of the walls.
> Heavy corrugated cardboard held these tires in place.
>
> When I took my kiln to Brazil in 1960--admittedly it was a steel cased
> cube--I lined the inside with corrugated, then made wooded crosses that
> pushed that cardboard against the walls.
>
> And pottery supply houses: What about renting out padded trailers for kiln
> transport? Most people who move
> need to make more than one trip. (or their mother does!!) So rent the
> thing out for a week, potter takes it down, Mom brings it back....
>
> Lili Krakowski
> Be of good courage
>
>
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