JL Webster on tue 13 mar 07
My lovely wife found a nice little 110V electric kiln this week. Its used of
course, that why we could afford it. The name plate off of it says "Evenheat
Jr." "Copper Kiln" 12 Amps. 1300 Watts. I've been looking into what it is
going to take to get this kiln to bisque and do low glaze firings. The first
problem is that all of the controls are gone. I know I can put together a
infinite switch and timer assembly for it. I'm working on a way to do that
economically. Any suggestions on how to do that would be helpful. Its a tiny
kiln probably one cubic foot inside. It has one single element in it. My
real problem is a peep hole. I doesn't have one. Is it normal for a kiln to
lack one? The instruction manual I found online for it suggest it should
have one. Does a kiln normally get manufactured without one and then you put
one in where you need it? Is installing a peep as simple as drilling the
right sized whole and getting a plug for it?
Please feel free to ask for more information on it. I may have overlooked
something obvious. Any help would be great.
Jared
JL Webster on thu 15 mar 07
My lovely wife found a nice little 110V electric kiln this week. Its used
of course, that why we could afford it. The name plate off of it says
"Evenheat Jr." "Copper Kiln" 12 Amps. 1300 Watts. I've been looking into
what it is going to take to get this kiln to bisque and do low glaze
firings. The first problem is that all of the controls are gone. I know I
can put together a infinite switch and timer assembly for it. I'm working on
a way to do that economically. Any suggestions on how to do that would be
helpful. Its a tiny kiln probably one cubic foot inside. It has one single
element in it. My real problem is a peep hole. I doesn't have one. Is it
normal for a kiln to lack one? The instruction manual I found online for it
suggest it should have one. Does a kiln normally get manufactured without
one and then you put one in where you need it? Is installing a peep as
simple as drilling the right sized whole and getting a plug for it?
Please feel free to ask for more information on it. I may have overlooked
something obvious. Any help would be great.
Jared
Arnold Howard on wed 21 mar 07
From: "JL Webster"
> My lovely wife found a nice little 110V electric kiln this
> week. The name plate off of it says "Evenheat
> Jr." "Copper Kiln" 12 Amps. 1300 Watts. The first
> problem is that all of the controls are gone. My
> real problem is a peep hole. I doesn't have one. Is it
> normal for a kiln to
> lack one?
Jared, you will probably need an infinite control switch,
element-to-switch lead wires, and a cord. I would check the
wiring diagram before buying parts. I would also buy them
from Evenheat.
It sounds like the kiln was designed for copper enameling.
That may be why it doesn't have a peephole. Does it have a
pyrometer hole in the door? If so, you may be able to taper
the hole slightly for a peephole. Or just crack the door
open a quarter inch to view the interior.
Sincerely,
Arnold Howard
Paragon Industries, L.P., Mesquite, Texas USA
ahoward@paragonweb.com / www.paragonweb.com
JL Webster on thu 22 mar 07
Thanks for the info. I had arrived at the same conclusions you suggest about
controls. I am looking at getting the needed parts.
As to viewing cones, there is no opening into the kiln at all, save were the
element leads are. I am not comfortable with leaving the door open as even a
quarter inch would let most of the heat out of such a little kiln. Not to
mention the fact that a quarter inch would afford me a view of nothing, the
door overlaps the face. On thought I had had was to carefully carve out a
cone shape. The kiln is all soft brick and I thought a cone shape would
leave me both an opening and a plug. It would not leave me enough of a
plug to remove the plug though.
Jared
On 3/21/07, Arnold Howard wrote:
>
> From: "JL Webster"
> > My lovely wife found a nice little 110V electric kiln this
> > week. The name plate off of it says "Evenheat
> > Jr." "Copper Kiln" 12 Amps. 1300 Watts. The first
> > problem is that all of the controls are gone. My
> > real problem is a peep hole. I doesn't have one. Is it
> > normal for a kiln to
> > lack one?
>
> Jared, you will probably need an infinite control switch,
> element-to-switch lead wires, and a cord. I would check the
> wiring diagram before buying parts. I would also buy them
> from Evenheat.
>
> It sounds like the kiln was designed for copper enameling.
> That may be why it doesn't have a peephole. Does it have a
> pyrometer hole in the door? If so, you may be able to taper
> the hole slightly for a peephole. Or just crack the door
> open a quarter inch to view the interior.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Arnold Howard
> Paragon Industries, L.P., Mesquite, Texas USA
> ahoward@paragonweb.com / www.paragonweb.com
>
>
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