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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Gas kiln firing
Started at 4.30pm and finished at midnight, had a 15 min oxidising soak at the end.....
My converted kiln is tiny, 17 1/2 x17 1/2 .couldn't do the down draft thing ,but set the shelves up to flow in a zig zag flame path.Got about a 2 cone diff bottom to top,bottom being the hot zone.Your vids have been a huge help to me.finally back to potting after a 35 year lapse thanks to a client who gave me a wheel and the kiln! and your vids this has kept me out of the funny farm. I get about 2 bisque and a glaze fire out of a 40 lb bottle running about 5 psi on a h.f weed burner
I love the picture with the flame searching for Oxygen! I would love to get into reduction firing!
ReplyDeleteNice Simon. I patterned my collector after yours..
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to the results. I will be firing my conversion in early March.
ReplyDeleteMy converted kiln is tiny, 17 1/2 x17 1/2 .couldn't do the down draft thing ,but set the shelves up to flow in a zig zag flame path.Got about a 2 cone diff bottom to top,bottom being the hot zone.Your vids have been a huge help to me.finally back to potting after a 35 year lapse thanks to a client who gave me a wheel and the kiln! and your vids this has kept me out of the funny farm. I get about 2 bisque and a glaze fire out of a 40 lb bottle running about 5 psi on a h.f weed burner
ReplyDeleteoxidising soak you say? what does that do 'splain....?
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