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how many wood-fired kilns?

updated thu 11 dec 97

 

Pat Chesney on fri 5 dec 97

So far, I've had 10 responses off the list with a total of 22 kilns all
over the N. Amer. continent. So, how unique has wood-firing become in this
modern age?

By the way, we use all scrap wood and have a clear stack as we burn our
Boury boxes very efficiently with our 40 ft. stack. (:>)

I will compile the list and send it out when the activity stops.

If anyone doesn't want to be listed, let me know.

Lowell Baker is going to lead a panel at NCECA this year called "Wood as a
Fuel" for those who want to know more about wood firing.

Thanks for the help with the survey.

Pat Chesney
Pat-Chesney@easy.com
Waco, Texas

Corinne P. Null on tue 9 dec 97

I've spoken to a few woodfire potters around here and some are a little
leary of letting it be known. They're afraid the EPA will come sniffing
around like they did with the one out in Oregon, and try to shut them down.
They don't think a list of woodfiring kilns is a good thing to have, and
if it exists, they don't want to be on it.

Corinne

At 10:06 AM 12/5/97 -0500, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>So far, I've had 10 responses off the list with a total of 22 kilns all
>over the N. Amer. continent. So, how unique has wood-firing become in this
>modern age?
>
>By the way, we use all scrap wood and have a clear stack as we burn our
>Boury boxes very efficiently with our 40 ft. stack. (:>)
>
>I will compile the list and send it out when the activity stops.
>
>If anyone doesn't want to be listed, let me know.
>
>Lowell Baker is going to lead a panel at NCECA this year called "Wood as a
>Fuel" for those who want to know more about wood firing.
>
>Thanks for the help with the survey.
>
>Pat Chesney
>Pat-Chesney@easy.com
>Waco, Texas
>
Corinne Null
Bedford, NH

cnull@MCIONE.com

Pat Chesney on tue 9 dec 97

Now we're up to 70 wood fired kilns in North America, so far. I know that
this is not all there is so I'm still waiting and compiling the data. I am
compiling on a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and I can send it by attachment
it to anyone who is interested and can receive an attachment. I would be
interested in Canada also, you guys. So far NC has the most with PA a close
second.

Thanks everyone.

Pat Chesney
Pat-Chesney@easy.com
Waco, Texas

Karl David Knudson on wed 10 dec 97

On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Corinne P. Null wrote:
> They're afraid the EPA will come sniffing
> around like they did with the one out in Oregon, and try to shut them down.

Who was shut down in OR? I'd heard about the Tozan kiln in BC but nothing
about problems in OR. The local air quality folks were actually quite
happy about the emmissions off of the UO woodkiln. Isn't it amazing what
a little afterburner and some excess O2 does for smoke.


Karl in OR where there are 6 or 7 woodkilns that I know of.

Carol Durnford on wed 10 dec 97

At 10:06 AM 12/5/97 EST, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>So far, I've had 10 responses off the list with a total of 22 kilns all
>over the N. Amer. continent. So, how unique has wood-firing become in this
>modern age?
>
>By the way, we use all scrap wood and have a clear stack as we burn our
>Boury boxes very efficiently with our 40 ft. stack. (:>)
>
>I will compile the list and send it out when the activity stops.
>
>If anyone doesn't want to be listed, let me know.
>
>Lowell Baker is going to lead a panel at NCECA this year called "Wood as a
>Fuel" for those who want to know more about wood firing.
>
>Thanks for the help with the survey.
>
>Pat Chesney
>Pat-Chesney@easy.com
>Waco, Texas
>
>Well Pat. this is interesting to me as I love wood fired work.
We have a anagama here in Lubrect experimental forest, which belongs to the
Unviversity of Montana. The kiln is about 17 feet long, built by David
Smith who teaches in Madison Wisconson and has a wood kiln of his own since
it is his specialty. nThe kiln is about 25 miles east of Missoula, MT.

Mo and Les Beardsley on wed 10 dec 97

Pat Chesney wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Now we're up to 70 wood fired kilns in North America, so far. I know that
> this is not all there is so I'm still waiting and compiling the data. I am
> compiling on a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and I can send it by attachment
> it to anyone who is interested and can receive an attachment. I would be
> interested in Canada also, you guys. So far NC has the most with PA a close
> second.
>
> Thanks everyone.
>
> Pat Chesney
> Pat-Chesney@easy.com
> Waco, Texas
Hi...can't recall if I replied to your original post or not so will
send again. Les Beardlsey was the founder of the Tozan Cultural Society
which has built under Master Yukio Yamamoto, a four chamber and doge
Tozan noborigama and an anagama on the grounds of Malaspina University
College in Nanaimo B.C. Ms. Jeorge McGladrey is the current President
of the Society. address:
Tozan Cultural Society,
R.R. #4
Ladysmith, B.C. V0R2E0
phone: 250245-4867
fax:250-245-4225
Email:beardsley@bc.sympatico.ca

Please keep us advised of your list.
Regards
Maureen Beardsley...where it is pouring rain on Vancouver Island south
of the 49th parallel in Canada.