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new kiln wanted

updated thu 14 feb 02

 

Jeremy McLeod on tue 12 feb 02


wallace myers wrote:

> I am going to buy a new electric, cone10 kiln, with digital controller

> Does anyone have recommendations as to which brand is most reliable?

I am curious for the reasoning behind wanting an electric kiln for firing to ^10.
What sort of work do you do (clay bodies, glazes, etc) that ^10 oxidation
firing will do you well?

My relative inexperience has observed/learned that the reduction possibilities
in ^10 are quite wonderful but that many.most other effects/etc. can be well achieved
in ^6 oxidation. For now the public studio in which I work is the place I get
access to the ^10 world and home is the domain of ^6. Best of both worlds, really.

I've been hearing the siren calls of a gas-fired kiln from my back yard.
It may not even be *this* back yard (since a move in a year or loss seems
in the offing), but I look forward to exploring reduction firing at home.
Will I jump to ^10? It will be good to have that capability, but I'm not
convinced I'll do that for economic and ecological reasons.

Jeremy McLeod

wallace myers on tue 12 feb 02


Fellow Potters:

I am going to buy a new electric, cone10 kiln, with digital controller. =
Does anyone have recommendations as to which brand is most reliable?

Thanks for any replies.
Wallace