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kiln sitter cone supports lost

updated tue 25 mar 03

 

Wiliam Sheppard on mon 24 mar 03


Pay attention when moving a kiln with a Kiln Sitter attached. I moved
my three section Knight kiln while remodeling my studio last month. This
week I loaded it and grabbed a cone to place in the Kiln Sitter. At that
time I discovered the cone supports were not in the tube. I searched in
all of the element slots, worried that they would short out an element.
They must have fallen onto the floor, which I had done a grand job of
sweeping clean.

I could not find the small supports any where and was lucky enough to
have a local kiln repair person (Rob's Kiln Service)close by.

If you have to move a kiln as I did, remove the cone supports first
and replace them AFTER the kiln is repositioned.