Kiln Success

[robby]

I fired it for 5 hours and got it up to 2275 degrees F, which is plenty hot. I think the vent could still be a touch larger. It's taken me months to get to this point. One big step left, is to to lay gas line and set up the kiln in the shed.
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For the final test, I fired it for about 2-1/2 hours, using the gas outlet closest to the shed. I got it to 2350 degrees F ,and still rising, when I shut it down. I'm golden and now the pipe run will be minimal.

Comments

[ccjohn.livejournal.com]

It must be difficult to work with so much heat.

[robby.livejournal.com]

It's rare and awesome to have a big kiln that goes to cone 10. It's built of firebrick, but when it's hot, inside it glows a bright red. I've rebuilt it now myself, without prior knowledge of kilns or gas plumbing, and it's working well.

I tried to get help, but electric kilns are much more common. I figured it all out myself, with the help of the internet, and a guy in Tennessee that sold me the main valve and a pilot burner.

[ccjohn.livejournal.com]

Damn, man. You know a lot about ceramics. I remember in art class in junior high, we did glaze stuff, but the bottom of a clay mug, say, couldn't have the glaze on it because of how it rested in the kiln. Does that sound familiar at all?