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Pastimes : ceramics-clay-pottery -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Crocodile who wrote (248)	3/20/2002 5:28:24 AM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 338

I've just been musing about something this morning. I'm thinking about how the Olsen book has some designs for a down-draft wood-fired kiln, which in many ways, is just a really large version of a typical downdraft woodstove, but with quite a tall chimney on it. I got to wondering what modifications might need to be made to a standard down-draft woodstove to turn it into a kiln of some kind... (Yep..anxious to be experimenting RIGHT NOW, just 'cause I'm so curious to try a couple of things). I happen to have a spare down-draft sitting around doing nothing out in a storage area of my studio. Starting to wonder if it could be fixed up with a welded "chamber" through which the hot gases from the fire chamber could pass before going up an insulated chimney..?? Ever seen anyone modify such a thing. Obviously, it would just be a small thing for a few pieces, but for what I'm thinking of right now, it would be big enough to tide me over until I get something larger built late this summer... Hmmmm... (oh, and yep, we're back into the insomnia part of the cycle) (o:

To: Crocodile who wrote (248)	3/20/2002 9:20:21 AM
From: AugustWest	Respond to of 338

Wow, that glass bridge looks incredible. Thanks for sharing. As you mention, few things do compare, but glass is probably the closest and most common comparison. My friend Craig, did his graduate work in Southern MO. They are big on clay and glass down there. He did a lot of glass blowing(in addition to his print making nd photo). When we talk, he often draws parallels to the two. I've never had the opportunity to do any glass work. I'd like to think one day down the road I might.