Re: Pottery Kiln and metalworking

RoyJ <spamless@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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Lots of wasted heat there. top loading
is really a lot of fun when you try and pull out a chunk of A-2 at
1750F. Annealing is fine, just fire it up to temp, let it cool in the
kiln. May have to give it a jolt of current every 15 minutes or so for
the first couple of hours.

I figured unloading would not be optimal but this is much better than
nothing. 6 years ago I could have bought a small side loading oven for 20
bucks but passed on it thinking I didn't need one. (wood dorking days). How
I regret that, it had a digital control and I knew its history.


Odds are good that the coils will be really heat cooked, if they are
even still working. No big deal, the pottery supply places have all the
replacement elements. Last time I was doing one they were around $25 per
coil, takes several coils for a kiln that size.

I still have to turn it on. Supposedly it was working but that was 10 miles
of driving and some moving around ago.


You will want to put in a good control box, available on e-bay.

I was looking over ebay. I have a temperature controller that I repaired,
going to need a relay and proper thermocouple.

Wes
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