I know it's disappointing when we opened up the kiln, and this is what happened after all the hard work. It's ;earning process, so I think we always learn something from it. How many lbs of propane did you use for firing during the first 6 hours or so? and do you keep this gas consumption pressure till much higher temperature and then increase it? I recently built a small propane kiln, slightly bigger than yours with 2 propane burners too, but can't even fire to cone 4.
I know the feeling of the hard work and not getting what you wanted or expected. Thanks for posting it has helped me, nice work BTW. I am a new potter and have a gas kiln myself. I put two rounds of Raku through it the other day (video up) to just get used to it and had some mistakes-well more than successes. I will probably Raku with it for several times then go for the ^ 10 reduction after. I want to know my kiln better. Anyway keep posting and sharing what you are are up to
Hi Christ, Dennis (piterthepotter) is ok. The pressure is the reason and that is the cause because your chimeney's flame is elusive. Think in this : Your kiln is not like Simon's, is like Jeremy's. Your burners are different also. Same problem was in firing by Simon in the Barryville kiln as you saw, because he was firing with his little kiln in mind, and in that case all the design is different and the process too.
Nice work Chris, you aren't disapointing , I think so . Ok the color is not what you want, I saw in my tests, that the design of this kiln needs more time of reduction also when the first degrees of downing in my case, to have a more similar results in all areas of the kiln. Anyway I think that they are beautifull. Good job friend.
Ouch :( That stinks that you lost shelves of work.. Even though you didn't get the reductionred you wanted, I think the pieces came out nice. The Leach mugs would make Simon proud.
I know I went into reduction way too early, which made temperature climb up very slowly (?). I wonder if it was because I pumped in too much propane.
tbtb27 1 year ago
I know it's disappointing when we opened up the kiln, and this is what happened after all the hard work. It's ;earning process, so I think we always learn something from it. How many lbs of propane did you use for firing during the first 6 hours or so? and do you keep this gas consumption pressure till much higher temperature and then increase it? I recently built a small propane kiln, slightly bigger than yours with 2 propane burners too, but can't even fire to cone 4.
tbtb27 1 year ago
Chris
I know the feeling of the hard work and not getting what you wanted or expected. Thanks for posting it has helped me, nice work BTW. I am a new potter and have a gas kiln myself. I put two rounds of Raku through it the other day (video up) to just get used to it and had some mistakes-well more than successes. I will probably Raku with it for several times then go for the ^ 10 reduction after. I want to know my kiln better. Anyway keep posting and sharing what you are are up to
MarksPottery 2 years ago
Hi Christ, Dennis (piterthepotter) is ok. The pressure is the reason and that is the cause because your chimeney's flame is elusive. Think in this : Your kiln is not like Simon's, is like Jeremy's. Your burners are different also. Same problem was in firing by Simon in the Barryville kiln as you saw, because he was firing with his little kiln in mind, and in that case all the design is different and the process too.
danielsolowiej 2 years ago
Nice work Chris, you aren't disapointing , I think so . Ok the color is not what you want, I saw in my tests, that the design of this kiln needs more time of reduction also when the first degrees of downing in my case, to have a more similar results in all areas of the kiln. Anyway I think that they are beautifull. Good job friend.
danielsolowiej 2 years ago
do you have the bricks that hold up your first shelf run the whole length?like a wall and not like a stilt?
timseepots 2 years ago
Yes Tim, like a wall. You can see it on some of my earlier kiln videos.
tripanfal 2 years ago
Try adding fabric softner to the temmoku. Dissolved epsom salt also works.
Try it
JacquesGuto 2 years ago
Ouch :( That stinks that you lost shelves of work.. Even though you didn't get the reductionred you wanted, I think the pieces came out nice. The Leach mugs would make Simon proud.
DirtKickerStudio 2 years ago
Just curious. Are those bags of wood pellets in the background? I have pellet stoves as well.
pensandcalls 2 years ago
Yep, I burn 2 stoves and average 5-6 ton a year.
tripanfal 2 years ago