Door for my Wood Kiln
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 10:03AM I don't have a wood kiln. But I may some day and if I do it will probably be a bourry box design*. If I do build that type of firebox I'll need a cool door and I just happened to find one this last week.
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I can't tell ya where I 'found' it. There was a whole stove but it was in pretty bad shape. So bad that I was able to practically rip this part off with my bare hands! (flexing muscles as I write that). There were some little doors too and I may go back for them. And there's another stove as well, in even worse shape but harder to get to.
Anyhow I think this would make for a cool firebox door. I could pack the back with some fiber for added protection. I like the built in thermometer, not that it'd be of any use.
I unloaded the kiln last night. All these pots are going to a shop later in the week.
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There were more and I've set most of them aside to go to Cape Cod. I'll be getting in one more firing before Michael Kline and I head north .
Off to assemble some boxes and to handle cups. Thanks for checking in.
*the other option would be an updraft bottle kiln, but that's another post.
Reader Comments (4)
That door would be so cool on a bourry box kiln! Jeff and I used to fire the NH potters guild community kiln. It is a bourry box with a very nice door that swings out and away from the person stoking... a great design but it sure isn't pretty like the door you found.
We will be up north the same weekend as you, Jeff is teaching a workshop at Purple Sage Pottery in Merrimac, MA. Lets wish for good weather... NO SNOW! (we are driving)
Hey Ron,
That's a great door. Good find. I recently found your blog by way of some photos you have online of your trip to England. I can't remember how I found them , but that's the magic of the web. I also found Doug Fitch and Hannah McAndrew's blogs the same day . You all make amazing work. I've been making pots for years and just this fall , I too went to the "low side" , got rid of my cone six glazes and clays , grabbed some earthenware and never looked back. You look like you are enjoying what you are doing and I know how you feel.
If we are dreaming about wood kilns , how about a catenary arch? you get a lot of volume for the least amount of bricks!
Anyways, Hello again, and I'll keep checking in on your progress. Good luck "up north" !
Cheers,
Andrew Langille
Kentville, Nova Scotia
@Michele, Oh brother I hope it doesn't snow!! We are driving up too.
@Andrew, Thanks for the nice note. Glad to be 'found' and I'm happy that you discovered Doug and Hannah too. Yes, I am really enjoying low fire. I do miss my salt firing days but hopefully I'll get a stoneware firing in this summer. I don' t miss the high propane prices!
I do love a nice catenary arch, and you are certainly right about the brick saving.
I'd love to visit Nova Scotia someday. That would really be north for this southern boy!
Ron - they are getting 6" of snow in parts of New England today so hopefully this means the chances are LESS for us!