wood fire kiln

[cambriapottery]

What are the best type of kiln shelves for wood fire use. Aside from tumble stacking, what should be used as shelf (not high alumina I suppose).

[Guest JBaymore]

A lot depends on the specific type of kiln. There are wood kilns and then there are wood kilns.

 

Shelves that are fine in a fast fire kiln to cone 10 inb 16 hours are not necessarily going to perform the same in an anagama with 2 days to temperature and then 4 days held at cone 10.

 

Silicon carbide seems to be the best overall choice.

 

I've used high aluminas and they are OK. I use a goodly bunch of Advancers in my noborigama. As long as you keep them DRY between firings, they are REALLY great. REALLY easy to clean up. I also use some nitride bonded silicon carbide.

 

best,

 

...............john

[cambriapottery]

A lot depends on the specific type of kiln. There are wood kilns and then there are wood kilns.

 

Shelves that are fine in a fast fire kiln to cone 10 inb 16 hours are not necessarily going to perform the same in an anagama with 2 days to temperature and then 4 days held at cone 10.

 

Silicon carbide seems to be the best overall choice.

 

I've used high aluminas and they are OK. I use a goodly bunch of Advancers in my noborigama. As long as you keep them DRY between firings, they are REALLY great. REALLY easy to clean up. I also use some nitride bonded silicon carbide.

 

best,

 

...............john

 

 

 

Thanks for the information on your experience with shelf recommendations use in wood fire kilns. I have still to construct the kiln, have yet to decide which kiln to build. I am leaning in the direction of a smaller kiln (not anagama) perhaps firing in the 20 - 30 hour range as a lone firer at times.

with respect,

Joan