Clerh Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 A friend of mine has this on her farm and found out I was looking for a kiln to continue my love for pottery! She actually isn't sure what it is, and neither am I! At the risk of sounding very stupid, is this a kiln? She had just sent me these photos, I haven't seen it in person. Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 Its an oven not a kiln-heats food or other cooler temp stuff like bread or muffins . Notice the metal racks which would melt in a real kiln. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSC Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 I think it is a medical lab incubator. Maybe the used it to incubate eggs or something since you said it was a farm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 egg incuater-I think you have it. Just need a mess of chickens now. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clerh Posted January 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 Hahahha my thoughts were that it was probably an incubator! Thanks guys I appreciate the quick reply! When I find myself a reasonably priced kiln you'll be hearing from me again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benzine Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 Craig's List, is a good spot to watch, better are publicsurplus.com and govdeals.com. With the latter two, you have a larger entitiy trying to rid themselves of something they really don't want to deal with/ aren't super knowledgeable about. Both of those traits can lead to a great price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/645131/lightbox/post/8697323/id/5017675 it is an egg incubator Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alabama Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 You could always re-purpose it with plywood shelves and use it to store pottery as it dried. The latched door would allow the moisture to slowly dry out..especially plates and platters. I met a girl in NC who throws large platters and stores them wrapped in plastic for 30 days, before taking them out to decorate with sprigs. She did a 5 minute video on the process for HGTV. The filming for the 5 minutes took 9 hours!! Alabama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Coyle Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it is a duck... this is closer to a duck than a kiln. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alabama Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Speaking of ovens and eggs, my sister gave me a recipe of baked eggs several months ago. Since then I have been baking eggs instead of boiling them. So today I decided to make some terracotta egg baking trays. I had been using metal cookie sheets or an aluminum mini-muffin pan, so I made two slabs to make two trays. I used a paper napkin to cover the metal pan then placed a thick(1/2 inch) slab on it, then with a wet finger, pushed until the depth was about 1/2 of the muffin pan. It worked pretty good. The paper napkin tore as pressure was applied pushing toward the bottom of the tray. The paper napkin allowed it to be flipped onto a bat covered with a paper towel. The next one was made with thinner clay, and a paper towel was used placed between the slab and the pan. The paper towel did not want to break, so when pressure was applied on one side it would rise up on the other side. I'm fixing to make some more tomorrow using the thicker clay and paper napkins. The eggs are baked at 325 degrees for 25 minutes for a hard "boiled" egg. The pros of baking eggs are that they can be peeled while hot to warm. And they seem to peel easier. The cons of baking them in or on metal, is that there is a burned tough area where the eggs touch the metal pan. If you want to avoid this in a muffin pan, put sheets of aluminum foil in the spaces, kind of nesting the eggs away from the sides. Thats why I think an earthen ware muffin pan would work better. While the clay is still wet, I label it "Egg Baker" and underneath it I write, "325 degrees @ 25 minutes". I don't plan to glaze these things...just bisque. If this turns out to be a disaster, I'll post an update...there may not need to be another post if it a success. In theory, it might work. I have never seen any at a craft show!!! See ya, Alabama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolieo Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Glaze them! If an egg breaks as it is sure to do one day , it'll be a mess cleaning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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