Mudfish1 Posted July 30 Report Share Posted July 30 Folks! I am working on some new cone 10 reduction glazes, and wonder if anyone can suggest a gas fired test kiln that I could use to speed up my glaze development? Right now I am firing test tiles in my larger gas kiln, so my glaze experiments and finalizing new glazes will take forever. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted July 30 Report Share Posted July 30 I think your best bet would be to build a little electric conversion kiln for testing. It would be the most cost effective way to go for sure. Bill Kielb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnolia Mud Research Posted July 30 Report Share Posted July 30 long time ago I made a "test" kiln with a few of bricks and a fired with a gas torch flame gun; it worked just fine; took longer to cool than it was to get to test temperature. the idea was based on a page in book written by one of the early 1900 experts whose name I don't remember. the size was about the 8x5x5 inches. The book picture of the kiln had triangle cross section. I have also seen someone convert a gas camp stove to a small kiln; again an example of Improvise, Adapt, Overcome. LT Bill Kielb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudfish1 Posted July 31 Author Report Share Posted July 31 Hi Neil - do you mean get a small electric kiln and convert to gas? LT, thanks for the comment! I also saw a small gas kiln test box in an old book, so I think I know what you mean, but I wondered if the glaze tests would be worth anything if they were fired so differently from a full size cone 10 gas firing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted July 31 Report Share Posted July 31 11 hours ago, Mudfish1 said: Hi Neil - do you mean get a small electric kiln and convert to gas? Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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