Pics from the firing this weekend... all at bout 2300F. I got to 2300 in about 20 hours, kept it there for 9 hours so that I could feed in more wood (to generate more ash to melt on pots), and let it get to I think 2378F before shutdown. Burned a good brush pile and my XMass tree.
Looking through a kiln spy hole- you see shelves, and "cones". Cones melt at different "heat work"- much like the pop up in a turkey. They are all melted here- (cones 010, 6, 10, 11, 12)
It is so bright (with dangerous rays)that you shouldn't look in without eye protection. You see the top of a "cut sided" sake/shot cup.
Same cup- closer up
This shot is taken looking through a hole in the chimney, through the exit flue from the ware chamber. The hole in the chimney serves 2 purposes- 1) allows me to start a fire in the chimney base to heat it up and get the draft going (the firebox is maybe 6 feet away), and 2) acts as a passive damper. If I want to slow the chimney draw, I pull out a brick or 2 (or 3) and the chimney draws some of it's flow through this hole rather than the rest of the kiln.
A closeup of a mug made for a friend
Looking through a kiln spy hole- you see shelves, and "cones". Cones melt at different "heat work"- much like the pop up in a turkey. They are all melted here- (cones 010, 6, 10, 11, 12)
It is so bright (with dangerous rays)that you shouldn't look in without eye protection. You see the top of a "cut sided" sake/shot cup.
Same cup- closer up
This shot is taken looking through a hole in the chimney, through the exit flue from the ware chamber. The hole in the chimney serves 2 purposes- 1) allows me to start a fire in the chimney base to heat it up and get the draft going (the firebox is maybe 6 feet away), and 2) acts as a passive damper. If I want to slow the chimney draw, I pull out a brick or 2 (or 3) and the chimney draws some of it's flow through this hole rather than the rest of the kiln.
A closeup of a mug made for a friend