kilns

I am a stained glass hobbyist who would like to experiment with fusing
and/or slumping glass. I have an opportunity to buy one or both of two
kilns that a friend's grandmother used for many years to fire
bisqueware. I don't know if they are right for glass work and neither
of us have a clue as to a fair price. Both are at least 20 years old,
but seem to be in good working order.

The larger one measures 29" wide and 37" tall overall. The firing
chamber is 23 1/2" by 27". From the labeling, it is an Econo-Kiln by
L&L Manufacture, Twin Oaks, PA, model #K230, Ser.# 71973, 9100 watts,
220 volts and 41.7 amps.

The smaller one is a Sitter KIiln, manufactured by WP Dawson Inc., 399
Thor Place, Brea, CA. It is labeled as Model K, 240 vac, 50 amps, NI.

My questions a

Will either or both of these work for fusing and/or slumping glass?

Which would you recommend buying?

What would be a fair price?

Thanks for any guidance you can provide.



Romayne

i use pottery kilns for both fusing and slumping. i pay about 300 for any
kilns i find available that work. You have to disable the kiln sitter. It's
the little thingy on the side where the potters put a cone which melts at a
particular temp thus shutting off the kiln. Jab a screw or something in it
to keep it open. Then , invest in a programmer( 350 up), or at the least a
pyrometer(45 up). Go to Bullseye .com for rates of heating, cooling,
annealing info, etc. Experiment, have fun. m


"Romayne Naylor" wrote in message
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I am a stained glass hobbyist who would like to experiment with fusing
and/or slumping glass. I have an opportunity to buy one or both of two
kilns that a friend's grandmother used for many years to fire
bisqueware. I don't know if they are right for glass work and neither
of us have a clue as to a fair price. Both are at least 20 years old,
but seem to be in good working order.

The larger one measures 29" wide and 37" tall overall. The firing
chamber is 23 1/2" by 27". From the labeling, it is an Econo-Kiln by
L&L Manufacture, Twin Oaks, PA, model #K230, Ser.# 71973, 9100 watts,
220 volts and 41.7 amps.

The smaller one is a Sitter KIiln, manufactured by WP Dawson Inc., 399
Thor Place, Brea, CA. It is labeled as Model K, 240 vac, 50 amps, NI.

My questions a

Will either or both of these work for fusing and/or slumping glass?

Which would you recommend buying?

What would be a fair price?

Thanks for any guidance you can provide.



Romayne

Thanks for the advise and also for the information on where to go for
more information!


Romayne
On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 14:27:20 GMT, "Michele Blank"
wrote:

i use pottery kilns for both fusing and slumping. i pay about 300 for any
kilns i find available that work. You have to disable the kiln sitter. It's
the little thingy on the side where the potters put a cone which melts at a
particular temp thus shutting off the kiln. Jab a screw or something in it
to keep it open. Then , invest in a programmer( 350 up), or at the least a
pyrometer(45 up). Go to Bullseye .com for rates of heating, cooling,
annealing info, etc. Experiment, have fun. m


"Romayne Naylor" wrote in message
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I am a stained glass hobbyist who would like to experiment with fusing
and/or slumping glass. I have an opportunity to buy one or both of two
kilns that a friend's grandmother used for many years to fire
bisqueware. I don't know if they are right for glass work and neither
of us have a clue as to a fair price. Both are at least 20 years old,
but seem to be in good working order.

The larger one measures 29" wide and 37" tall overall. The firing
chamber is 23 1/2" by 27". From the labeling, it is an Econo-Kiln by
L&L Manufacture, Twin Oaks, PA, model #K230, Ser.# 71973, 9100 watts,
220 volts and 41.7 amps.

The smaller one is a Sitter KIiln, manufactured by WP Dawson Inc., 399
Thor Place, Brea, CA. It is labeled as Model K, 240 vac, 50 amps, NI.

My questions a

Will either or both of these work for fusing and/or slumping glass?

Which would you recommend buying?

What would be a fair price?

Thanks for any guidance you can provide.



Romayne

The big one would sell for about $500 on EBay.

I use the kiln sitter as an extra overtemp protection. If you're going
to buy a stand alone controller, let me give you a bid.

--
Jack

Plonked by Native American

bobo1148atxmissiondotcom


http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/xmissionbobo/

"nJb" wrote in message
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I use the kiln sitter as an extra overtemp protection. If you're going
to buy a stand alone controller, let me give you a bid.

--
Jack

How much Jack? I can use one too. Even used is fine.

--
JK Sinrod
Sinrod Stained Glass Studios
www.sinrodstudios.com
Coney Island Memories
www.sinrodstudios.com/coneymemories

an advantage to getting ceramic kilns is that you can make and fire your own
glass molds out of clay rather than having to buy the same ones everyone
else is using.

"Romayne Naylor" wrote in message
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I am a stained glass hobbyist who would like to experiment with fusing
and/or slumping glass. I have an opportunity to buy one or both of two
kilns that a friend's grandmother used for many years to fire
bisqueware. I don't know if they are right for glass work and neither
of us have a clue as to a fair price. Both are at least 20 years old,
but seem to be in good working order.

The larger one measures 29" wide and 37" tall overall. The firing
chamber is 23 1/2" by 27". From the labeling, it is an Econo-Kiln by
L&L Manufacture, Twin Oaks, PA, model #K230, Ser.# 71973, 9100 watts,
220 volts and 41.7 amps.

The smaller one is a Sitter KIiln, manufactured by WP Dawson Inc., 399
Thor Place, Brea, CA. It is labeled as Model K, 240 vac, 50 amps, NI.

My questions a

Will either or both of these work for fusing and/or slumping glass?

Which would you recommend buying?

What would be a fair price?

Thanks for any guidance you can provide.



Romayne

On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 09:42:55 -0700, Charles Spitzer wrote:
an advantage to getting ceramic kilns is that you can make and fire your own
glass molds out of clay rather than having to buy the same ones everyone
else is using.

I used a Skutt glass kiln (max. ~1700°F) to fire
ceramics to bisque for use as glass molds.

You don't need an actual ceramic kiln just to fire
to bisque.

If you get tired of babysitting the kiln through manually controlled
firings, you get a $595.00 Field Kit from AIM kilns to convert any kiln
to using a Bartlett controller.

Clay fired to 1700 F makes for relatively low grade molds. We fire
ours to 2400 F.