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The Electric Kiln
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128 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 20
color, 50 b/w illus.
Paper 2000 | ISBN 0-8122-1758-6 | | Harry
Fraser | | A must-have
reference for any serious potter, The Electric Kiln is a complete
manual on how to install an electric kiln, how to use it properly, and how
to maintain and repair it. Harry Fraser fully describes the distinctive
features, advantages, and disadvantages of both top-loading and
front-loading kilns, as well as various other kiln types. He shows the
basic effects of heat on clays, glazes, and pigments. This unique handbook
is also a guide on how to make the best use of the kiln to achieve such
special effects as reduction, crystal glazes, and raku. Harry
Fraser is the managing director of Potclay Kilns Ltd., a company that
supplies ceramic materials and electric kilns around the world. An
enthusiast of studio pottery, he has over thirty years' experience in the
design, development, and promotion of kilns for studio ceramics. Fraser is
also a well-known author and lecturer and frequent contributor to the
journal Ceramic Review. |
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The Kiln Book, Materials, Specifications and Construction
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| | Hardcover - 320 pages 3rd edition
(August 2000) 40 color photos 8.5x11" 600
B&W photos and illustrations | | Frederick Olsen | | This
updated third edition is the definitive guide on kiln design and
construction for artisans and artists worldwide. Author Olsen draws
on 40+ years of experience to offer complete plans and instructions for
building kilns of all sizes and purposes. Includes principles for
the design of highly efficient kilns, newly available refractory
materials, building methods, flue types and construction, curved and
common walls, bricklaying courses and arches. Updates include
construction techniques, new kiln designs, as well as new safety
equipment. Hundreds of photos and illustrations detail design and
construction of all types of kilns. Advice on building materials and
methods. Covers refractory materials, methods of kiln
construction, and principles of design, crossdraft, downdraft, updraft and
multidirectional kilns, electric kilns, fuels, combustion and firing
systems, appendixes on estimating brick quantities, calculating arch
elements, rotary kiln block tables, temperature color guide for kilns,
conversion tables, and more. |
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