In
a hurry? Have more Money than time?
Try
one of these
Raku Kilns
More
Time than Money? Keep reading. |
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Raku
Kilns |
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| You'll
need a book.
Alternative
Kilns and Firing Techniques
Start
with this one, shows how to build you own propane fired Raku
kiln. plus others.
How
to sager, pit, fume, etc...
You
will like this book enough to come back and give me the $5
I've marked it down! |
List
$14.95
Reg
$12.95
Sale
$9.95 |
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Using
the book above you can build a kiln.
Parts needed are listed below.
Lets
stop here a minute
Read
this and then come back.
That's
why you need FiberFrax Durablanket-S
not
the other stuff |
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the Pic
for
larger
view |
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| Unifrax
Fiberfrax
Durablanket-S
1 inch thick
Enough
to build one 55gal Barrel Kiln
and
just a little left over
Or |
1/2
box
25
sq ft
2'
x12.5'
8lb
den
1"
thick
$89.95 |
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Unifrax
Fiberfrax
Durablanket-S
1 inch Thick
Full
box with 50 square feet.
Build
two kilns sell one to a friend.
Or |
Full
box
50
sq ft
2'
x25'
8lb
den
1"
$149.00 |
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Unifrax
Fiberfrax
Durablanket-S
2 inches thick
Enough
to build one 55gal barrel kiln
and
just a little left over
Twice
as thick and twice the price. |
Full
box
25
sq ft
2'
x12.5'
2"
thick
8lb
den
$149.00 |
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Pins
to hold the FibreFrax
You
will need about 12 or
You
can use wire and clay buttons but
you'll
only need to buy the pins once. |
$4.65
per set |
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A
Raku Burner
MR
750
Comes
with blank orifice that you can drill to fit your needs
One
of these is more than enough for this size kiln |
$52.95
list
Sale
$42.50 |
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Hose
and Regulator
Home
Depot
or
Old barbeque Grill
Grab
the tank while you're at it. |
About
$40 |
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Two
old Kiln Shelves
or
two new kiln shelves |
New
15.5 "
Kiln
shelf
$21.95 |
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Fire
Brick
5
will be plenty |
K-23
Soft
brick
$4.95
each |
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Raku
Tongs
We
carry two types
A
short pair with sharp points
Longer
pair with flat points |
Sharp
points
$17.95
Flat
Points
$19.95 |
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55
gallon Barrel
The
kind that has the removable lid. this will save you some time.
Why not use a wire mesh? You wouldn't put a screen door on
an oven, would you?
Get
a clean one just about anywhere for $10 or here for $15 |
$15 |
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Raku
Clay
Just
about any white high fire clay with grog will work,
but
Clays made especially for raku cost only a little more, sometimes
less! |
$19.95
to
$29.95
per
100lbs |
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| Raku
Glazes
There
are several brands of commercial Raku Glazes out there, but
don't rule out the regular 06 glazes.
Such
as Aardvark, Spectrum, Amaco, Duncan and Mayco.
However,
you can mix your own, The formulas are everywhere. |
Varies |
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Put
it together
The
first one will take you all day.
The
second one will take about 3 hours
The
fifth one will take about 2 hours
Randy
Brodnax built one at the first workshop he did here in 20
mins.
We
pulled the first pot out 1 hour later. |
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Last,
take a Workshop.
Take
one from someone that knows what they are doing.
Anyone
can throw a pot in a kiln and then stick it in a trash can
full of paper. Lots of fire and smoke and ugly broken pots.
Like
everything else in pottery. There's more to it than cooking
dirt. |
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That's
it! This is all you really need to do Raku.
If your thrifty, you
can come in under $200 for the
kiln |
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