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 are:

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

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Romayne Naylor
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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

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Michele Blank

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

Romayne >i use pottery kilns for both fusing and slumping. i pay about 300 for any

Reply to
Romayne Naylor

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

Reply to
Glassman

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.

Reply to
nJb

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

Reply to
Glassman

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.

Reply to
Charles Spitzer

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.

Reply to
Steve Ackman

Depends on what you want. A basic 50A 240V built around a CAL9500P 3 button controller would be $650. It will store probably all of your programs. It stores all of mine with room left over. Switching is silent, done by a solid state relay. They are a little more complicated to program than the others on the market but have so many more features. It took me about a week or two before I could drive it without the handbook nearby but after that it's a breeze.

Options include redundant over temp protection with a separate TC.

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nJb

"Low grade molds" that can be used at least hundreds of times. Good enough for me. Not like I ever wanted to make millions, or even thousands, of *anything*.

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Steve Ackman

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