Upside down Glass fusing kiln

Apr 13, 2004 10 Replies
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Hi All I am looking for a kiln for glass fusing but can not seem to find the sort that I have used before. Dose anybody know the name? The ones that seem to be available are top loading kilns. Where you have to reach in to put the items inside the kiln. The one I am looking for looks upside down it has a flat bed and the walls hinge up with the lid. I hope I have made myself clear.



If anybody has one and wants to sell it let me know. I want something about



800mm wide x 600mm deep 200mm high

Thanks Joe


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[click on the Medium link and scrolldown to see Paragon's Pearl Glass Kiln--I also heard a 24" model will be outsoon. Paragon's web site is
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[carries a large clamshell kiln, 60" widex 40" deep--it is not online, but you can get a catalog from them which willshow it] Cheers, Dianne

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It's called a bell kiln. See my pics below.

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A more common arrangement for big kilns is to raise the walls and lid as a box (straight up, rather than hinged) and have a flat tray for the layout. The box holds the heat when it is useful. It gives much better access especially if the flat tray can roll to the side when the box is raised a few inches. Many of these are artist built, but a kiln maker showing at the GAS conference.

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Jack, are you doing this from plans you put together? Whatever you went from, excellent job. It looks awesome! And looks like it would be fun to build.

Where would I go to get a copy of the plans and specs? If you went off from someone else's plans are there any changes you would recommend? Thanks.

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Thank you for the kind words. The "white" is actually clear.

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The kiln is my design based on what I wanted. Knowledge came from over

30 years of building and maintaining furnaces in the oil, steel, and chemical industries. Applying that knowledge to building a glass kiln was facilitated by reading many books. The most info I found was contained in Henry Halem's "Glass Notes", Dudley Giberson's "A Glassblowers Companion" and Mike Firth's website.

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would include lighter angle iron, I used 1/4". Thinner sidewall, 2" instead of 4".

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Try my site for a bit of interest, way too far from the USA though.

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Good idea if I told you the site I suppose

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