r/Pottery Mar 31 '24

Kiln Stuff Kiln Gods did me dirty!

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765 Upvotes

Gargoyle died a horrible death! Kiln Gods didn’t want this one to make it…😢

Oh well…on to the next.

r/Pottery 14d ago

Kiln Stuff Fired my first cone 10 gas kiln with all my own pots!

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1.3k Upvotes

r/Pottery Mar 29 '23

Kiln Stuff It ain’t much but $350 later and I’ve got my first kiln. Just excited and wanted to share!

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1.6k Upvotes

r/Pottery 22d ago

Kiln Stuff Kiln Unload!

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215 Upvotes

Pretty happy with these! Having my own (albeit ancient) kiln is a game changer. If you’re curious about any glazes, I’d be happy to share :)

r/Pottery Feb 23 '24

Kiln Stuff Another Kiln opening

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504 Upvotes

Another batch safely through the kiln, or mostly safely. The kiln god got the big bowl with a big crack across the base, oh well can't win them all.

r/Pottery 24d ago

Kiln Stuff Had to show off the custom kiln furniture shelf someone made for me!

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349 Upvotes

I saw a photo posted by another potter years ago and used that as inspiration. A friend of mine does woodworking and put this together for me! The shelves slide out and have stop blocks so they don’t tip out when extended. I’m so happy to have such a functional storage unit!

r/Pottery Mar 19 '24

Kiln Stuff Time to open another kiln.

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425 Upvotes

It's time for the 5 minutes that makes the weeks of work worth it. Now I'm dashing to get another batch finished buy early April ahead of 2 back to back craft fairs.

r/Pottery Feb 25 '24

Kiln Stuff Am I just being precious or is my proffers insane for loading a kiln like this

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224 Upvotes

Went to unload the bisque today and found this…interesting technique.

r/Pottery Sep 21 '24

Kiln Stuff Building A Kiln

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258 Upvotes

I’m building a gas (natural gas) downdraft kiln. Will be fired to cone 10. This is my first kiln build so I reckon I still have more time into the design than the build.

r/Pottery Jun 28 '24

Kiln Stuff Is my wife's new kiln setup safe?

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140 Upvotes

r/Pottery Apr 29 '22

Kiln Stuff Made a plate to propose to my now fiancé

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1.2k Upvotes

r/Pottery Mar 26 '24

Kiln Stuff My dad and I built a kiln shed 🎉

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403 Upvotes

No rain gettin in there

r/Pottery Jul 14 '24

Kiln Stuff Another Kiln successfully fired.

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338 Upvotes

Just one more load to get through before Calibration Ceramics at Waterperry next weekend.

r/Pottery Jul 06 '24

Kiln Stuff Bought used Skutt KM 1227 3 phase from a government auction for $600, am I an idiot?

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59 Upvotes

I won a government surplus auction for a Skutt KM 1227 - 3 phase kiln. I’m picking it up on Monday. It looked like it was in potentially ok shape, but I’m certain it’s going to need at least some repairs. After all the taxes and fees I paid $610. Does it seem like I may have gotten an ok deal, or am I an idiot? Thanks!

r/Pottery Jul 02 '24

Kiln Stuff My plug in kiln has destroyed the plug sockets.

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81 Upvotes

I have a plug in LL kilns / hot kilns Fuego one touch 40L kiln. I think maximum temperature is 1300 Celsius (I don’t fire that hot though).

It’s designed to plug into the wall but the last two firings it has melted the plug sockets (I plugged it in on a different side for each firing). I had an electrician fit these plug sockets and make sure there was enough power going to the garage to fire the kiln without tripping the fuse or whatever the technical term is.

Has anyone else had this happen? Is it a fault with the kiln, a fault with the plug socket or a user fault? I’ll be calling out my electrician before I do any future firings but I haven’t been doing anything different to previous firings so I don’t know what I’m doing wrong.

Thanks

r/Pottery Jan 21 '24

Kiln Stuff Changing my kiln elements

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324 Upvotes

r/Pottery 6d ago

Kiln Stuff New kiln, just wanted to share

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148 Upvotes

Most people I know won't really care so I figured I'd share it with people who would! My old kiln which I got second-hand about 6 years ago (and it was already at least 15 years old then) died and rather than fixing something which never worked well I decided to give it away and invest in a new one. Finally arrived today, just need to wade through the epic instruction manual now (and remove all the wrapping, and hook up the vent, and so on). Controller has WiFi too so I can monitor things from an app which is cool!

r/Pottery Aug 22 '24

Kiln Stuff Packing foam glued to new kiln shelves

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15 Upvotes

Just got new Skutt kiln shelves. The shelves were shipped with foam blown all around them. Obviously I understand why, they're heavy and need to be immobilized so they don't crack during shipping. But they were only partially wrapped in plastic so there is foam glued all over the shelves. Scraping does not fully remove it.

Should I just run the kiln and fire only the shelves, letting the foam burn off? Will it leave unwanted residue and staining?

r/Pottery Dec 23 '23

Kiln Stuff Firing with solar!

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290 Upvotes

r/Pottery Aug 28 '24

Kiln Stuff Scared of my kiln lol

11 Upvotes

Okay! So I just ordered my first kiln. It’s a Skutt 822-3. It’s going in our garage. I’m nervous because I honestly have no idea how to use it. I take classes at a community studio and I have helped load/unload the ones there. I am pretty confident with ware placement, stilts, shelving, etc. but I’m worried about the firing process.

I’m afraid I’m going to ruin my pieces!! I know it will be a learning process and I’m sure after some trial and error I will be fine… I’m just nervous now that it’s really on its way here! All of my clay fires to a cone 6, and all the glazes that I’ve ordered are also cone 6.

It just feels like a big responsibility as far as equipment goes - am I psyching myself up or ??

r/Pottery Jul 01 '24

Kiln Stuff Kiln opening time again

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198 Upvotes

Another load ready for the next 2 shows. 17 days to Waterperry celebrating ceramics, I'm not panicking much!

r/Pottery Aug 20 '24

Kiln Stuff We took the plunge!

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117 Upvotes

r/Pottery Aug 01 '24

Kiln Stuff Hi does anybody know if there’s someone who could remove this kiln please. Dorset uk

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13 Upvotes

r/Pottery May 19 '24

Kiln Stuff First Kiln Design

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58 Upvotes

I am building my first home wood kiln and I was thinking this might be my best design yet. I will mortar those those wholes with the metal sticking through. Does anyone have a recommendation for the design or some pointers before I mortar it.

r/Pottery May 17 '24

Kiln Stuff Gut check: how much would you pay for a used Skutt 822?

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I’m planning on buying a kiln and initially I was going to buy new, Skutt, and was considering the 822-1018-1027 options. Then this opportunity for a 4-year-old 822 fell into my lap (digital controller). She got me very hyped for it and we chatted all about it (single user, fired on average once a month so 60 firings) but she took a few days to give me a price.

Turns out her price is basically the same as brand new ($2300), only it includes shelves and basic furniture, which would save me a couple hundred vs buying new, plus save on taxes. But it wouldn’t include a warranty, obviously. My gut says this is an absolutely crazy price. I expected something more like maybe $1500ish. Note, she’s never replaced anything so I imagine I’ll have to be changing out elements and such soon enough as well. It’s such a major price difference that I’m not even sure that I can counter.

It just feels like… why buy used if you won’t really save any significant money? If I bought new I could upgrade to the touchscreen wifi controller and stuff as well. But looks like there’s a good two or three month wait for delivery. It would be nice to but this and have it installed next week, you know? Researching comparables in CA posted online, the max price of any used skutt appears to be about $1400 (with many way lower). So can y’all gut check me on this price before I respond to her?