Among our projects that we were raising money for is the Minnesota Flat Top Kiln. The Kiln was donated to the Guild and we have spent many hours putting it together at the property of Ryan and Joe Law, and lots of problem-solving to get it up and running. We have our fingers crossed that we may be able to fire the MFT in a few weeks.
A big Shout Out goes to Michael Wendt for all the work and planning he has done on the kiln. Other hard workers were Carolyn and Steven Guy, Ryan and Joe Law, Judith and Gary Marvin, Val Boydo, Lorena Pope, Barb Wendt, and Jeanne Wood.
Lorena, Carolyn, and Val apply a layer of kaowool. This kiln will be tight!
Ryan, Joe, and Carolyn fit the outer layer of metal on the kiln front. They are being careful to fit to the the openings of the peep holes.
2 comments:
Hi, I also fire a MFT. One issues I have had is even temperature top is hotter than bottom during bisque firing. Do you bisque fire in your MFT? Do you use any bag wall? Any insights into evening out the temperature in lower temp firings?
Paul Vernier
Paul, I fired a MFT for nearly 10 years with out parometers and gadgets. Bisqued to 06 and reduction fired to 11 I found that really streatching the firing out to atleast 12 hours helped....pushing the damper in helps push the heat down, but you have to really watch your atmosphere...my MFT really liked to reduce! Reducing a bisque is not a good thing!
I used bagwalls and had "ramp" hard bricks that lead up to them. @ also would pull my bottom peep out a little after red heat on the top. Good luck. I don't blog, but you can email me at cwheberle@gmail.com. Be one with her...
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