Kiln
Luke Graham
Niels is bringing it with a trolley
It will need some love
Luke
Toby Catlin
Sam Cook
Dave Williams
scary boots
Simon Howes
I'll be in tomorrow in the day to do some work on this... it needs some electrical/safety tlc. I'd be in tonight but for work cocktails!
Just a thought... laser cut foam gears, cast in bronze via lost foam casting... yum
Feel free to buy me a beer :)
> i am enamoured of enamelling..
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> On 3 March 2011 15:42, Dave Williams <da...@dave.io> wrote:
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>> This will definitely end well.
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>> On 3 Mar 2011, at 15:42, Sam Cook <sc...@hep.ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
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>> hot molten bricky love!
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Adrian Godwin
http://www.glassstudiosupplies.co.uk/epages/es137568.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/es137568/Categories/%22Microwave%20Kilns%22
Not as good as a real-life kiln I'm sure (an aquisition I enthusiastically support) , but sounds worth investigating.
-adrian
Lester Hawksby
seems to be having a lot of fun with it but accepts that it is pretty
limited. I think we can do better with this thing :-)
Lester
Sam Cook
spooq
some noodles, but he couldn't.
Luke
Niels
at a loss with the discount for non-functionality.... LOL
On Mar 3, 4:21 pm, spooq <spo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We gave the trader 15 minutes to get the thing working, while we ate
> some noodles, but he couldn't.
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> Luke
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> On 3 March 2011 16:10, Sam Cook <sc...@hep.ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
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> > well we have the kiln but the electrics for it (according to Niels) don't
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> >> A friend of mine uses one of those for tiny jewellery pieces. She
> >> seems to be having a lot of fun with it but accepts that it is pretty
> >> limited. I think we can do better with this thing :-)
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> >> Lester
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> >> > For once, google's ads put something really quite interesting up against
> >> > this thread :
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> >> > Not as good as a real-life kiln I'm sure (an aquisition I
> >> > enthusiastically
> >> > support) , but sounds worth investigating.
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> >> > -adrian
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> >> >> i am enamoured of enamelling..
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> >> >>> This will definitely end well.
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> >> >>> On 3 Mar 2011, at 15:42, Sam Cook <sc...@hep.ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
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> >> >>> hot molten bricky love!
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Niels
the trader demonstrated it's safety by touching various bits of bare
metal while it was plugged in. Now *thats* selling something you
believe in.....
On Mar 3, 4:01 pm, Simon Howes <simonhowes...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> I'll be in tomorrow in the day to do some work on this... it needs some
> electrical/safety tlc. I'd be in tonight but for work cocktails!
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> Just a thought... laser cut foam gears, cast in bronze via lost foam
> casting... yum
> Feel free to buy me a beer :)
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> > i am enamoured of enamelling..
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> >> This will definitely end well.
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> >> On 3 Mar 2011, at 15:42, Sam Cook <sc...@hep.ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
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> >> hot molten bricky love!
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Tamsin Bowles
> For once, google's ads put something really quite interesting up against
> this thread :
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> http://www.glassstudiosupplies.co.uk/epages/es137568.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/es137568/Categories/%22Microwave%20Kilns%22
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> Not as good as a real-life kiln I'm sure (an aquisition I enthusiastically
> support) , but sounds worth investigating.
I did a fair amount of research into these a while back. Alright for
PMC and some enameling, but a real kiln is way better.
T.
Elliot West
What's wrong with corroded, exposed mains wiring? I did like the way
the trader demonstrated it's safety by touching various bits of bare
metal while it was plugged in. Now *thats* selling something you
believe in.....
Simon Howes
Kilns fixed! I opened it up and checked the electrics - its got a thermionic valve in it! Turned out the problem was actually a mechanical one with the temperature control...
Anyway, we did a test firing of it... temp was maxing out at about 500 until i did another hack.
Result: we now have all the little iron bits from harddrive spindles and a puddle of of aluminium. Rar!
Going home now, will be in tomorrow to play with it some more. Sorry for leaving kiln on bench, its a bit hot so cant move it right now. Be careful if you need to move it - its heavy and will need two people.
Lester Hawksby
Lester
Ciarán Mooney
Could you update the new equipment page for the Kiln to reflect what
you have learnt and any other important information that people should
know?
http://wiki.hackspace.org.uk/wiki/Equipment/Kiln
Ciarán
Nigel Worsley
> valve in it! Turned out the problem was actually a mechanical one with the
> temperature control...
Yuck!
I think that side of things needs a bit of modernising, and sooner rather than later. To that end, I have
bid on a temperature controller: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/220745096118
It will need an SSR to go with it, but they are fairly cheap. And a housing of some sort, I would expect
the existing control location to get rather too hot for it.
> Result: we now have all the little iron bits from harddrive spindles and a
> puddle of of aluminium. Rar!
Excellent!
Has anyone volunteered to order crucibles yet?
Nigle
Sam Cook
Mike
> There have been some concerns raise that the insulation for the kiln may
> contain asbestos.
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My (albeit limited) understanding was that there's not really problem
with stuff that contains asbestos. It's perfectly safe as long as it
stays in situ and you don't drill/saw/etc it.
Mike.
Adrian Godwin
Leave that temperature control alone ! Keep the electronics in your iPod !
And especially leave that beautiful bakelite meter with the thermocouple alone - it just needs a new glass !
-adrian