She is amazing! Isn't she?!?!

You've only been making beads for Nine Months?! I yam impressed.

Kandice


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In article ,
"D Brock" wrote:

Hi Kalera:

One other thing to keep in mind as you decide: are you closer to one or the
other? AIM is Corvallis Oregon, I think Jen-Ken is in the east somewhere.
(Don't know if you have located distributors close to you.) But maybe if
you're close, you can pick up and save some shipping? And for kilns,
shipping could be fairly significant.

(Those of us in the Portland, Oregon, area are pretty lucky kiln-wise:
Skutt is here, EK Miller (Fusebox) is here, AIM is down the road in
Corvallis, I think there's someone manufacturing toolbox/mailbox annealers
on the coast...)

--Dave

P.S. Got a good laugh about your comments on building your own
controller --- first "I may build it myself", then "I don't really have time
to build my own, do I?" I go through that internal argument on so many
things all that time (most recently on rebuilding a malfunctioning oxygen
concentrator myself...)

Jen-Ken finally won out... I seriously considered the Skutt, but had
concerns about the depth of the kiln, and also the AIM, but prefer a
hinged top lid to a stacking type. I'm not good about having a clean
flat surface in my work area, so I'd never have a good place to set the
lid down! In the end, I got what I think was a great deal ($513, with a
Bartlett controller) on the Jen-Ken bead annealer from Centre DeVerre,
and shipping was only $30. With my darling husband's encouragement and
support, I took the plunge and dipped into my "backup money", and
ordered the kiln last night, forgoing my usual months of obsessing and
comparing and agonizing. I decided to get the cheapest (good) kiln I
could find with the features I need, so I can have it as soon as
possible.

So, here we go! Wish me luck!

(Oh, and the dialogue about "do-it-myselfing"... I do that all the time
too! In the end, I rarely really have the time for doing it myself...
but it takes me a while to reach that conclusion, every time!)

--
-Kalera
Mom of Juliet, 5, Sam, 3, and Ophelia, born 5/31/03
Wife of the incomparable Moxley of www.spaceplex.com
See us at www.strattonhome.org

In article ,
eads (Cheryl) wrote:

You can use something like this - and this is a GREAT DEAL.
My"annealer" is an older enameling kiln that I modified to use for annealing
beads...

I VERY seriously considered going that route, actually! I even had a
design for the bead door I was going to make all worked out. In the end,
I decided against it, partly because I found that the ending auction
price of those is currently usually over $300, and partly because, once
again, I don't REALLY have time for all the projects I imagine myself
doing! I'd have to use time that I would otherwise use to make beads,
and that didn't seem very productive in the end. If I had time, though,
I think it's a great idea.

--
-Kalera
Mom of Juliet, 5, Sam, 3, and Ophelia, born 5/31/03
Wife of the incomparable Moxley of www.spaceplex.com
See us at www.strattonhome.org

In article ,
Deirdre S. wrote:

Yay!

Have a great time with your toy...

What happens to the old kiln, now? Is it still the right one for fused
glass?

Deirdre

It is... It's a great fusing kiln, I couldn't be happier with it for
that application. In fact, I like it so much that I looked for an
Evenheat bead kiln, but they just don't have anything suitable. Their
Hot Box is soooo close, if they'd only put a bead door on it! C'est la
vie.

I fuse about one in a blue moon nowadays, but there are one or two of
those per year, right? ;) At one point my plan was to replace all my
dishes with fused glass, but I have this problem; I keep giving away
what I make. I can't seem to help it. So, I have one fused plate. That's
it. One.

Actually, I'm not positive I have that anymore.

--
-Kalera
Mom of Juliet, 5, Sam, 3, and Ophelia, born 5/31/03
Wife of the incomparable Moxley of www.spaceplex.com
See us at www.strattonhome.org