I got a kiln at a garage sale for $300. It is a ceramic kiln with no
controller to speak of (off, lo, med & hi). It has a chamber that is about
14" across. Even one of the elements has come loose and is on the floor of
the kiln. I have done slumping, fusing and vitreous paint firing with it.
I did get an analog pyrometer.
My kiln isn't the "best" for glass, but it works and I would probably
still be waiting to do fusing if I had to wait to have enough money to get
the "best" kiln for glass. Remember, a kiln is just a really hot oven. No
more, no less. Since then I have gotten more kilns (about 10 at last count)
and only a couple are real honest-to-goodness glass kilns. But the
Egyptians and Venetians didn't have kilns as good as mine and their stuff
came out okay. Good tools are great, but any tool that works is better than
no tool at all.
You probably will want to keep your smaller kiln hooked up as an annealer.
Otherwise, do what your budget allows. Keep an eye out in the local paper
and garage sales. You can get a real deal sometimes.


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There are no mistakes, only unexplored techniques

"saucy" wrote in message
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I'm going to upgrade my kiln very soon. The one I have for glass is to
restrictive in space and I want to do some large pieces.

I wanted to know if anyone had some good suggestions, experience, etc. for
a
kiln. I would like it to have at least a 12" height, and at the very
least
17" wide.

Money is somewhat limited, I can't spend $4,000 for a super duper model,
but
I can look at pieces under a thousand. I would like to have a kiln
controller with the kiln and would like advice and experience as well.

Thanks!

Starlia