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Old November 3rd 07, 06:02 AM posted to rec.crafts.glass
David Coggins[_2_]
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Seems they were around some years back. Anybody know anything about them?

Jack


I seem to remember some years back - maybe 10 or more - that I saw a
promotion at a conference for a method to fire pottery in a microwave oven.
It turned out to be a refractory container coated inside with some metallic
substance which could attain a chamber temperature of 1000 + degrees C when
placed in a microwave oven on high. Only trouble was that the container for
a domestic microwave was tiny and almost useless - you would need an
industrial strength and sized microwave to provide enough power to heat a
decent sized chamber, which would probably cost more than a kiln anyway.

I suspect the idea died a deserving death.

Dave


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