Damper slots done and the body of the kiln finished. Ready for the ironwork and then the arch.

What a beautiful day. When the lintel is set I will lay the last 50 or so bricks that finish out the damper area. Then its time to get the welder out and build the steel bracing.

Top of the Firebox

New Bricks Arrived

The new bricks came and we finally got back to kiln building. It was a beautiful day and that didn't hurt a thing. We cast a lintel for the kiln throat using a mix of 4 lb stainless steel pins to the 100 lb. of US castable. It took about 125 lb castable for this lintel.

WVO Power Burner

The burner body is made of 3" black iron pipe fittings. The yellow line is air, the white one is oil. The burner has been working well at a oil temp of 80 to 90 deg. F. At anything above 100 deg. F or installed in a hot kiln I would switch to a flexible copper oil line.

The manifold has pressure regulators controlling pressure to burner and oil tank.

WVO does not burn well or even flow well in cold temps. A used hot water heater makes a good heated storage tank, with some modifications. A long firing would probably take two tanks.

Below: Though not a great picture, this is the burner in action.

Yesterday we went out and looked at the same pile of bricks we left last Wed. Yep, still short of hot face hard brick . So we made a pot of java and started counting arch bricks. Hmm short there too. Well no new kiln pics today. I'll use this opportunity to slip in a few of the wvo burner setup.

The last two Wednesdays have been kiln building day. This is the view from the chimney end.