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offcntrLook at my pretty new toys!
The traditional 12x24x1" mullite or high-alumina kiln shelf weighs about 20 lbs. Considering I use between forty and sixty of them in every kiln I load, there's a great incentive toward finding something lighter.
These are oxide-bonded silicon carbide shelves. They're stronger, less prone to warping with use, and are only half as thick. They're a little denser, but still weigh around 13 lbs. Much easier to load, and you'd be surprised how many more pots will fit in the kiln when you knock half-an-inch off the height of each layer.
Club Mud bought forty of these several years back, and several members also bought a few. With time and attrition, we decided it was time to buy twenty more for the Club; Jon King and I went in on another twenty for our own use.
Here they are, brand shiny new, getting marked with iron oxide for identification. What's the mark? Depends on your perspective. It's either a capital J (with a curiously low cross-bar) or a lower case f.
To store them safely, I built a little rolling cart that will fit nicely under my ware shelves.
I can hardly wait to fire them.
The traditional 12x24x1" mullite or high-alumina kiln shelf weighs about 20 lbs. Considering I use between forty and sixty of them in every kiln I load, there's a great incentive toward finding something lighter.
These are oxide-bonded silicon carbide shelves. They're stronger, less prone to warping with use, and are only half as thick. They're a little denser, but still weigh around 13 lbs. Much easier to load, and you'd be surprised how many more pots will fit in the kiln when you knock half-an-inch off the height of each layer.
Club Mud bought forty of these several years back, and several members also bought a few. With time and attrition, we decided it was time to buy twenty more for the Club; Jon King and I went in on another twenty for our own use.
Here they are, brand shiny new, getting marked with iron oxide for identification. What's the mark? Depends on your perspective. It's either a capital J (with a curiously low cross-bar) or a lower case f.
To store them safely, I built a little rolling cart that will fit nicely under my ware shelves.
I can hardly wait to fire them.