01-05-2018, 07:18 PM
Mr Jan, do you wrap the wire around a dowel or something to make an electrical coil? I can't imagine trying to manage 20 meters of wire...
Paragon sells coils, and they aren't expensive. I don't know what they're made of, but I believe the top end is 2200°F.
I have a couple kilns because nobody made one with coils in the ceiling when I bought my first, an Evenheat, which did almost everything except heat evenly.
My very good friend, Mr Ed Fowler has been the Paragon spokesman for many many years. I tried to bend every ear within reach to design a better kiln. Paragon finally did, about 1 1/2 years ago, and I bought the first one. It's so superior to anything else I've seen I can hardly believe no one had ever thought of putting coils in the ceiling. Makes all the difference in the world.
The problem with knife kilns comes from having coils on the sides and back wall, but the end with the door has none. Impossible to heat knives evenly that way.
With the new Paragon, it was shocking to see every speck of steel the exact same color. No matter what I tried, the old kiln could not do that.
Paragon sells coils, and they aren't expensive. I don't know what they're made of, but I believe the top end is 2200°F.
I have a couple kilns because nobody made one with coils in the ceiling when I bought my first, an Evenheat, which did almost everything except heat evenly.
My very good friend, Mr Ed Fowler has been the Paragon spokesman for many many years. I tried to bend every ear within reach to design a better kiln. Paragon finally did, about 1 1/2 years ago, and I bought the first one. It's so superior to anything else I've seen I can hardly believe no one had ever thought of putting coils in the ceiling. Makes all the difference in the world.
The problem with knife kilns comes from having coils on the sides and back wall, but the end with the door has none. Impossible to heat knives evenly that way.
With the new Paragon, it was shocking to see every speck of steel the exact same color. No matter what I tried, the old kiln could not do that.