I bought a Kiln What can I use for?

[dwhess504]

Ok So a friend of mine was selling a Kiln and I bought it. It is fairly large. What are some good uses besides making a clay bowl? lol

 

[rcm192]

Make a ceramic Glock.

http://www.bayoushooter.com/forums/...ramic-Composite-Glock-7-IS-IT-REAL&highlight=

 

[CaptainMorgan]

Those flattened wine bottles as decorations or cheese trays are popular, and usually sell well at arts/crafts shows. You just toss the bottle in, fire up the kiln, and let it melt. And making stuff out of clay is alway fun IMO.

 

[rtr_rtr]

 

[Crippler7815]

Forge? Heat temper steel? Personal size brick oven pizza?

 

[sgt z]

There are a lot of processes I am unqualified to speak on but the internet is a great source for information on:

Ceramics like pottery, art processes like cloi·son·né
adjective \ˌklȯi-zə-ˈnā, ˌklwä-\
: of, relating to, or being a style of enamel decoration in which the enamel is applied and fired in raised cells (as of soldered wires) on a usually metal background — compare champlevé
— cloisonné noun
Heat treatment of metals:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_hardening
and other stuff like melting bottles, marbles, etc.

 

[Trueno]

Practice doing some case hardening. If you get even halfway good at it I'll gladly pay ya to try it out on a Uberti I have.

t

 

[dwhess504]

Practice doing some case hardening. If you get even halfway good at it I'll gladly pay ya to try it out on a Uberti I have.

t

Thats a Good Idea too. I also thought maybe try out some different coatings? duracoat or somthing like that. I just wanted so suggestions so I can have some motivation to figure it out!

 

[AustinBR]

I vote for that ^^

 

[Vermiform]

Heat treat "fold-your-own" AK receivers?

 

[LACamper]

PM Cat... that's right up her alley...

 

[Trueno]

How big is it?

t

 

[madwabbit]

ok thats pretty awesome

 

[Magdump]

Hot bluing!
Wonder what the temp range is on it. A friend of mine bought one used for his shop to heat ring and pinion gears when setting up diffs on cars. Those things hold a lot more than a regular oven

 

[the dubshow]

Heat treat "fold-your-own" AK receivers?

Best answer I have read yet. And I know a guy with 2...

 

[Specularius]

PM Cat... that's right up her alley...

That is not an option.

What type of controls and what range is the kiln temp? Does it have temp control over time, can the temp ramp up or down? Your best use would be to bake coatings on parts.

 

[Trueno]

 

[LNSvince]

Whats its max operating temp ?
Is the Temp thermostatically controlled ?

 

[hunter5567]

You could get a Kiln gun to go along with your kiln.

 

[rtr_rtr]

While this thread is going, how dangerous/unpredictable are molten metals/melting down metal? I'd like to build a small kiln to do some stuff with aluminum at some point down the road