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Kiln for cooking rock

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Otoe Bow:
Thanks for the info guys.  I think I'll save my money for now and just wait and do it the old fashioned way.  However, I found out from my daughter that the High School Art Department has two pretty sizeable kilns. 

Wolf Watcher, if the info you have is easily sendable via digits, I may see if I can get permission to use the schools. 

I'll keep you posted.

Thanks

billy:
Hey Otoe,

I used to bury my stone in the ground and build fires over them, but they require your time and a lot of wood or charcoal to get results.  Sometimes it wouldn't get hot enough, other times it got too hot and shattered the stone.  It's a lot of trial and error.

Seven years ago my dad bought me a small kiln and I absolutely love it.  It works great and you can control the the temp precisely.  As an added addition, we drilled a small hole in the top and inserted a thermometer into the interior of the kiln.  You can see what the temperature is and control it to exactly the temp you want.  My dad got the kiln from Steve Behrnes out of Louisiana.  It is specifically designed for cooking stone, so it heats up very slowly.  It's almost like those Ronco rotisserie cookers "Set it and forget it".  If you plan on doing any knapping, I would suggest strongly that you get one.  If you don't like it you can put it on the trading post on this website and easily sell it.  Using a kiln will save time, effort, and stone. 

Otoe Bow:
Thanks Billy, I know what you mean, here it is Sunday night and another weekend got by me and no cooked rocks   :'(.  Do you know the name of the kiln? 

Otoe

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