Glass Kiln & Furnace Building Topics

E-36 Building a Vitrigraph Kiln (1 of 2)

A super energy efficient vitrigraph pot kiln for extruding glass

E-35 Building a Vitrigraph (2 of 2) Controller

Building an inexpensive “infinite” controller for 110v kilns

E-34 Building a Table-top 110v Kiln (1 of 2)

A good beginner’s kiln building project.  No welding.

E-32 Bead Kiln (1 of 2)

4-hour tutorial covering the building of tabletop bead annealer, pickup-oven and fusing kiln

E-31 Bead Kiln (2 of 2)

The 2nd 2-hour segment covering completion and several demos

E-30 170-pound Furnace Rebuild

Rebuild overview and efficiency number crunching

E-28 Mini Jewellery Kiln from a Ceramic Cooktop

Salvaging elements from a discarded kitchen cooktop

E-27 Kiln Crucible (1 of 3)

Building a small pot furnace, no welding.  “Turn your vitrigraph right-side-up”

E-26 Kiln Crucible (2 of 2)

Installing the element, lid and electrical

E-24 Building a Flying Kiln Control

A “flying” controller can be used with various manual kilns because it is not installed

E-23 Converting Pottery Kiln to Glass Kiln

Restoring and modifying a discarded old pottery kiln

E-22 Converting Pottery Kiln to Glass Kiln (2 of 2)

Adding an element to the lid

E-20 40-pound Furnace Pot Replacement

Opening up the unit for a pot replacement, and some number crunching

E-19 40-pound Electric Furnace (1 of 9)

Design/Build super energy efficient electric glass furnace (4 hours total)

E-18 40-pound Electric Furnace (2 of 9)

Placing the insulation

E-16 40-pound Electric Furnace (4 of 9)

Fitting the huge elements

E-15 40-pound Electric Furnace (5 of 9)

Building the two lids, the maintenance lid and gathering lid

E-14 40-pound Electric Furnace (6 of 9)

Thermocouple and lid fitting

E-12 40-pound Electric Furnace (8 of 9)

Building the PID furnace controller

E-11 40-pound Electric Furnace (9 of 9)

Run-up and demo

E-10 Fibre Kiln (1 of 8)

The first of 8 segments covering the design and building of bell-type fibre kilns

E-8 Fibre Kiln (3 of 8)

Guide rails and side wall insulation

E-7 Fibre Kiln (4 of 8)

wall supports and energy calculations

E-6 Fibre Kiln (5 of 8)

Installing the elements

E-4 170-Pound Electric Furnace (Part-1)

Building a Super energy efficient Silicon Carbide Electric Furnace (4 hours total)

E-3 170-Pound Electric Furnace (Part-2)

Door, controller, and use are covered in this 2nd half

E-2 Electric Automatic Cane Chopper

Automatic cane chopper with speed control for under $150 in parts