One problem I faced was to find a permanent home for the kim. Miss
Gathie Falk provided a concrete floored garage which she intended to
convert into a pottery. I stripped the wiring out of a condemned building
and installed it there. My brother Karl, the electrician, completed the
hookup and--there was still a month before the thesis was due.

The actual construction began. Twenty-six bricks were used as a base
to support the kiln, One 12 brick ring was placed on the base of bricks
(photo 2). The end-pieces that I had saved now came into use. Sets of
six end-pieces were assembled to form blocks and the kiln floor was
made up of several of these blocks (photo 3). The powdered firebrick
that had been saved was mixed with kiln wash (silica and kaolin; 50/50)
to fill all the cracks in this floor. The remaining rings were stacked up.

The elements were now stretched from their closely wound 42" to
slightly longer than 84". This was the circumference of the element
groove. They were stretched slightly longer to press them against the
outside of the channel as loose elements are not satisfactory. When
elements are heated they become quite limp and can roll out of grooves
unless there is a channel to retain them. Each element terminal was
drawn through a hole in its ring wall by means of a stiff wire hook.
(photo 4) and then connected to a fuse in a six fuse box--to put each
element on one must switch off the main switch, screw in the appro-
priate fuse, then switch on the main power supply. This is rather
ungainly, but it works.

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