What should I get? Evenheat/Jen Kiln

You got a great deal. I talked to the Evenheat folks a little at Bladeshow. They seemed to be very engaged. If you have trouble, call them, I’m sure they’ll do their best to walk you through it.
 
ScarFoot said:
You got a great deal. I talked to the Evenheat folks a little at Bladeshow. They seemed to be very engaged. If you have trouble, call them, I’m sure they’ll do their best to walk you through it.
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Thanks, Ive been enjoying it so far!
 
I won this last night on the bay and looking forward to many years of service. I think I got a pretty good deal at 500 bucks even though shipping will probably add an additional 300. That is 1/3 the cost of new and it appears to be barely used... :cool:


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You can try drilling into the floor of your oven with a drill bit by hand and using ceramic rod in the floor itself? Thicker Kanthal Wire may work as well, but I haven't tried that. Will do that on my tempering oven.
 
Google kiln rod and you can generally get packs of 8-10 for anywhere from $8-$40 depending on material and cut/break them to length. I’d say you could drill them into a standard fire brick and it would work fine if you have room. I’ve been using kiln stilt pads, the “nails” are a bit short but they work. I ordered some 4” pieces of kiln rod to use in it but haven’t tried them yet.
 
Taz said:
You can try drilling into the floor of your oven with a drill bit by hand and using ceramic rod in the floor itself? Thicker Kanthal Wire may work as well, but I haven't tried that. Will do that on my tempering oven.
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Yikes. That could end badly if the bricks are cracked. On my Evenheat there is barely enough room to do that, even by hand. I bought a fixture, but I've seen people carve them out of a soft firebrick, cast them out o refractory, or just use some angle iron with grooves cut into it with an angle grinder.
 
I meant by hand (not sure if the opening install enough?). Hold the drill bit in your hand and twist it in. You may be able to sharpen the Kanthal wire and push it in to the bottom brick.

When I built my oven, I drilled the 2nd brick in on the bottom to stick ceramic rods in, that way I didn't lose 1/2" of height in the oven from the tray. My bricks are 3" thick and I drilled in around 1.3" or so deep before I assembled the oven.
 
Look for ceramic firing fixures on the big River site. I got one with small movable pins for around $20. Been working for carbon & stainless blades going on a few years now. If I have something with a lot of curve to the spine I place the fixture on top of a fire/kiln brick to accomodate the curve. Kiln/firebricks are fairly cheap and can be used but they wear out pretty quick.
Also when placing things in the kiln get them a straight up as possible. I've had gravity pull blades over on me during normalizing cycles and heat treating.
 
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