Davis
Woodfire Kiln
Flooring
of I-beam, tube, & angle iron
1/8"
Plate Steel floor
Basic frame
of 3" angle iron
1/8"
Thermal Ceramics fiber paper
1-1/2"
expanded metal walls
Framing
fits brick dimensions
Flooring
with 2 layers of used brick
1"
Insblock insulation backup/Air ports
Damper cut
out/Chimney area
3 damper
slots/Chimney area
Floating
floor/Damper slots/Rear wall
Rear wall/Chimney/1"
Insblock
3 Damper
slots
Afterburner
port in Chimney
Layout of
stoke port
Stoke port
New/Used
brick employed
Sprung arch
of stoke port
Framing
of stoke port
Marking
off areas to be cut out
Welded framing
in place
Finished
frame of stoke port
Finished
stoke port brick work
Measuring
pulley crossbar length
Crossbar
for lid pulley
Lid frame
Safety grate
for lid
Lid with
safety grate
Placing
lid for line up of verticle guides
Verticle
lid guides
Testing
rising & lowering of lid
1/2 ton
winch
Testing
fit of seal and bricks
Painting
stoke door frame
Weld corners
after compression
Finished
door without future handle
Wheels on
angle iron track
Lid upside
down w/ used & new fiber
"Wall
paper" layout/Ceramic buttons
Mig welded
parts for blower
Finished
blower burner for chimney
Porcelain button hanger
Fiber pulled into frame
Brick-fiber transition
2 inch used fiber seal
Chimney
Temporary damper & flue
Heating chimney to 1800'F
The heating of the chimney to 1800*F was a test to see if smoke could be eliminated through turbulance, high heat, and excess oxygen. The idea was to take the carbon in the smoke and convert it to carbon monoxide and dioxide gases.
Pallets in the fire box were set a fire
after the chimney achieved 1800*F. The test failed because the smoke spent
a very short period of time in the chimney.
Smoke after-burner in test run