Kilns

8 C-24H 1/2 Shelves
1 1/2" Square Posts, 8 each 1", 2", 3", 4", 5", 6"
1 lb. Bag Kiln Wash
Fireclay shelves and posts used inside the kiln are called ``furniture'. With furniture, you can stack more ware in your kiln than you ever could place on the bottom of the kiln alone. ``Furniture Kits" are the shelves and posts we recommend for each model. They have been selected to accommodate a wide variety of work for your particular kiln. Shelves and posts are also sold separately in standard cartons. Shelves should be at least 2" smaller in diameter than the kiln interior. Shelves up to 15" wide may be fired to cone 10, (that is 16 cones hotter than your normal Contemporary Studios 06 firing.) Shelves wider than 15" may be fired to cone 8. Shelves may warp at sustained cone 10 temperature, therefore, we do not guarantee shelves against warpage.

Largest kiln in the range with a massive 28 x 29" deep chamber, a work gulping 10.40 cubic foot which helps even the busiest studio owner to remain sane. All the quality features of the other kilns in the range, just a lot more kiln for your money. This model made by Paragon Kilns is the one chosen by many of the very first Ceramic Cafes when they first came into being in the States many years ago. Many of those original kilns are still earning profit for their owners! The current Goliath has naturally had a few new features added, a more sophisticated controller, the amazing Lite Lid lift, a "two screw only" service panel, but it is still basically exactly the same outstanding quality firing machine! The large shelf diameter makes the Goliath the essential tool of the Contemporary studio. Many plates can be fitted across the shelf width of this giant, and although the larger loaded mass does take a longer cooling down period, it is perfectly possible in a well organised shop to complete the loading at the end of the evening shift, fire overnight, and have customers work ready for collection by very late afternoon the following day. To facilitate this, we recommend that care is taken to provide good ventilation into the kiln room during the cooling period. Fitting the Orton Kiln Vent can also help cooling a little, as well as its main functions of providing optimum kiln conditions for brilliant glazes and a healthy atmosphere in the workplace.

The Goliath kiln looks massive and deep, but use a stool or a building block to stand on and all but the shortest adult will find loading is not difficult. Busy studio owners love the convenience of the Goliath. With a few keystrokes, you can fire to a pyrometric cone. Or design your own firing profile with up to eight stages. Measure your door before ordering. 12-sided kilns require 36" doorways for passage.

These kilns are the workhorse of the Contemporary ceramic industry, gobbling up firings daily for years on end, but this model is not designed for the much higher temperatures in frequent porcelain or Stoneware firing. (We have other models for that!) Ware may be fired directly on the bottom for full firing capacity. No need to use a shelf as a false bottom. Tapered peepholes permit a wide view without heat loss. The peepholes, top rim of firebrick, and inner lid are hardened with a special refractory coating. This protects your ware from dust and makes these surfaces last longer.Vent in two stages with the fall-away Prop-R-Vent, or you can have the Orton Kiln Vent fitted as an optional extra, either now or later as a retro-fit. (This is useful where you need to go up to 60 feet to an outside wall to ventilate, otherwise a normal small window / wall vent fan is a far cheaper solution.)

The new Goliath kiln is now shipping with a spring counterbalance lid. Called the ``LiteLid," the patent-pending counterbalance does away with cumbersome pulleys and cords. It reduces lid weight to several pounds of pressure. Most people can lift even the massive 12 sided, 3" thick lid with one strong finger! Unlike pulley and weight systems, the LiteLid is self-contained on the kiln. You no longer need to drill holes in your ceiling for hooks and pulleys. The LiteLid remains out of the way at the lid hinge behind the kiln. The lid opens wide (to almost 90degrees) for full access to loading and does away with lid chains or other supports. The LiteLid is still so new that we have used a Paragon liveried kiln in the photos High fire elements are seated in dropped, recessed brick grooves for long life. Look at the firebrick seams in a Paragon kiln. They are so tight they are barely visible. This means your kiln is rigid and has a far longer life than looser fitting makes. The full formed steel base strengthens the kiln to take heavy loads. The switch box is generously louvered to let cooling air circulate freely with a minimum of dust. A heat shield helps cool the switch box in all our kilns; the Goliath with its large mass of ware, uses a double heat shield with insulation between the shields.