???Traveling With Kiln??? and oxy tank?

[turtleglass]

What would you do to safely transport your kiln if your were traveling across country????????? Ive heard road vibrations can damage it, somehow, any insight on that. Im assuming the bricks are what can be damaged....

Ive been told to pack the Kiln with a Pillow, but would yall do anything else???

Ive considered building a box that that has styrofoam on all walls so that hold kiln snug while traveling......is this necesary or overkill ........


What would yall do?????/ Kilns are to expensive to break





also if you were goin to buy oxy tanks to fill with a home fill system (ex2000) , would you get the 244 size or the 300 size tanks.


Thanks Yall :) :turtle:

[dOprah Winfrey]

Turtle,

I'm no expert by anymeans but I tried to put myself in your shoes and thought about what I would do. If you ordered your kiln and had it shipped to you, I would suggest you try to mimick the packaging that it was sent to you in. If it could handle a trip with ups/fedex I'm sure it would be fine with you driving and taking care of it because its your stuff, not another anonymous package. What kiln do you have? Mine is made of four pieces. Bottom shelf surrounded by metal, two rings of brick surrounded by metal, and a top which like the bottom is a shelf of brick surrounded by metal. For mine I would get a big box, lay down bubble wrap but each piece in with bubble wrap between them. I would probably use styrofoam along the sides of the box for stability.

I've only read a little about the oxy home fills. Something I think I've read about them is that they fill slower as the pressure in the tank increases. Meaning its faster to fill from 0-100psi than 100-200 psi. I'm not certain about this but I'm pretty sure I read that. If that is the case I would think that the bigger the tank you were filling the better. A 300 would hold more oxygen at a given pressure than a 244 so I would imagine it would be more efficient.

I'm sure the pros will chime in with some more accurate info. Again I'm talking about my ass but these were my first thoughts.

Good luck,
Travis

[Shatner]

I would make a table like platform that fits snuggly inside.

Cut a piece of ply the size of the top, then make feet from 2x4 to support it. This is how my Paragon F-230 whatever was delivered.

[STROKER]

i used to ship alot of furniture and for some of the very delicate things people ship. the companies would use slings that were made of elastic material and hung from the roof.
this takes alot of stress out of the move , kinda like a shock absorber.

it seems you could set up a system like that and it would easily be strapped to the ceiling when not in use.

i will give it some more thought.

[turtleglass]

I got a glasshive Kiln that was custom made. Its 9 in tall x 18 wide and 6in deep.

and good ideas so far yall :) :turtle:

[LTD]

Cut a block of styrofoam to fit inside snugly. Should work fine. Just make sure you clean any crumbs out before you fire it up!

[LTD]

Cut a block of styrofoam to fit inside snugly. Should work fine. Just make sure you clean any crumbs out before you fire it up!

[turtleglass]

So just the styrofoam inside holding it all real snug would be good enough?? If not, What if it also rode sitting on some sort of rubber or foam as well. Would that combo be good enough?? or do I have to build the full on box with foam packing around entire kiln as well as inside. Im assuming that is more for shipping purposes so it doest move around in box and if I had kiln secured to a spot maybe I could skip that part. But again I dont know really even what all road vibrations can damage in a kiln. This is the pretty much the last peice of puzzle for me before the mobile shop is ready to roll, thanks for your help :) :turtle:

[N~DARK]

What up J.R. I would build a full box. Like I said when you were here. That way no matter what happens on the road the kiln will be safe...

[llithra]

I nearly destroyed my Living glassworks kiln going cross country once. The bricks are still all screwed up. For some reason I thought that the suspension in my box trailer was good enough.

Anyway, what I ended up having to do was remove the kiln door and counterweight and fill the inside with something to keep the bricks from rattling too much. I also had it laying on its back because the bricks on the top were cracked and ready to fall in.

The first thing to break were the welds on the counterweight.

The tank should not be a big deal. I would not want to ride around with a full one though.

[turtleglass]

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Mike from GlassHive who made my Kiln emailed me back today and said Laying on it back and Straped down to 4in thick soft foam and the inside packed tightly would do the trick! Made it def easier, trying to figure out a way to build a puzzle box, lol what it felt like, to hold kiln was drivin me crazy. Ill keep an eye on it though and may have to do somethin dif if looks like it gettin damaged. Thanks YALL :) :turtle:



What Size tanks Do I need to FILL with EX2000????????????????????????????????????? 244's or 300's