I'm looking for a DIY glass annealer so that I can experiment with painting enamels onto glass. There are some second hand kilns for the purpose on FBMP and CL, but still out of my price range for the moment.
In case anyone else is looking for something similar, I did manage to find something on YT. I can't make heads nor tails of what he's saying. He's got bluetooth and phone chargers and all sorts of things going on. I'm going to have to watch again over the weekend and see if I can tease out the info I'm after.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm1RW1i4XseBN5cwCLBuoU17idm6EbpPm
He's also got a toolbox version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9dEAWAnwRk
I bet that there could be some interesting improvements on this design from within the Permies community.
I would need something somewhat larger for panels up to 6" in one or both dimensions. I have two old metal food safes and some old fridges that could potentially be gutted and used... I also have two defunct pottery kilns and I'm wondering if one of those could be repurposed to anneal glass.
To anneal glass, you've got to bring the material to 900-1050°F and cool slowly to around 800°F and then on down to room temp. From what I can gather, Victorians used a wood-fired kiln for this purpose called a lehr? I'm still looking to see if I can find some diagrams.
I'd love to hear some of your thoughts.
Thanks heaps,
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