Studio Two 10 sided kiln
Designed for the gruelling schedule of daily firing of full loads. 22½ x 29" deep, its 7.10 cubic foot capacity is a very sensible studio size, taking good loads of everyday items, but also able to cope with the big Crest Dragon, Dalmation, very large platters, or a mountain of smaller plates!The Paint Your Own Pottery studios
often opt for the Studio Two ceramic kiln where they cannot physically get their first choice, the 4 inches wider Goliath, through their doorway. The slightly smaller size also means that the fired load cools noticable faster, making up in the faster turn-round a lot of what it loses in the smaller capacity.Frequently the contemporaries 2nd kiln is a Studio Two kiln, perfect for the overflow from the Goliath, or for those odd slack days when you cannot fill your largest kiln. We even have a few mobile Pottery Painting Party people who regularly fill a Studio Two kiln when they are doing adult parties, hen parties, or several childrens parties at a time.
For the growing Hobby Ceramic studio,
the Studio Two kiln fires as quickly as the Studio One kiln, but the greater size and mass means cooling takes longer, but not as long as the Massive Goliath kiln . In practice the Two can regularly be fired three times in two days, moving a lot of profitable ware!Treat with care and this kiln will give years of firing with a minimum of maintainance. The high fire elements are made from the finest alloy available, and they are very deeply seated in the specially cut firebricks, not conspicuously laying in open grooves where they can be so easily damaged by contaminats. As with all our kilns, when you do need spares we have them here ready for immediate despatch, not days of waiting for them to be made for you.
Regular kiln maintainance seminars
teach how easy it is to service a Paragon/ Hobby Ceramicraft kiln.The brick base is supported and protected by an edge to edge galvanised steel base. Inner lid, top of sidewalls and peepholes are hardened with a special refactory coating to make them wear resistant and less likely to shed brick dust onto your precious glazed ware
Each kiln comes with a stand with plastic feet to protect yout floor. If you need to move the kiln, a deluxe base with castors
may be ordered. If ventilation of your kiln fumes to outside atmosphere is a problem, then the Orton Kiln Vent is an optional extra which can be fitted now, or retrofitted later. This will blow fumes through up to 60 feet of tubing to the outside if necessary. (Usually a small open window or a cheap window or wall vent fan is all you need though.)
The kiln will squeeze through a 32" door (just!)
All new Studio Two kilns are 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 just a few pounds of pressure. Most people can even lift the hefty 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 90") for full access to loading and does away with lid chains or other supports.Firing Chamber Opening Depth Cubic Feet (Cubic footage is not a very useful measurement in choosing the right cafe kiln, more useful
22.5" decagon 29" 7.10' is shelf width, i.e. how many 8", 10" or 12" plates can I load across the shelf?)
A minimum of 12" of additional clearance is required on all sides of kiln during operation. Firing chamber depth of a top loading kiln is measured from top to bottom. (Firing chamber of a front loading kiln is measured from front to rear.)
Included kiln Furniture Kit
8 C-23H 1/2 Shelves1 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, (way above this kilns normal firing temperature). 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.
Approximate Shipping Weight
Kiln Furniture Kit
335 lbs. 95 lbs.
Outside dimensions
Height includes a 9" stand.
Width x Depth x Height
30.5" x 39.5" x 47.5"
Electrical Power Rating
Volts Amps Watts
230 49.7 11450
Studio Two Kiln £1695 + vat
