[queenbee]

Hi All!



I am planning to buy a kiln. I first saw a Skutt, model 818.240. It comes with a kiln sitter but no kiln furniture. Only seen pics. Looks in good condition with no obvious problems. Says fires to cone 10. I only fire cone 5/6. Then today I found an add for a Sno Industries P22. Only info I could find is that the company is out of buisness. Does come with a kiln sitter, furniture, and analog pyrometer. The Sno Industries is also 4" taller than the skutt. I was able to look info on the skutt and know it is a reliable company. Does anyone have info on Sno Industries? Any opinons as to which is the better kiln? I appreciate any replies.



Thanks, Chantay

[TJR]

I WOULD GO WITH THE SKUTT. SINCE THE COMPANY IS STILL IN BUSINESS, IT SAYS THAT THEY HAVE A GOOD PRODUCT. You CAN BUY KILN FURNITURE INEXPENSIVELY. oops caps lock on, sorry.
TJR.

[Nelly]

Dear All,

I too would have bought a second hand kiln if my insurance agent would have allowed me. Here in Ontario, it is hard to get insurance if you tell them you have a kiln. They said to me, "everything has be brand new and set-up to code. They are sending someone next week to look at my set-up to okay me. So if insurance is an issue, you have to take that into consideration as well. Having said that, there are lots of people who run kilns safely without telling anyone. It is just me be cautious with a new home.

I too would go with the SKUTT and the kiln sitter. Known and works.

BTW-if anyone lives in Ontario and wants to know the name of the insurance company that DOES cover people with kilns, let me know.


Nelly

[yedrow]

There are better people to ask than me, but I'd go with the Skutt since it has support. As far as I know, you issue would be with replacing the elements one they burn out (assuming they are all good now). I have heard though that Euclid has replacement elements for many kilns.

[Thea]

I'm kind of going through the same thing... I bought an old kiln - don't even know the brand - with kiln sitter and it's great for low-fire stuff, but will not get to ^6. Of course, now I want an electronic. In researching these, I learned that if you want to fire to ^6, you should buy a kiln rated to ^10. If you want to fire to ^10 in electric, you have to buy a "true ^10" kiln. I'm betting my little old kiln was never intended to fire to ^6. I have decided on a small Skutt that is rated to ^10 but which I will fire to ^6. I know people with Skutts, they're great kilns, and the other writers are correct - best to get something where you have support if needed. You can bet that eventually your elements will wear out, at the least, and a Skutt will be easy to repair.

[Denice]

[quote name='Nelly' date='25 May 2012 - 04:12 PM' timestamp='1337980337' post='17492']
Dear All,

I too would have bought a second hand kiln if my insurance agent would have allowed me. Here in Ontario, it is hard to get insurance if you tell them you have a kiln. They said to me, "everything has be brand new and set-up to code. They are sending someone next week to look at my set-up to okay me. So if insurance is an issue, you have to take that into consideration as well. Having said that, there are lots of people who run kilns safely without telling anyone. It is just me be cautious with a new home.

I too would go with the SKUTT and the kiln sitter. Known and works.

BTW-if anyone lives in Ontario and wants to know the name of the insurance company that DOES cover people with kilns, let me know.


Nelly
I don't know if you have State Farm Insurance in Canada but I didn't have any trouble with them in the U. S. when we built our new house. I have 3 electric kilns ranging in age from 15 to 40 years old. Our old insurance Shelter wouldn't cover us in our new house because we had 1 ice storm and 1 hail claims in the past 10 years. He took some pictures of the kiln room and I explained how the electrician was so particular in how everything was wired. He said it looked good no problems. Denice