Update to Solar kiln build

twillie2460 · Feb 23, 2022

Got some of the windows and most of the outside skinned this weekend. Price of wood is crazy high.

TheLaundryMan · Feb 26, 2022

What are you gonna use for siding? I was thinking I was about to build one but the smart board for siding was going to cost $1,200 for an 8x12

twillie2460 · Feb 27, 2022

TheLaundryMan said:
What are you gonna use for siding? I was thinking I was about to build one but the smart board for siding was going to cost $1,200 for an 8x12

Well I have more money in this small building than I do a much larger equipment shed I build two years ago. I have some recycled metal siding that I may put up or I’ll just put a heavy coat of paint on it. The decisions as end product depends on the cost as I would have to buy all the corners and end caps for the metal siding.

TheLaundryMan · Feb 27, 2022

twillie2460 said:
Well I have more money in this small building than I do a much larger equipment shed I build two years ago.

Yeah no kidding. I’m kicking myself for putting off building this. Now my garage is half full of drying milled wood and I barely have any room to work.
Considering just buying a 10x20 shipping container now. Literally cheaper than what I need to build a smaller kiln and the all steel walls get plenty hot where I’m at

BobL · Feb 27, 2022

Looking good!

Suggestion - try and avoid starting a new thread for closely related posts. A thread containing all the posts about how you put together a Kiln will be much more useful that a whole bunch of separate threads which will all get lost meaning no one will be able to see the sequence of the build.

twillie2460 · Feb 28, 2022

Got two more windows in today. They are not optimum but they were cheap. 24x85 times 2 for 30 bucks. It was defused glass but I think it works pretty good fromView attachment 968926 what I felt while putting them in. Will finish off the top soon.

TheLaundryMan said:
Yeah no kidding. I’m kicking myself for putting off building this. Now my garage is half full of drying milled wood and I barely have any room to work.
Considering just buying a 10x20 shipping container now. Literally cheaper than what I need to build a smaller kiln and the all steel walls get plenty hot where I’m at

I’m happy that I have very little to buy to finish this one off. I would like to make a wood working shop but at this point I may just go all metal construction. It maybe cheaper than wood structure.