MadDog Mike's Platterful of Pupule - El Tiki/Ben Wilson Wall Finished - Other Crafts

F freddiefreelance Member San Diego, Ca. Joined: Feb 15, 2003 Posts: 3006	F freddiefreelance Posted posted on Mon, Dec 14, 2009 6:07 PM On 2009-12-11 18:22, MadDogMike wrote: On 2009-12-11 17:17, freddiefreelance wrote: How about casting a grill in ceramic? Then you could continue the pattern of the plate onto the glaze of the grill. Freddie you may be right. It would be a lot easier for me to form a ceramic grill than to try to cast a brass one. There's a good chance that the rapid heating or cooling of the ceramic grill would cause it to break but it cost me almost nothing to give it a try. Sterno is supposed to burn around 140 Degrees, so it shouldn't break a ceramic grill if you kiln it at a high cone. Rev. Dr. Frederick J. Freelance, Ph.D., D.F.S [ Edited by: freddiefreelance 2009-12-15 10:56 ]

On 2009-12-11 18:22, MadDogMike wrote:

On 2009-12-11 17:17, freddiefreelance wrote:
How about casting a grill in ceramic? Then you could continue the pattern of the plate onto the glaze of the grill.

Freddie you may be right. It would be a lot easier for me to form a ceramic grill than to try to cast a brass one. There's a good chance that the rapid heating or cooling of the ceramic grill would cause it to break but it cost me almost nothing to give it a try.

Sterno is supposed to burn around 140 Degrees, so it shouldn't break a ceramic grill if you kiln it at a high cone.

Rev. Dr. Frederick J. Freelance, Ph.D., D.F.S

[ Edited by: freddiefreelance 2009-12-15 10:56 ]

Post #499040 by freddiefreelance on Mon, Dec 14, 2009 6:07 PM