anyone scrap a kiln?

I got contacted about getting a kiln for scrap and I have never done anything like this so I don't really know what to expect. Seems pretty large but I have no idea what's inside of it.

I got one with some other scrap, it was pretty heavy, took two of us to load it. It was fairly rugged looking and old. I dropped it off with the rest on my way home so didn't get to check it out very well, I even forgot to cut the cord, it was about ten ft 220. It had a good bit of fire brick in it too, these were also old and broke so I was happy just to let it go. Still wish I had grabbed that cord tho ; )

Is it just light iron except the cord?

Far as I know it was BD, I never really looked it over good, it had been outside for who knows how long, rusty and full of bricks(wish I had looked at those a little closer too, might have been worth keeping, but that claw at the yard looked a little too handy while I was there with it so I told him to go ahead and grab that too) When he grabbed on it crunched up pretty quick, kinda like a mini fridge full of brick I suppose, mighta had a fan motor somewhere, not sure how many elements but they were just electric

I've done a few and as Bear said lots of brick weight, so that may be an issue with your yard. Some wire and the heating element could go as stainless if you remove the steel, the rest was shred.

Olddude has some experience repairing them if you want to check with him. The ones I got were trashed and so after wrestling them into the van the only thing I wanted to see was gravity to it's work.

Thanks ill see what he can tell me

story worth repeating: I bought one off of Govdeals awhile ago. They estimated the weight around 500-600 lbs I think. When I got there the guy thought it might weigh closer to 1k lbs. This thing was on a stand and about 6' tall with heavy steel plate all around. I figured it weighed a bit more. We got the forklift and some heavy straps and lifted it into my pickup as I didn't think my single axle heavy duty trailer would handle it. Also included, but not listed, was a control cabinet with Honeywell control devices inside for metering the heat and charting it on graph paper, which I loaded on the trailer. All the way home I was trying to figure out how to list it on CL or even to see if I wanted to use it to melt copper. I finally realized that it would probably take 12 guys to lift the sucker. So I ended up taking off the old 3 phase blower motor and taking the entire thing to the yard. If I remember right it was about 2500 lbs. I also took the Honeywell controls and wiring out of the cabinet and it weighed about 300 lbs stripped. I still have the motor and Honewell controls, but thankful I didn't try to mess around with the kiln for myself. My Dodge 3/4 ton 4x4 was thankful to get it off as well :) The yard deducted about 300lbs for the bricks so I still made out good.

the controller is where the money is at. even as parts they have value. If its a cone controlled kiln its just the cord. The one I own is for pottery and its just a SS shell with fire brick in it. The light(less weight) fire brick has some ebay value if its in good condition.

Eric

The elements are nichrome Nickel /chrome. also the kiln sitter rod.

inside the main switch box is a large circuit block the contacts are large and used to be solid silver. now they are probably plated.

there is heavy insulated wire in the switch box. old ones are insulated with asbestos. also all the wire is Hi-temp wire.

heavy duty power cord

kilnsitter box has a contact block.

kiln sitter is sale-able

newer models have an automatic system with a board that should be hi grade.

they are an easy fix.

different kilns are built for different temps. 1500 deg to 2400 dg. face plate will tell you.

old kilns arte almost impossable to ship with out damage.

CARD BOARD BETWEEN EACH SECTION HELPS.

ask specific questions and I can probably help you.

I'vebuilt about every kind of kiln emaginable including one on a trailer 880 volts. for a defense contractor.

NiChrome goes for 2.00# by me.