I found a kiln dealer who would be willing to give us a group discount on 5 or more kilns. The kilns currently included in this deal are front loading Olympic kilns with automatic temperature controllers ( http://www.kilns-kilns.com/ ) and the Paragon HT-22D Heat Treating Kiln ( http://www.ParagonWeb.com/ ). Please note that you really do need an automatic temperature controller for heat treating steel.
Models:
Olympic 129FLE:
Chamber size 11"W x 9"D x 8"H*
Needs 120Volt 20Amp circuit
Retail price $795 discounted price $556.50
Shipping weight is 55 pounds
Can be shipped by UPS
Olympic 1214FLE:
chamber size 11.25"W x 13.5"D x 9"H*
Needs 240Volt 20Amp circuit
Retail price $870 discounted price $609
Shipping weight is 70 pounds
Shipped by commercial freight
Olympic 1818FLE:
chamber size 17.5"W x 18"D x 15"H*
Needs 240Volt 30Amp circuit
Retail price $1120 discounted price $784
Shipping weight is 130 pounds
Shipped by commercial freight
Olympic 1823FLE:
chamber size 17.5"W x 22.5"D x 15"H*
Needs 240Volt 40Amp circuit
Retail price $1245 discounted price $871.50
Shipping weight is 145 pounds
Shipped by commercial freight
Olympic 2323FLE: (Waiting for details from the dealer)
chamber size 22.5"W x 22.5"D x ??"H
Shipped by commercial freight
Paragon HT-22D: (Waiting for price quote on this one)
chamber size 21"W x 21"D x 13.5"H
Retail price $1775 discounted price $???
Needs 240Volt 50Amp circuit
Shipping weight is 290 pounds
Shipped by commercial freight
*=The height as measured in the center of the sloped chamber (see photos).
Here's some photos of Olympic Kilns:
http://www.kilndr.com/129fl.gif http://www.kilndr.com/1818fl.jpg
Pictures of my Paragon HT-22D kiln:
http://www.eskimo.com/~cwn/photos/shop/kiln_closed.jpg http://www.eskimo.com/~cwn/photos/shop/kiln_open.jpg
The kilns are listed with the undiscounted prices on the dealer's web site at http://www.kilndr.com/flkilns.htm .
Please keep in mind that the temperature controller (referred to as computer controls on the web site) adds $370 to the prices listed on his web site for the kilns.
If there is enough interest in this group order then I will organize it but you will be paying the dealer directly and the kiln manufacturer will drop ship the kiln directly to you.
[ 05-08-2002: Message edited by: Craig Nadler ]
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Craig Nadler
cwn@nh.ultranet.com http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~cwn/armour.shtml