Building of my own raku kiln

Last week we finally had time to build our very own raku kiln. After some months of research to decide upon if I should buy one or make one, which model I was interested in, movable or stuck in one place, fiber or stone, how big, ...... You see, lots of things to think about. Since I will be holding courses in raku burning the volume and easy accessability was important and PO did not want to build something permanent, so there were 2 models on the internet that I thought were very interesting:

http://www.cooperworkskilns.com/kilns_raku.html
http://www.robertcomptonpottery.com/Kilns-Compton-Construction-Raku%20Clamshell.htm

We decided the easy one, based on the cooperworkskiln.

Oilbarrels were bought, 4 at once, 2 for raku (1 extra in case we cut wrong...;-), 1 for smoke- and 1 for saltburning. PO ofcourse was the one putting it all together, with me as his loving assistent. Below some pictures of the buildingprocess!

Now we just need to test the new oven!! Will be exciting to see if it will be as I anticipate it to be! Let me know if you are interested in a raku course, information is available on my internetsite: http://www.ateljerabygard.se/