This is a great way to test the effectiveness of your new project. Build a testing platform. This is a helpful way to make temporary kiln structures to see if the size is exactly what you want. Then later it is simple to translate the design into a more permament structure with metal frame and movable doors. Open Main Document Containing This Construction Plan

This drawing is taken from the paper "New Ideas for the Use of Small Burners in the Glass Shop, Foundry, Pottery, and Smithy" by Dudley Giberson. April, 2011. Fig. 18. A rudimentary testing furnace comprised of a metal platform table (a), a furnace floor (b), the beginnings of the furnace wall (c), a burner block (d), a 2" Mini-Square Giberson Burner (e) with Ransome Venturi (f) held in place with a burner stand (g). Also shown is the gas supply attached to the needle valve and gauge at (h).