Awesome and thorough video! The bit about the door putting off heat was extremely helpful! I am collecting materials to build mine right now and I had always admired that design. I will adapt a side opening door to my plans! Thanks for taking the time to talk us through it!
Mate I use a cantilever doors on my ovens. Nothing stopping you retrofitting one to your oven to get the door up and out of the way, plus it closes alot softer.
I have the identical Paragon. Bloody good units. If money was no concern I'd have a small one and the bigger unit. I find it a waste to just do one knife in it. No regrets though, its fantastic.
Have you checked the oven after you shut it off? I noticed that one time after hours of HT. About 1/2 hour after I shut the oven down, it was actually hotter outside than before I shut it down. With oil quench, I usually still do one at a time, just to let the oil cool off in between quenches. Hope all is well, take it easy...
Have you tried any of the newer Evenheat kilns? I've been comparing the two brands for a while now and I've gotta say, Paragon is very impressive, but I don't know if their prices are worth it.. The three-zones are REALLY nice in their pricier models I'll admit, but for the price of your kiln, I could get a 40.5in Evenheat with all the bells-and-whistles, a front and back door, 10in wide internal capacity, as well as heating elements only in the side-walls of the kiln(to prevent over-heating in either the top or back of the kiln.) So I could do anything from kitchen knives to swords with it. Wondering how much of marketing with kilns is just brand-name preference vs number of features-to-cost. Curious to hear your thoughts, and I really appreciate the video, thank you!
I have the Double Barrel 24T and I feel like Paragon came out with their 3 Zone knife kiln the second I hit ‘Add to fucking Cart,’ on it lol 😂🤦🏻♂️. That said this kiln is the best, heating elements in the ceiling of the kiln is not something Evenheat offers. 👍 I have the sentinel smart touch too, and programming it is easy, does exactly what you want.