Need to use a kiln...anybody got one?

[glockster157]

I am building an AK and and I need to heat treat the receiver....I have everything but  kiln or access to some way of heating the receiver to 1600+ degrees. Anybody got one?

[Rickey]

Most mach shops will have a heat treat oven.

[glockster157]

I do not currently have access to one....if you don't know them I doubt they would let you waltz in and treat an AK receiver

[RED333]

I know this is out there, build it.

A few fire brick, a propane burner and a some thing to read temperature.

https://www.google.com/search?q=home+made+propane+fired+kiln&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=0IW&tbo=u&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=is8NUaGzJpHe8AS0tICACw&ved=0CE8QsAQ&biw=1024&bih=638

[glockster157]

I don't think propane gets hot enough for what I'm doing. Might work for pottery but not heat treating.

[RED333]

Propane will get to 1800*f, and then some if done right.

A propane torch is a tool for burning the flammable gas propane (C₃H₈). The maximum adiabatic flame temperature a propane torch can achieve with air is 2,268 kelvins (1,995 Â°C/3,623 Â°F). Some propane torches are also used with a tank of pure oxygen to achieve a flame temperature nearing 3,095 kelvins (2,820 Â°C/5,110 Â°F).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propane_torch