I just bought a new to me kiln that may be this exact one. About to do my first glaze fire today, thank you so much for your video. The guy at the pottery shop said you can move the cone for the kiln sitter to get a ‘hot’ cone 6, I wonder if that will help those drippy glazes instead of having to be there when it switches off to do the hold. I’m new to running my own kiln, so maybe there is a big difference between a hold and ‘hot’ cone 6 🤷🏻♀️
I have a very similar kiln, it just has one extra switch. I turned the bottom two on first and then turn the rest on in 2/2.5 hour increments in between each. It was a slow heat up basically. The Christmas ornaments I made came out really pretty and all the glazes look as they should, but my witness cones barely bent at all. I’m not really sure why. But my idea was to maybe do another test run with a manual hold when I can see it’s about to shut off. hoping that will give it a little more time to bend
About how long did it take to reach cone 6 in your kiln? I have a similar model and it doesn’t take nearly as long as what many others have said about their glaze fires (different brands and styles of kilns). I’m worried that mine is heating up too fast. Wonder if that’s a problem? The pieces are coming out nicely but I don’t want to damage my kiln if it’s running hot for some reason. The last 2 glaze fires I’ve done have only been about 4-5 house , and both were to come 6. I do turn on all my switches at once but that’s the only difference in what I did compared to your video.
Hey! Mine heated up really fast too! I slowed mine down by turning on one switch at a time every two hours. I think 4-5 hours is a fast glaze fire. Some glazes will be fine but others need to go a little slower. I shoot for a 8-10 hour glaze fire. Hope that helps!
@@lowco_ceramics yes it does! Thank you! I opened my glaze fire this morning and the witness cones showed that it got at least to a 7. Not sure why the sitter cone didn’t slump sooner. I may move to a 5 for the sitter cone if it continues to fire hot but my first step is definitely to ramp it up slowly and see if that helps.
I just bought a new to me kiln that may be this exact one. About to do my first glaze fire today, thank you so much for your video. The guy at the pottery shop said you can move the cone for the kiln sitter to get a ‘hot’ cone 6, I wonder if that will help those drippy glazes instead of having to be there when it switches off to do the hold. I’m new to running my own kiln, so maybe there is a big difference between a hold and ‘hot’ cone 6 🤷🏻♀️
I’m also wondering!
I have a very similar kiln, it just has one extra switch. I turned the bottom two on first and then turn the rest on in 2/2.5 hour increments in between each. It was a slow heat up basically. The Christmas ornaments I made came out really pretty and all the glazes look as they should, but my witness cones barely bent at all. I’m not really sure why. But my idea was to maybe do another test run with a manual hold when I can see it’s about to shut off. hoping that will give it a little more time to bend
White spatter looks great! Great job
I like the flower mug. I'm sad to see most of the Duncan Glazes go
About how long did it take to reach cone 6 in your kiln? I have a similar model and it doesn’t take nearly as long as what many others have said about their glaze fires (different brands and styles of kilns). I’m worried that mine is heating up too fast. Wonder if that’s a problem? The pieces are coming out nicely but I don’t want to damage my kiln if it’s running hot for some reason. The last 2 glaze fires I’ve done have only been about 4-5 house , and both were to come 6. I do turn on all my switches at once but that’s the only difference in what I did compared to your video.
Hey! Mine heated up really fast too! I slowed mine down by turning on one switch at a time every two hours. I think 4-5 hours is a fast glaze fire. Some glazes will be fine but others need to go a little slower. I shoot for a 8-10 hour glaze fire. Hope that helps!
@@lowco_ceramics yes it does! Thank you! I opened my glaze fire this morning and the witness cones showed that it got at least to a 7. Not sure why the sitter cone didn’t slump sooner. I may move to a 5 for the sitter cone if it continues to fire hot but my first step is definitely to ramp it up slowly and see if that helps.
You can get welder’s glasses to see your cones
Why do you fire with the peepholes open?
I don't have a vent so I leave one peep hole open during the whole firing for ventilation
YoU CanT SEE ShIT!!!!! Hahahahahaha real