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Manual kiln firing advice - seemingly not reaching temp
Sylla replied to Sylla's topic in Equipment Use and Repair
So, the dead ring on top has the lid attached to it, hence why it's on top. I'll try today with a higher cone. Thanks all! -
Manual kiln firing advice - seemingly not reaching temp
Sylla replied to Sylla's topic in Equipment Use and Repair
Thanks! So I adjusted the sitter. I then re-fired using the same above schedule. After having the kiln in HIGH for one hour, the sitter tripped. The cone in the sitter seems to have bent all the way, but my witness cone barely bent. When I adjusted the sitter, I did so that the claw is about a millimeter over the tongue. Should I make it more? I did use a firing gauge to hold the rod. Thanks in advance! Sylla
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Hulk - how are you determining the temps on the manual kiln? Thanks!
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Greetings! I have an older manual kiln (Skutt 818) with a kiln sitter. I have been testing a bisque to cone 05 and while the small cone in the sitter bends and turns the kiln off, the two free-standing cones I have inside only bend slightly. My schedule so far has been: -2 hours at low -2 hours at medium -Then turn to high and manually check every 20 minutes. The kiln sitter had shut down the kiln at about 1 hr and 15 minutes. I have two shelves inside and two small extremely bone dry pieces as filler/testers. I am going to run a glaze test, but would love some guidance regarding why it seems like I'm not hitting temp according to the witness cones, but the sitter cone bends and turns off the kiln. Thanks for any advice! Sylla
