JohnS

Hey Catatonic, Did you try firing to what the manual said? Cone 7 for bisque and cone 7 for glaze? (It actually says to use cone 7 witness cones on page 11 but I'm unsure why you'd use a cone 7 witness cone but a cone 05ish pyro bar) I'm waiting on cones being delivered over the next few days (I live on an island in Scotland and not easy to get things delivered so quickly, especially just now!) so I've not tested anything yet but been going over the manual and other online resources before they arrive. The point of the automatic is that it shouldn't need any manual input for firings, it should click from one to the other (or so it says in the manual, page 13) so I'm gonna try a few things when they arrive: Do what the manual says - bisque to 6 ( on CERAMIC) and glaze to 6 (on HI-FIRE) Bisque to 05 on CERAMIC then glaze to 6 on HI-FIRE Then if those don't work ill try smokey02s firing schedule however that's for a slightly different model than the one we have. I'll keep you posted with any findings, good or bad!

Hey, sorry to jump in on this topic but it's exactly the same issue I'm having. I've just had one of these hooked up and am almost ready to start firing some stuff (total newbie) and have been trying to make sense of the manual with regards to settings and what cones to use. I asked someone on reddit what setting for bisque and they said overglaze, then ceramic for glaze and hi-fire was for cone 8-10. Whether that's actually true I'm not sure as I've not tested it yet. The manual seems to suggest that you shouldn't need to change between the three like what's been kindly suggested so far (I'm hoping that's not the case and it is as simple as turning it on and letting it cook!). Can anyone confirm yet what the actual process is? Also, with regards to what cone to use, right at the start of these comments the OP said that the previous owner said to bisque at cone 5, now, I know that you're supposed to generally bisque in the 05 region, but the manual does actually say for stoneware using an orton sitter cone to use 7-9 for both bisque and glaze. This has completely thrown me. I've yet to order my cones due to this, so I can't confirm, well, anything! Anyone got any advice? Cheers John