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Yes I hadn’t even thought about something for my head so I’m glad it was brought up! Wouldn’t want to lose my curly locks. My friend said he was bringing gloves the first wood fire I went to but boy am I glad I had got my own pair. I may even get a heavier duty pair for this next go around.

They're square toe, but they are pretty comfy! Ariat makes a good pair of boots for a long day, got them to work construction with my dad. No hiking boots either. The kiln I'm going to in February is just on dirt so it's not quite as bad as concrete thankfully.

Okay thank you! I definitely prefer all natural fibers just in general, synthetics are always stuffy and sweaty. I'll go around trying to find a good heavy work jacket I can wear that isn't too big, or full of fiber that will melt. I had wondered if a welding jacket would be overkill and I think it probably would be, but wanted to get others' opinions. Bandana is a good call as well. The boots I already have are just full leather cowboy boots, to keep me safe from embers melting through. Down the line maybe I'd look into ones with a reinforced sole, but not for a while. And thankfully, yes, February will be better. Where I live it would be close to freezing probably, but as far south as we'll be it'll be 40s and 50s. So not too terribly cold! Definitely good weather to be up and moving around. And gotcha on the soda! It probably is a gas kiln they're using. I've helped fire the one at my old school, but it was just straight gas firing. I do already have my own respirator from college thankfully. My first day of the class is tomorrow and it's 9 weeks so I suppose I'll find out more about what's expected from us then! Thanks for all your suggestions!

Hey everyone! I'm hoping this is the best sub-forum for my question, I've searched this a few times but haven't found a comprehensive answer and thought a discussion would be good! I've done one wood fire in the past and was able to get by with two pairs of pants, boots, and a few t shirts (long sleeve) but toward the end I really felt like I was melting - the fact that it was September in South Georgia also didn't help with that. I'm about to do another wood fire at the beginning of next month, I'm taking a soda fire class (not sure if we'll be helping with firing or if it's just gas) for a month and a half, and I'm also taking a wood fire course at John C Campbell in March! So I'm in need of some better clothes! I've got carhartt overalls and good thick leather boots, but I'm trying to decide what kind of jacket would be best while also still being workable. A welding jacket would be decent, but in the past I've always found them very stiff and extremely large (I'm a size small woman). I often see people wearing duck canvas jackets and leather aprons, but wondering what the best options are. If there's another jacket that would be perfect please let me know. I'm hoping to continue doing wood fires so it would be a long term investment, but if I could also wear the items regularly that's a bonus.

Howdy! About a week ago I had a thread going about getting my kiln up and running and wound up installing a Bartlett V6-CF. I ran one test load with just shelves to bake the kiln wash and only had self supporting ^6 cones so ran it with those. The tips touched the ground so I ran a test load last night after getting full cone packs and used a -15° cone offset. So I put three pots in the kiln (one on each level) along with a kiln pack. All the glazes look good, but these were also new combos. The bend of my guard cones leads me to believe it may still be a touch too hot, but I’ve never worked with the large cones so I’m not sure. Would you leave it be? Or turn the temperature down a bit. The final temperature was 2242°, no hold. My cone packs in the picture are in order by shelf level. (This was also the first time I made cone packs… I’ll do better with getting them to not fall on one another next time) edit: I added a photo of the schedule from the manual

Yes she’s got the E350, it’s definitely not as roomy as a minivan but it got the job done. I’m still quite new and those were my two first markets, I’m only growing a bit this summer. I’m 22 and just don’t think I can stomach the minivan life at this point… I also have to commute to school for at least another semester. Currently looking for a VW tdi wagon for the mileage and because the capacity is just enough for my set up at this point! Pretty much everything I’ll be doing down here I. Georgia is outdoors and requires a tent.

Alright. I will order shielded wire for the thermocouple as well just for preemptive care. I’ll check all the screws as well for corrosion, and do my best to route thermocouple wire as best I can but there’s not much room in there. I don’t have any spare relays sad to say, but I’m going to wait on ordering new ones to replace my current ones until I see an issue arise, or if my current issue continues… the whole concept of electrical noise is a bit above my head, I won’t lie. I can somewhat understand the concept but don’t really have a clear idea of how it would impact the workings of other parts. My electrical knowledge is limited to how to run wire and install fixtures and switches, I never have to deal with the issues that come after that.

I also just say I’ve learned so much about kilns in the past week on this thread! Way more than I learned in my college ceramics overview of kilns haha

Interesting about the 1900°, that’s around where my issue started as well. While I of course didn’t really want to let the $380 go for the controller, I figured that it would give me greater reliability and longer use of my kiln. I got the kiln from a friend who bought it off the original owner and only paid $300 for it so it’s not like I’m out a whole bunch of cash. Still under half the cost of a new one.

Well I stopped at Olympic and got the v6-cf. Sarah in sales that helped me was super handy, she said that this issue is normally because of the thermocouple but since that didn’t fix it, it’s almost always the connections on the back of the board after that. When I get home I’ll be wiring it up and throwing on a test fire! Or maybe wait until tomorrow, so I’m not up til 1 watching it!

I’ll be honest, I’m not sure how I would check the ground. I know the panel to the kiln has good ground. Also when you’re talking about the transformer, do you mean the 240 to 24 transformer? I’m in Georgia so I was about to go head to Olympic and pick up a V6-DF as I’m only 40 minutes away. Should I hold off? i don’t believe it’s shielded. It seemed like just regular old two stranded wire.