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Howdy y'all! Last time I posted I had an old Paragon that was pretty rough; I never got it to work and recently bought a newer kiln from a family friend. I got an Evenheat kiln with a DTC 100C controller, bricks all in perfect shape and hardly ever fired. My first bisque fire went as well as anyone could hope for and when I attempted my first ^6 glaze fire, that's when stuff went tricky. I noticed toward the end of the firing that the controller was reporting the temperature erratically -- jumping hundreds of degrees each click, displaying a range from 1700F to 2000F. I turned the kiln off and it had wayyy overfired. The ^5, ^6, and ^7 cones I'd put in were a puddle on the kiln shelf and all my wares were bloated and ugly. Today I opened up the controller, tested the resistance on all the elements (just in case), checked all the wiring, and did a "paperclip test" on the thermocouple terminals which reported back room temperature. A Paragon branded troubleshooting guide for this controller says this indicates I need a new thermocouple. What brand thermocouple do I need? Since this kiln/controller is no longer made I'm not sure what replacement I need. Will any Evenheat Type K thermocouple work? Thanks!

I (finally) went and rented a gear puller from auto zone, took me all of about 2 minutes to get it off! I couldn't get the key out first, but it didn't seem to give me any issues. Maybe the PB Blaster I sprayed the other day helped loosen it up, but it definitely seemed like it hadn't been taken off since it was assembled. Thanks for your help gents. I'll be taking the wheelhead to my small motor repair guys in the morning. Hoping they can replace them! Thanks again y'all

Thank y'all! I did attempt to push the pulley farther on, but it didn't seem to want to budge. I will see if my dad has a wheel puller and if not check out HF. I'm hoping to get it off soon so I can start making again!! I'll let y'all know how I make out.

Hey y’all! Last year I got an older Brent Model C wheel. It has ran really well, but there’s a humming when it runs and after watching Brent’s fix it video I’ve diagnosed it as needing new bearings. I’ve read every thread I can find that relates to this topic, but I can’t find one on how to get it off. I’ve removed the belt, the flange’s screws are loose, and I removed the square headed stop screw that’s on the pulley but the pulley won’t come loose and it’s preventing me from removing the wheelhead. I sprayed some PB blaster but it still won’t budge. Any one have any tips? I’ll post pictures of the pulley and also the controller. Also I Know the wheelheads are all one piece so you can’t replace the bearings yourself, but I’m going to stop by a great local small motor repair and ask if they could figure it out. TIA!!