a.janewski

Ok cool, thanks for all of this information. I haven't tried firing it yet and haven't done a firing in a couple years. What you wrote about turning it on in stages makes sense. I had seen that on another website.

Yeah it just has the 4 on/off switches.

I have tried to add a photo, hopefully it will show. I did see that in the photo it states that it can't go over cone # 8.

Hello, I have some questions about a kiln that I bought recently. I believe that it is a Gare Kiln model 1818. It's definitely an older kiln. I had bought it as second hand but didn't get a ton of information. Note that I am brand new to pottery. I did some work a while back while taking a course but I'm wanting to try for myself. My questions are: - Is the 1818 a high fire or low fire? - What cone does it use up to? - How long are the fires? If you could give me some information that would be amazing! I have tried looking for a manual but have had no luck!